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1087052

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that people arriving in the UK on a refugee family reunion visa receive a Biometric Residence Permit that contains their National Insurance number.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	231516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office and the Department for Work and Pensions are currently developing plans for all migrants who are eligible for a National Insurance number, including those on a refugee family reunion visa, to have this printed on their Biometric Residence Permit as a matter of course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/03/2019 17:05:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1087116

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the proportion of migrant detainees who were trafficked to the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	231363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office record the number of all individuals referred to the Na-tional Referral Mechanism (NRM) and this information is published Quarterly by the National Crime Agency. This information does not distinguish between those detained under immigration powers and those living in the community. The reason for this is two-fold, firstly because the NRM referral is not an immigration route by which individuals should regularise their stay in the United Kingdom and, secondly, because a person’s status in immigration detention is not permanent and can change.</p><p>Data taken from the NRM would not accurately reflect the numbers of those who had been trafficked into the UK, as a number only get exploited once they have arrived, and their journey to the UK can be entirely unconnected to the trafficking. Further a number may be victims of trafficking, but it relates to events in a third country and is not necessarily connected to their reasons for coming to the UK.</p><p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/03/2019 17:09:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1087148

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2019 to Question 226712 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, what steps his Department is taking to gather evidence for its review into how to criminalise the act of trespassing when setting up an unauthorised encampment; and what engagement is taking place between officials of his Department and members of the Gypsy and Traveller communities.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	231459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The review has sought evidence from a range of relevant stakeholders which includes Government departments, police forces, local authorities and representative groups of Gypsy and Traveller Communities.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/03/2019 15:07:10 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1087159

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department has spent on tackling knife crime in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	231470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not keep disaggregated records of funding specifically dedicated to tackling knife crime and it is not possible to differentiate out funding on knife crime from funding allocated to police forces.</p><p>The Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, published in April 2018, set out a very significant programme of work with an ambitious programme including the following:</p><p>• An Early Intervention Youth Fund of £22 million<br>• £1.5 million for the anti-knife crime Community Fund<br>• £3.6 million we have provided for the establishment of the new <br> National County Lines Coordination Centre<br>• £1.4 million to support a new national police capability to tackle gang <br> related activity on social media <br>• Support to the #knifefree national knife crime media campaign<br>• The Offensive Weapons Bill currently passing through Parliament</p><p>In addition, we are allocating £200 million to a Youth Endowment Fund over the next 10 years, supporting police forces to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre, are soon to launch a consultation on anew legal duty to underpin a ‘public health’ approach to tackling serious violence, and have announced an Independent Review of Drug Misuse, to be conducted by Dame Carol Black.</p><p>On 13 March, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Spring Statement that there will be £100 million additional funding in 2019/20 to tackle serious violence, including £80m of new funding from the Treasury. The majority of the investment will largely go towards supporting police forces, especially where violent crime is impacting the most. The funding will also support multi-agency Violence Reduction Units in violent crime hotspot areas, and elsewhere. We will prioritise investment in targeted police capacity to tackle serious violence and support for Violence Reduction Units in our Spending Review discussions.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/03/2019 16:58:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1087182

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 222793 on applications for looked-after children through the EU Settlement Scheme, how many of the 19 applications made on behalf of looked-after children were made by (a) local authorities and (b) supporting organisations.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	231405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>In the most recent phase of testing, the Government made provision for eligible children and care leavers looked after by one of five local authorities specified in Immigration Rules to make an application to the EU Settlement Scheme. The five local authorities participating made 19 applications on behalf of looked after children.</p><p>Seven voluntary support organisations were also permitted to support EU citizens to make an application during this test phase.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/03/2019 12:44:05 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1087186

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the time taken for each Emergency Travel Document application to be secured for a person in immigration detention for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	231563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Home Office continues to work closely with diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom and representatives of receiving countries for the timely issuing of travel documentation to support the return of their nationals</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/03/2019 12:51:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1087188

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress his Department has made in negotiations with Apple Inc. on the scanning of documents and passports on Apple mobile devices for non-UK EU citizens seeking to apply to remain in the UK after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	231355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>We have engaged with Apple on this issue at Ministerial and Official level, and we are confident that Apple are taking this issue seriously. We will continue to engage with Apple at senior levels to ensure that this issue stays on their priority list and seek further opportunities to work with them on a technical level to ensure that they understand our specific use case.</p><p><br>At present, applicants can attend any of our 13 Chip Checker locations to have their ID document scanned, if they choose to do so. Once the scheme is fully open by 30 March, the app will be optional. There will be over 50 locations across the UK where applicants can have their identity document scanned. Applicants will also be able to post identity documents to the Home Office to be checked and returned quickly.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 20/03/2019 16:58:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1087227

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Custody
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the total spend on legal representation for police (a) forces and (b) staff at inquests on people who have died as a result of police contact.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	231533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect this information. It is a decision for individual Police and Crime Commissioners whether to cover the costs of legal representation for their personnel.</p><p>The Home Office has provided guidance for PCCs which is available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/0102017-guidance-to-local-policing-bodies-on-providing-financial-assistance-to-police-officers-and-staff-facing-legal-proceedings%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/0102017-guidance-to-local-policing-bodies-on-providing-financial-assistance-to-police-officers-and-staff-facing-legal-proceedings </a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 15/03/2019 12:47:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1087259

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Transgender People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have described themselves as transgender when seeking asylum in the UK have been refused asylum since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	231447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office remains committed to publishing information on the number of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation</p><p>On 29 November 2018, the Home Office published experimental statistics on Asylum claims made on the basis of sexual orientation, covering the pe-riod 2015 to 2017. <br>These experimental statistics provide data on asylum claims from 2015-2017, by year of application, initial decision, appeal receipt, or appeal decision</p><p>Data on the number of asylum seekers refused asylum on the basis of sexual orientation can be found in tabs SOC_00 in the experimental statis-tics in the link provided below: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 231449 question first answered 19/03/2019 16:54:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1087261

registered interest
date	12/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) gay, lesbian or bisexual and (b) transgender asylum seekers have been deported from the UK since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Islwyn
tabling member printed	Chris Evans
uin	231448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold central records of how many (a) gay, lesbian or bisexual and (b) transgender asylum seekers have been deported from the UK since 2015.</p><p>Providing the information requested would require a manual check of individual records which could only be done at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/03/2019 16:52:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans