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1695736

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Police Air Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the fleet is of the National Police Air Service.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	18487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The National Police Air Service (NPAS) is a police-led service that provides police air support to 44 police forces across England and Wales, including the British Transport Police.</p><p>NPAS owns a fleet of 20 helicopters (19 operational and 1 training aircraft), and four fixed winged aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/03/2024 15:25:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1695737

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will review the ability of European Union citizens to use e-gates at UK airports.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	18488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>EU and EEA citizens are currently eligible to use eGates at UK airports. We keep border security under review and operate border controls in the best interest of the UK, balancing border security with passenger flow.</p><p>In the New Plan for Immigration, the Government has set out our ambition to increase the use of automation and eGates by those currently eligible and investigate options to extend eGate eligibility to further cohorts.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/03/2024 12:35:18 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1695770

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sanctions: Enforcement
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 (a) identify and (b) prosecute sanctions evasion.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	18459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>HMG is committed to investing in its sanction’s policy and enforcement architecture. In recognition of the centrality of sanctions, the FCDO established a permanent Sanctions Directorate in 2022 with over 120 permanent staff delivering its response. In addition, we have strengthened financial sanctions enforcement capacity and capability. OFSI has significantly increased its staffing from 40 FTE in February 2022 to over 100.</p><p>On 13 March 2023, the Prime Minister announced a new Economic Deterrence Initiative (EDI) which will tackle sanctions evasion across the UK’s trade, transport and financial sanctions. The initiative will be a cross-government effort, led by FCDO and involving a range of Departments and agencies including DBT, HMT and DFT, as well as HMRC and NCA.</p><p>With funding of up to £50m over two years, the initiative will improve our sanctions implementation and enforcement. This will maximise the impact of our trade, transport and financial sanctions, including by cracking down on sanctions evasion.</p><p>The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 brought powers to provide for the civil forfeiture of cyrptoassets and can be used as a tool to prevent cryptoassets being used as vector for sanctions evasion.</p><p>Finally, a new kleptocracy cell in the NCA has been established to target sanctions evasion and corrupt Russian assets hidden in the UK – meaning oligarchs in London will have nowhere to hide.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 21/03/2024 14:31:46 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1695780

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 12 September 2023 to Question 197789 on Unexplained Wealth Orders, how many new applications for unexplained wealth orders were made in the High Court from 13 September 2023 to 13 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	18408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Since being introduced in April 2017, UWOs have been applied for by operational agencies in six investigations, with five granted and the NCA waiting for a Judges decision on the other. There were no applications made by the NCA for a UWO between 13 September 2023 to 13 March 2024.</p><p>UWOs remain a powerful tool to investigate those who look to use, move or hide their proceeds of crime in the UK or overseas. There are a number of variables which impact an operational decision to seek a UWO including: the ease with which evidence can be obtained from overseas; whether it would be proportionate to go to the High Court; and suitability of alternative investigatory powers.</p><p>Agencies have several other well-established powers under Part 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 which they may use to compel information regarding the ownership of asset during an investigation such as Production Orders and Disclosure Orders. Law enforcement agencies are operationally independent from Government and cannot be tasked to use UWOs.</p><p>The Government committed to report on the number of UWOs applied for and obtained each year under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2022 and will lay this year’s report before September.</p><p>The report covering 2022-23 can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Funexplained-wealth-orders-2022-to-2023-annual-report%2Funexplained-wealth-orders-2022-to-2023-annual-report&amp;data=05%7C02%7CTalhah.Khan3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd2dd46c4f9f94f66ab2908dc4762b5d0%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638463736470808629%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=s6ABwaXBE0uaYGwIpcoEOPVx4ezaS4DO2yMkqd0G5fQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Unexplained wealth orders: 2022 to 2023 annual report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 21/03/2024 12:36:53 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1695781

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
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 with rejected asylum applications have been approached regarding voluntarily relocation to Rwanda as of 13 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	18341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The option of voluntary relocation will be given to failed asylum seekers. If they wish to relocate, it is only right that we facilitate that in order to save taxpayers’ money and pressures on our public services.</p><p>Regarding the voluntary relocation of individuals to Rwanda, it would be inappropriate to provide a running commentary on individual cases.</p><p>If a person expresses an interest in the voluntary relocation, we are supporting people in ensuring that they have all the information they need in order to make a decision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 18342 18343 question first answered 20/03/2024 11:14:38 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1695782

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria his Department plans to use for selecting people with rejected asylum applications for proposed voluntary relocation to Rwanda.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	18342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The option of voluntary relocation will be given to failed asylum seekers. If they wish to relocate, it is only right that we facilitate that in order to save taxpayers’ money and pressures on our public services.</p><p>Regarding the voluntary relocation of individuals to Rwanda, it would be inappropriate to provide a running commentary on individual cases.</p><p>If a person expresses an interest in the voluntary relocation, we are supporting people in ensuring that they have all the information they need in order to make a decision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 18341 18343 question first answered 20/03/2024 11:14:38 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1695783

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards his Department has put in place to ensure that people with a rejected asylum application being offered voluntary relocation to Rwanda are giving informed consent.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	18343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The option of voluntary relocation will be given to failed asylum seekers. If they wish to relocate, it is only right that we facilitate that in order to save taxpayers’ money and pressures on our public services.</p><p>Regarding the voluntary relocation of individuals to Rwanda, it would be inappropriate to provide a running commentary on individual cases.</p><p>If a person expresses an interest in the voluntary relocation, we are supporting people in ensuring that they have all the information they need in order to make a decision.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson grouped question UIN 18341 18342 question first answered 20/03/2024 11:14:38 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1695798

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Fraud and Maladministration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report entitled Cross-Government Fraud Landscape: Annual Report 2022, published on 21 March 2023, what the basis is of the increase in detected error in his Department from £13.4m in 2019-20 to £17.1m in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	18454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>In reference to your question, the Fraud Landscape Report figures were reported to the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA, formerly the Counter Fraud Centre of Expertise) as part of established reporting cycles. The government defines error as losses arising from unintentional events, processing errors and official government errors - such losses are judged as without fraudulent intent. Since 2014, Fraud Landscape Reports show an increase in both detected fraud and error across government. This is in line with the government's explicit objective to find more fraud in the system. By detecting more, we can understand fraud better - and deal with it better.</p><p>The Home Office detected error in 2019/20 was published in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/602a86148fa8f50381945ce2/2609-Executive-Summary-Fraud-Landscape-Bulletin-V7.pdf" target="_blank">Fraud Landscape Bulletin</a> and in 2020/21 was published in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/641c158b32a8e0000cfa9251/2974_Fraud_Landscape_Annual_Report_2022_.pdf" target="_blank">Fraud Landscape Report</a>. The reasons for any increase are set out in these documents.</p><p>The PSFA assists ministerial departments and public bodies in their delivery of specialist fraud activity. In its first year it delivered £311 million in audited counter fraud benefits.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 18/03/2024 15:52:52 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1695840

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: National Security
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 6 February 2024 to Questions 16488 and 16489 on Visas: National Security, for what reason his Department does not publish this information.
tabling member constituency	Newark
tabling member printed	Robert Jenrick
uin	18463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>Our caseworking systems do not include MI reporting that differentiates between the various non-conducive refusal types and so the information requested is not available in a reportable format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/03/2024 17:33:36 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick

1695232

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	International Corruption Unit: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data his Department holds on the number of full-time equivalent staff in the National Crime Agency International Corruption Unit (a) in total and (b) who were funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's UK Action Against Corruption programme between 7 December 2009 and 31 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
uin	18024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The International Corruption Unit (ICU) was not formed until 2015, so we do not hold any information prior to this date.</p><p>We are unable to disclose the number of staff employed in the ICU as that information is operationally sensitive. However, as of March 2024 the percentage of staff in the ICU, funded by the FCDO UK Action Against Corruption Programme, is 76%.</p><p>This is broadly comparable over the programme’s funding period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/03/2024 16:40:09 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Baroness Hodge of Barking