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1090898

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date	18/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prospective PhD students were (a) granted and (b) refused a visa to study in the UK in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	233445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The available information relates to total Tier 4 visas granted and refused, published in the quarterly Immigration Statistics, Visas volume 1, table vi_01_q, latest edition a</p><p>t https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018/list-of-tables#visas.</p><p>For the calendar year 2018, 98% of cases were granted.</p><p><br>Corresponding information relating to the level of course is not available from centrally collated statistical databases.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2019 15:32:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1090953

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
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 steps he has taken to ensure the EU Settlement Scheme is accessible to children of EU nationals living (a) in care and (b) with vulnerable families.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	233452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has put in place a comprehensive vulnerability strategy to ensure that the EU Settlement Scheme is accessible for all, including children in care. <br>A user group of external stakeholders who represent the needs of vulnerable individuals has been established to work with the Home Office to understand relevant risks and issues and to ensure the right support arrangements are in place for applicants. We are also engaging with relevant stakeholders such as the Department for Education, Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Children’s Services to assess the needs of this group and ensure they are met. <br>a) The Department for Education (DfE) and Home Office have agreed that local authorities in England will need to ensure that applications for the scheme are made on behalf of all looked after children who are EU citizens and for whom they have parental responsibility.</p><p>For children accommodated by the local authority under section 20 of the Children Act 1989: Local authorities will raise awareness of the Settlement Scheme to those with parental responsibility for eligible child(ren), provide practical support where needed, or signpost to relevant community support where this is deemed more appropriate.</p><p>This process has also been agreed for children in care in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. <br>b) The Home Office has announced grant funding of up to £9 million for voluntary and community sector organisation to support vulnerable EU citizens who might need additional help when applying for the Settlement Scheme. <br>Specific guidance and resources for local authorities and community leaders is being produced to inform vulnerable groups about the application process and the need to apply.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2019 15:26:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1090957

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms
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 number of guns in England and Wales; and how many of those guns are lawfully owned.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	233514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Act 1968. This provides a useful account of the number of firearms that are lawfully owned. The latest figures on the number of firearm and shotguns on issue are available from tables 1 and 3 of the ‘Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales Statistics - Financial Year 2017/18’ publication.</p><p>Data as at 31 March 2019, will be reported in the ‘Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales Statistics - Financial Year 2018/19’ publication. This has been pre-announced on gov.uk to be released in June/July 2019.</p><p>In relation to illegal firearms, the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) and wider law enforcement regularly assess the volume of illegal firearms used in crime in the UK. NABIS produce quarterly reports on the threat, but their assessment is continuous and key information is shared amongst law enforcement on a real time basis. This information is operationally sensitive and not published.</p><p>Annual statistics on the number of firearm and shotgun certificates granted, renewed and revoked by police forces in Scotland are published by the Scottish Government. The figures are considered to be broadly comparable with those for England and Wales, due to the common legislation that governs the certification process.</p><p>The Police Service of Northern Ireland lists its statistical outputs on the Statistics page of its website, but there are no series that are directly compara-ble to those for England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 233515 question first answered 26/03/2019 17:26:37 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

1090958

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms
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 number of guns in the UK; and how many of those guns are lawfully owned.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	233515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales under the Firearms Act 1968. This provides a useful account of the number of firearms that are lawfully owned. The latest figures on the number of firearm and shotguns on issue are available from tables 1 and 3 of the ‘Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales Statistics - Financial Year 2017/18’ publication.</p><p>Data as at 31 March 2019, will be reported in the ‘Firearm and Shotgun Certificates in England and Wales Statistics - Financial Year 2018/19’ publication. This has been pre-announced on gov.uk to be released in June/July 2019.</p><p>In relation to illegal firearms, the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) and wider law enforcement regularly assess the volume of illegal firearms used in crime in the UK. NABIS produce quarterly reports on the threat, but their assessment is continuous and key information is shared amongst law enforcement on a real time basis. This information is operationally sensitive and not published.</p><p>Annual statistics on the number of firearm and shotgun certificates granted, renewed and revoked by police forces in Scotland are published by the Scottish Government. The figures are considered to be broadly comparable with those for England and Wales, due to the common legislation that governs the certification process.</p><p>The Police Service of Northern Ireland lists its statistical outputs on the Statistics page of its website, but there are no series that are directly compara-ble to those for England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 233514 question first answered 26/03/2019 17:26:37 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

1090991

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Seasonal Workers: Cornwall
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 14 March 2019 to Question 230817 on Seasonal Workers: Cornwall, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that officers of the Migration Advisory Committee are aware of such statistics and other relevant information when carrying out stakeholder engagement sessions.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	233609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee are independent and take account of all available information through a range of methods including calls for evidence, stakeholder engagement and research.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/03/2019 17:09:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1091088

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to respond to the letters of the Hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham of 13 August 2018, 17 September 2018 and 4 March 2019 on the visa application of constituent Mr H.W.P of Lancing, West Sussex.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	233431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>A response to your enquiry was sent on 20th March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/03/2019 16:37:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1091096

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Street Preachers
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 street preachers do not disseminate extremist material from proscribed terror groups.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	233545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has a robust legislative framework which gives operational partners the powers they need to take appropriate action. Most recently the UK’s capacity for undertaking terrorist offences was extended by the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act which gained Royal Assent in February this year. The Act strengthened sections 12 (inviting support) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT) by making it an offence to recklessly express support for a proscribed organisation. It also strengthened section 13 (wearing or displaying an item) of TACT to include publishing an image of an item.</p><p>There are also a number of other offences available to the police which may be relevant in disrupting individuals from disseminating material from proscribed terror groups, including: encouragement of terrorism, contrary to section 1 Terrorism Act 2006; and disseminating terrorist publications, contrary to section 2 Terrorism Act 2006</p><p>It would be for the police and CPS to investigate and charge any offences, as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 26/03/2019 17:15:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1089436

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Enforcement Directorate: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department is responsible for recruiting detention gatekeepers; and whether his Department retains oversight and management of detention gatekeepers once they are in post.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	233003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Detention Gatekeeper function is part of the Immigration Enforcement Directorate within the Home Office. The recruitment, oversight and management of those staff is consistent with employment of all other Home Office staff as set out in the within the Civil Service recruitment process.</p><p><br>All staff within the Detention Gatekeeper function, like all those in the Home Office involved in detained casework, are provided with appropriate training for their roles. This includes, but is not limited to, training around Modern Slavery, the National Referrals Mechanism process and the Adults at Risk in detention policy.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 233004 question first answered 20/03/2019 16:55:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1089437

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Enforcement Directorate: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training detention gatekeepers receive on indicators of trafficking or modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	233004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Detention Gatekeeper function is part of the Immigration Enforcement Directorate within the Home Office. The recruitment, oversight and management of those staff is consistent with employment of all other Home Office staff as set out in the within the Civil Service recruitment process.</p><p><br>All staff within the Detention Gatekeeper function, like all those in the Home Office involved in detained casework, are provided with appropriate training for their roles. This includes, but is not limited to, training around Modern Slavery, the National Referrals Mechanism process and the Adults at Risk in detention policy.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 233003 question first answered 20/03/2019 16:55:42 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1089438

registered interest
date	15/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mosques: Security
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 maintain public safety and security at mosques in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	232975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>Police continue to protect places of worship as part of their core activity particularly in relation to hate crime. Following the events on Friday in New Zealand local police have increase patrolling and security measures around mosques and other places of worship to enhance safety and reassure the public.</p><p>Under the 2016 Hate Crime Action Plan we committed £2.4m over three years to provide protective security measure to places of worship who have been victim of or are vulnerable to hate crime attacks. Over the last three years we have awarded funding to just under 50 mosques. In October 2018 we committed to a fourth round of funding of the scheme in 2019/20. We continue to listen to communities to ensure the scheme continues to run as effectively as possible. Protective security advice is provided by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI). NaCTSO have published sector specific protective security advice and guidance for owners and operators of crowded places sites such as places of worship, to allow them to identify key risks and consider what steps to take.</p><p>Government continues to work closely with community groups, including through counter extremism coordinators in local authority areas to provide reassurance to communities and develop understanding of tensions and issues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/03/2019 16:08:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham