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1731496

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date	04/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Moorland: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help (a) monitor and (b) prevent moorland fires through patrolling.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>Fire and Rescue Services are operationally independent in England. Each fire and rescue authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfire), through their Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) while having regard to the views of other key local responders. The Government does not issue guidance on the operational use of helicopters.</p><p>Fire and Rescue Services undertake a range of activities alongside local partners, including prevention and educational activities. Additionally, Defra encourage landowners and land managers to adopt good quality wildfire management plans, use sustainable land management practices that reduce fuel loads and restore their peatland – wetter, healthy-functioning peatlands are more resilient to the risk of wildfire.</p><p>In 24/25, the Home Office is funding a new National Resilience Wildfire Advisor to assess what additional wildfire national capabilities might be needed to increase resilience to the wildfire risk and to ensure coordination of approaches across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson grouped question UIN 7284 question first answered 10/10/2024 13:25:41 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	5317

1731497

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Moorland: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance on the criteria to be used to determine when to use a helicopter to help put out moorland fires.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Paul Davies
uin	7284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>Fire and Rescue Services are operationally independent in England. Each fire and rescue authority is required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfire), through their Community Risk Management Plan (CRMP) while having regard to the views of other key local responders. The Government does not issue guidance on the operational use of helicopters.</p><p>Fire and Rescue Services undertake a range of activities alongside local partners, including prevention and educational activities. Additionally, Defra encourage landowners and land managers to adopt good quality wildfire management plans, use sustainable land management practices that reduce fuel loads and restore their peatland – wetter, healthy-functioning peatlands are more resilient to the risk of wildfire.</p><p>In 24/25, the Home Office is funding a new National Resilience Wildfire Advisor to assess what additional wildfire national capabilities might be needed to increase resilience to the wildfire risk and to ensure coordination of approaches across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham answering member printed Dame Diana Johnson grouped question UIN 7283 question first answered 10/10/2024 13:25:41 answering member 1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson
tabling member	5317

1436234

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on reducing levels of burglary and robbery.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	905746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>This Government recognises the devastating impact crimes such as burglary and robbery have on our communities and businesses.</p><p>We are recruiting 20,000 police officers and continuing to invest in the Safer Streets Fund to prevent these crimes from happening, supporting deployment of evidence-based solutions such as home security and increased street lighting in high crime areas.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/02/2022 15:36:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1136509

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dual Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provisions exist under the one name for all policy for citizens with dual nationality to maintain legal recognition of previous or original names.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	272919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The intent behind the policy is to have one name for all official purposes. Specific exceptions exist under the one names policy where a dual national cannot meet the requirements of the policy for reasons beyond their control, for example where there are restrictions on their ability to change their name in travel documents of their other nationality.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/07/2019 14:09:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1122517

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Barbecues
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the risks of disposable barbecues to wildlife and the natural environment.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	246571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office works in close partnership with local fire and rescue authorities to promote a range of fire safety messages through the national Fire Kills campaign. Messages on outdoor fire safety, including the fire risks related to barbecues, are included within the educational materials made available to fire and rescue authorities to support local activity. In addition, the campaign works with the Gas Safe Register to support the promotion of carbon monoxide safety messages associated with barbecues.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/04/2019 13:27:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1110982

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from community faith groups on the security of places of worship.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	243564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Places of Worship Protective Security Fund (POW) is a key commit-ment in the Hate Crime Action Plan published in 2016. The scheme has been running for three years, and we ensure we continuously listen to feedback from faith communities on the scheme, including the independent panel to the scheme made up of representatives across faith groups. This feedback has resulted in improvements being made for each year of the scheme.</p><p><br>In March the Home Secretary announced an increase in the amount of funding for the POW scheme to £1.6m, for 2019-20. We are working urgently to make commercial improvements to the scheme to make it easier for places of worship to apply, reducing the administrative burden and widening the eligibility criteria.</p><p><br>More widely, following the events in Christchurch, the Home Secretary committed to consulting with faith communities to understand what more could and should be done to help protect faith communities at their places of worship. We will be working with groups such as the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, Tell Mama and those representing other faiths as part of this consultation. This engagement with communities is starting immediately with opportunities for wider consultation, including from people feeding in on individual basis, following thereafter. We will be outlining how to engage on Gov.UK shortly</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 243565 question first answered 23/04/2019 14:03:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1110983

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: 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 2 April 2019 to Question 236388 on Religious Buildings: Security, what plans are in place to enable his Department to consult communities on the security of places of worship.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	243565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Places of Worship Protective Security Fund (POW) is a key commit-ment in the Hate Crime Action Plan published in 2016. The scheme has been running for three years, and we ensure we continuously listen to feedback from faith communities on the scheme, including the independent panel to the scheme made up of representatives across faith groups. This feedback has resulted in improvements being made for each year of the scheme.</p><p><br>In March the Home Secretary announced an increase in the amount of funding for the POW scheme to £1.6m, for 2019-20. We are working urgently to make commercial improvements to the scheme to make it easier for places of worship to apply, reducing the administrative burden and widening the eligibility criteria.</p><p><br>More widely, following the events in Christchurch, the Home Secretary committed to consulting with faith communities to understand what more could and should be done to help protect faith communities at their places of worship. We will be working with groups such as the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, Tell Mama and those representing other faiths as part of this consultation. This engagement with communities is starting immediately with opportunities for wider consultation, including from people feeding in on individual basis, following thereafter. We will be outlining how to engage on Gov.UK shortly</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 243564 question first answered 23/04/2019 14:03:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker