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1712636

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter Terrorism Command: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total allocation of funds to the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command in (1) the current, and (2) previous, financial year; and what proportion of those funds in each period was allocated to the War Crimes Unit.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Budget allocations are set by Counter-Terrorism Policing Headquarters, who work with the Home Office and police forces to advise on funding for the counter-terrorism police network, including for specific units. Breakdowns of allocations to police forces or specific units are not provided publicly for national security reasons.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 07/05/2024 15:13:03 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1485911

registered interest
date	04/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Genocide: Rwanda
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing to the Metropolitan Police to assist with the investigation of any Rwandan nationals living in the UK who were allegedly involved in the 1994 genocide in that country.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL1442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is responsible for the investigations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and torture. It has the specialist skills to conduct an investigations or decide that a criminal investigation is not feasible.</p><p>The Home Office has a long-standing relationship with that unit and those individuals identified in the immigration system who are suspected of being involved in war crimes and crimes against humanity, are referred to the MPS, including those who may have been involved in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/07/2022 11:57:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1434984

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	US Department of Homeland Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have benchmarked the way that that the list of those selected for enhanced security checks by US Homeland Security at UK sites is compiled; and whether they have compared this with any other countries in which US Homeland Security has the right to require such checks in their sovereign territory.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>Further to the answer at HL6289 and HL6290 the CBP officers hold no authority in the UK, conduct no formal checks and can only advise airline staff. The decision whether or not to board a passenger rests with the airline. The last recorded complaint was in 2016.</p><p>We do not publish the specific details of the arrangement with the Department of Homeland Security for operational reasons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6386 HL6387 question first answered 09/03/2022 16:52:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1434985

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	US Department of Homeland Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the (1) arrangements granted, and (2) facilities given, to the United States Department of Homeland Security to conduct security checks at airports on UK sovereign territory.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>Further to the answer at HL6289 and HL6290 the CBP officers hold no authority in the UK, conduct no formal checks and can only advise airline staff. The decision whether or not to board a passenger rests with the airline. The last recorded complaint was in 2016.</p><p>We do not publish the specific details of the arrangement with the Department of Homeland Security for operational reasons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6385 HL6387 question first answered 09/03/2022 16:52:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1434986

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	US Department of Homeland Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received complaints about how the United States Department of Homeland Security conducts the selection of travellers for additional security checks by and on behalf of United States authorities; and if so, how many complaints they have received.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>Further to the answer at HL6289 and HL6290 the CBP officers hold no authority in the UK, conduct no formal checks and can only advise airline staff. The decision whether or not to board a passenger rests with the airline. The last recorded complaint was in 2016.</p><p>We do not publish the specific details of the arrangement with the Department of Homeland Security for operational reasons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6385 HL6386 question first answered 09/03/2022 16:52:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1433435

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what verification checks are conducted on the permitted US Homeland Security procedures at UK airports; who conducts these checks; in which department the people that conduct these checks are based; and when was the last time these checks were conducted.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Under the US Immigration Advisory Program, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have operated in an advisory capacity at Heathrow airport, since 2007, to support airlines in identifying passengers who may be inadmissible to the US and should not board flights to the US. This reflects an established recommended practice of Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention).</p><p>The CBP officers hold no authority in the UK, conduct no formal checks and can only advise airline staff. The decision whether or not to board a passenger rests with the airline.</p><p>We do not publish the specific details of the arrangement with the Department of Homeland Security for operational reasons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6290 question first answered 07/03/2022 16:19:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1433436

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they have received from the US ambassador to the UK on the operation of the Homeland Security checks on UK territory; and when was the last time such checks were discussed by UK Ministers.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>Under the US Immigration Advisory Program, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have operated in an advisory capacity at Heathrow airport, since 2007, to support airlines in identifying passengers who may be inadmissible to the US and should not board flights to the US. This reflects an established recommended practice of Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention).</p><p>The CBP officers hold no authority in the UK, conduct no formal checks and can only advise airline staff. The decision whether or not to board a passenger rests with the airline.</p><p>We do not publish the specific details of the arrangement with the Department of Homeland Security for operational reasons.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL6289 question first answered 07/03/2022 16:19:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1259501

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken in response to the report by the Commissioner for Countering Extremism Challenging Hateful Extremism, published in October 2019, in the last year.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL11230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government engages with the Lead Commissioner for Countering Extremism on a regular basis and this includes discussing the report on <em>Challenging Hateful Extremism </em>that was published last year. The Government will respond formally to the report in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/12/2020 11:27:27 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1259502

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Commissioner for Countering Extremism’s legal review, announced in June, examining the effectiveness of legislation in relation to hateful extremism.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL11231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The work of the Commission for Countering Extremism is independent from government. The Government engages closely with the Commission for Countering Extremism on their work. We look forward to considering their upcoming legal review, which we understand is expected to be published in early 2021.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/12/2020 11:41:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

1259503

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations in the report by the Commissioner for Countering Extremism COVID-19: How hateful extremists are exploiting the pandemic, published in July.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL11232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government engages closely with the Commission for Countering Extremism on their work on COVID-19 and extremism. After publication of their initial findings in July, we have supported further work undertaken by them on this subject.</p><p>The Home Office has undertaken work to counter the spread of hatred and extremism during the pandemic, both online and offline, including working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council on additional hate crime support and community work and working with civil society partners and social media platforms to encourage victim reporting of online hate crime.</p><p>The increased use of the Internet as a result of Covid-19 has brought into sharp focus the need to be vigilant against those seeking to exploit the situation to radicalise others into terrorism. We are working closely with tech companies to ensure preventing terrorist use of their platforms continues to be a priority and that companies are responding quickly to any emerging threats. As well as engaging with companies, we are working with our Five Country partners to deliver a joint assessment on the impacts of Covid-19 on the online process of radicalisation, as agreed at the Virtual Five-Country Ministerial meeting in June. We also continue to support efforts by DCMS to work alongside social media platforms to analyse and quickly remove Covid-19 disinformation content.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL11233 question first answered 22/12/2020 11:42:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn