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1123305

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 April (HL15195), what guidance they have provided to police forces in England following the concerns raised by the Information Commissioner’s Office about the introduction of technology allowing the police to gather data from mobile phones or laptops by overriding passwords possibly being unlawful.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>The police are operationally independent of the Home Office and the use of their powers to investigate crime, including operational guidance, is a matter for them.</p><p>Current guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stresses that decisions to access mobile phones have to be made on a case-by-case basis, balancing reasonable lines of inquiry with the right to privacy. Mobile phones of complainants and witnesses may only be accessed with their informed consent.</p><p>The NPCC and the CPS will engage with stakeholders, including the In-formation Commissioner’s Office, on this issue.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL15363 question first answered 10/05/2019 12:44:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1123307

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any police forces, other than Police Scotland, have used, or are planning to use "cyber kiosks" which can override passwords to access data.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>The police are operationally independent of the Home Office and the use of their powers to investigate crime, including operational guidance, is a matter for them.</p><p>Current guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) stresses that decisions to access mobile phones have to be made on a case-by-case basis, balancing reasonable lines of inquiry with the right to privacy. Mobile phones of complainants and witnesses may only be accessed with their informed consent.</p><p>The NPCC and the CPS will engage with stakeholders, including the In-formation Commissioner’s Office, on this issue.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL15361 question first answered 10/05/2019 12:44:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1123308

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Data Protection
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 legality of police forces using "cyber kiosks", such as those recently bought by Police Scotland and which can override passwords to access data.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>Current legislation, principally provisions in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, allow data to be accessed from a mobile device when there are reasonable grounds to believe it contains evidence of an offence, but only then in adherence with data protection and human rights obligations.</p><p>Current guidance issued by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Crown Prosecution Service stresses that decisions to access mobile phones have to be made on a case-by-case basis, balancing reasonable lines of inquiry with the right to privacy. Mobile phones of complainants and witnesses may only be accessed with their informed consent.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/05/2019 12:42:53 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1111065

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	Police: Data Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take following the Information Commissioner’s Office raising concerns that the introduction of technology allowing the police to gather data from mobile phones or laptops by overriding passwords may be unlawful.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL15195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is not aware of any specific concerns from the Information Commissioner’s Office regarding the use of technology to override pass-words in England and Wales. There are currently no plans to change legislation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/04/2019 14:28:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1089525

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	Knives: Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to treat knife crime as a public health issue; and if such steps are being taken, what funding they have made available to treat that issue as a public health priority.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL14606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>Tackling serious violence including knife crime is a top priority for the Government and it is clear we must continue to step up the response to stop this violence. The Serious Violence Strategy, published in April 2018 sets out the Government’s approach, which depends also on a multi-agency approach across several sectors and stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes.</p><p>It also sets out a significant programme of work including the following:</p><p>• 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 supporting police forces to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre</p><p>On 2 October 2018 the Home Secretary also announced that the Government will: deliver a new £200 million youth endowment fund over 10 years and will support interventions with children and young people at risk of involvement in crime and violence; conduct an independent review of drug misuse, to be conducted by Dame Carole Black, which will ensure law enforcement agencies and policy are targeting and preventing the drug-related causes of violent crime effectively; and consult on a new legal duty to support a multi-agency or ‘public health’ approach to preventing and tackling serious violence.</p><p>The consultation will explore different options to make multi-agency working more effective than at present and will seek to identify best practice. The consultation will be launched shortly</p><p>Further, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced on 13 March that an additional £100 million funding in 19/20 will help in the police’s immediate response to the rise in serious knife crime, enabling priority forces to immediately begin planning to put in place the additional capacity they need. The funding will also be invested in Violence Reduction Units, bringing together a range of agencies including health, education, social services and others, to develop a multi-agency approach in preventing knife crime altogether.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/03/2019 13:32:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1082435

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people claimed asylum in the last 12 months on the grounds of their (1) sexual orientation, and (2) gender identity; and of those, how many cases were (a) granted, (b) refused, (c) granted on appeal, and (d) refused on appeal.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL14272
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 period 2015 to 2017.</p><p>These experimental statistics provide data on asylum claims from 2015-2017, by year of application, initial decision, appeal receipt, or appeal decision</p><p>The experimental statistics can be found at: <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><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>SOC_00: Applications, initial decisions, and appeals for main applicants, for whom sexual orientation formed a basis of their claim</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Applications</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,768 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,212 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,936 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Initial decisions</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,584 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,845 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,887 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which:</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Grants</em></p></td><td><p><em>620 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 497 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 423 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Refusals</em></p></td><td><p><em>964 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 1,348 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 1,464 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeal lodged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>857 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,103 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,306 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Appeals determined</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>515 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 916 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1,477 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which:</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Allowed</em></p></td><td><p><em>167 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 341 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 487 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Dismissed</em></p></td><td><p><em>324 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 553 </em></p></td><td><p><em> 951 </em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These are the latest data available, and the next planned update to these statistics is in August 2019.</p><p>Data published in this release relate to the number of asylum claims made where sexual orientation formed part of the basis of the claim. The data does not represent the number of asylum claimants who define themselves as LGB. Having an identifier that an asylum case is based on sexual orientation does not indicate that a claimant has any particular sexuality or that sexual orientation is the reason for any grant or refusal of asylum. It also does not signify whether that aspect of the claim has been accepted. Sexual orientation as a basis of claim could be due to imputed assertions or association rather than a defining characteristic of the claimant.</p><p>The Home Office do not record data on asylum claims based on gender identity or expression. The option to record this data remains under review. Historically the number of gender identity-based asylum claims has been low.</p><p>The Home Office is developing dedicated policy guidance for caseworkers considering gender identity and expression (including intersex) issues raised as the basis of an asylum claim.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 19/03/2019 16:21:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1049588

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether a refugee who has been granted asylum should be allowed to be the subject of an Interpol Red Notice initiated by the country they are seeking asylum from.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL13174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>INTERPOL is a crucial organisation enabling police to police cooperation between 194 member countries.</p><p>INTERPOL systems enable member countries to issue Red Notices to seek the location and arrest of persons who are wanted with a view to extradition or other lawful action. Such notices must be made strictly in compliance with INTERPOL’s constitution which forbids any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character. The Government considers very seriously any misuse of INTERPOL notices and strongly supports INTERPOL’s efforts to ensure systems are in place that protect individuals’ human rights.</p><p>It is up to each INTERPOL member country’s legal framework as to what action will be taken in respect of an individual who is subject to an INTERPOL Red Notice, alongside a consideration of other relevant factors such as an asylum claim.</p><p>Those granted refugee status in the UK are not expected to return to their country of origin in accordance with the UK’s obligations under the Refugee Convention. As a matter of policy, the UK will moreover not disclose the existence or status of any asylum claim to the national authorities of their country of origin</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/02/2019 17:03:43 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1047582

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Artificial Intelligence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 21 January (HL12620), what is the definition of vulnerability in relation to the National Data Analytics Solution project; and how many people on any database used by that project are deemed to be vulnerable.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL13075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Data Analytics Solution project is police led and West Midlands Police have ownership of the definition of vulnerability and how many people on any database used by that project are deemed to be vulnerable; how many individuals' data are included and how many have been found guilty fo committing a crime and whether they require consent from individuals whose data are held on any database.</p><p>HL13078 - The project will be evaluated after it completes in March 2019. The Home Office is yet to agree a Report submission date with West Midlands Police. A decision whether to share widely or publish rests with the force’s Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL13076 HL13077 HL13078 question first answered 06/02/2019 15:37:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1047583

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Artificial Intelligence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals' data are included on the databases that are used by the National Data Analytics Solution project; and of those, how many have been found guilty of committing a crime.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL13076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Data Analytics Solution project is police led and West Midlands Police have ownership of the definition of vulnerability and how many people on any database used by that project are deemed to be vulnerable; how many individuals' data are included and how many have been found guilty fo committing a crime and whether they require consent from individuals whose data are held on any database.</p><p>HL13078 - The project will be evaluated after it completes in March 2019. The Home Office is yet to agree a Report submission date with West Midlands Police. A decision whether to share widely or publish rests with the force’s Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL13075 HL13077 HL13078 question first answered 06/02/2019 15:37:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

1047584

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Artificial Intelligence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they require consent from individuals whose data are held on any database that is used as part of the National Data Analytics Solution project for their data to be held.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL13077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2019 answer text <p>The National Data Analytics Solution project is police led and West Midlands Police have ownership of the definition of vulnerability and how many people on any database used by that project are deemed to be vulnerable; how many individuals' data are included and how many have been found guilty fo committing a crime and whether they require consent from individuals whose data are held on any database.</p><p>HL13078 - The project will be evaluated after it completes in March 2019. The Home Office is yet to agree a Report submission date with West Midlands Police. A decision whether to share widely or publish rests with the force’s Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL13075 HL13076 HL13078 question first answered 06/02/2019 15:37:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven