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884155

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment she has made of the level of crime and the effectiveness of crime reporting by police forces.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	904758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The independent Office for National Statistics is clear that overall crime has fallen, with ‘traditional’ crime down by almost 40 per cent since June 2010 according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>HMICFRS continue to inspect forces’ accuracy in crime recording and where recommendations are made for improvement we expect action to be taken locally by chief officers.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/04/2018 16:03:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

884156

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of measures to tackle the illegal trade in the drug commonly known as Spice.
tabling member constituency	Torbay
tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
uin	904761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government's approach to drugs is working. We are tracking the use of new psychoactive substances (which captures synthetic cannabinoids such as those in 'spice') though the annual Drug Misuse publication, which found that NPS use in England and Wales has fallen from 0.7 per cent in 2015/16 to 0.4 per cent in 2016/17. We recognise that some areas still have problems with synthetic cannabinoids and strongly support the multi-agency approach taken to tackle this.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/04/2018 16:04:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

884157

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans she has to change the operation of the Tier 2 work visa.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	904763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Tier 2, the main immigration route for non-EEA skilled workers, ensures employers can recruit from overseas where necessary while controlling migration and encouraging employers to look first to the domestic workforce before recruiting from overseas.</p><p>We continue to monitor the operation of the route to ensure that it serves the national interest.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/04/2018 16:05:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

881053

registered interest
date	11/04/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether she has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make misogyny a hate crime.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	904760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Abuse, harassment or targeting of women is totally unacceptable and we already have robust legislation that can be used to protect women from a range of crimes. We will continue our work to protect women and girls, including pledging £100 million in dedicated funding until 2020 to tackle violence against women and girls, while our landmark draft Domestic Abuse Bill will help transform our approach to protect and support victims, and bring perpetrators to justice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/04/2018 14:00:09 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

874583

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government where the new British passports will be produced; and what proportion will be produced in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The next contract for the design, manufacture, and personalisation of UK passports has yet to be awarded, and any detail relating to bids remains commercially sensitive.</p><p> </p><p>There is no reason to require UK passports to be manufactured in the United Kingdom. Up to 20 per cent of blank passport books are currently produced in Europe with no security or operational concerns. However all passports will continue to be personalised with the passport holder’s personal details such as name and photograph, in the United Kingdom. This will ensure that no personal data will leave the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 11:30:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

874584

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they chose Gemalto to produce the new British passports; and what assessment they have made of profit warnings issued by Gemalto.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The next contract for the design, manufacture, and personalisation of UK passports has yet to be awarded.</p><p> </p><p>However, the selection criteria for this competition was set to ensure that the new contract delivers a quality and secure product at the best value for money for the passport fee payer, with the quality of the passport being prioritised over cost for evaluating the bids. The contract will not be awarded without financial due diligence being fully completed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 11:31:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

874585

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the decision to award the contract for the new British passports to Gemalto, what estimate they have made of (1) the number of UK jobs that will be lost, (2) the number of UK jobs that will be created, (3) the cost of redundancy payments, and (4) the net impact on tax revenue.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The next contract for the design, manufacture, and personalisation of UK passports has yet to be awarded. However, this contract will continue to demand British jobs by requiring the supplier to personalise the documents in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>It is for all potential suppliers to determine how to best deploy their resources to meet their business need. The incumbent supplier has publicly stated that it will bid for other work to help protect jobs after the current passport contract ends.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 11:31:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

874586

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that choosing a foreign company to produce the new British passports will not undermine British security and essential services, as outlined in their 2017 manifesto.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>There is no reason to require UK passports to be manufactured in the United Kingdom, or by a UK company. A proportion of blank passport books are currently produced in Europe with no security or operational concerns. However all passports will continue to be personalised with the passport holder’s personal details such as name and photograph, in the United Kingdom. This will ensure that no personal data will leave the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The winning bidder will comply with the UK Security Policy Framework and international security standards to mitigate and prevent internal and external threats to the manufacture and onward transportation of blank books. These include a range of physical and protective security requirements set by the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 11:34:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

874587

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to assess the impact on Gateshead of the decision to choose Gemalto to produce the new British passports; and if so, how they intend to ensure that the community in Gateshead is not "cast aside" (in the terms outlined in their 2017 Manifesto).
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL6807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The next contract for the design, manufacture, and personalisation of UK passports has yet to be awarded.</p><p> </p><p>It is for all potential suppliers to determine how to best deploy their resources to meet their business need. The incumbent supplier has publicly stated that it will bid for other work to help protect jobs after the current passport contract ends.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 11:34:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

874598

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government at which public points of departure from the UK all departing persons have their passports checked at immigration control; and what percentage of passports are checked at each point of departure.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL6818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Exit checks are conducted on all scheduled commercial international air, sea and rail routes. An exit check has two elements:</p><p> </p><ul><li>the capture of an individual’s basic identity data, either from Advance Passenger Information (API) they supply before their journey or by scanning their passport at the point of departure;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>verification on departure – i.e. a brief visual check - that the passport is not obviously forged and matches the individual presenting it.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Exit Checks data improves national security by helping the police and security services track the movements of known or suspected criminals and terrorists, supporting the wider work across government and law enforcement agencies.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/04/2018 11:32:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford