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1110233

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Financial Services and Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Tier 5 Exceptional Talent visas were issued to people working in (a) FinTech and (b) science in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	242080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested in a reportable format. As such the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/04/2019 12:37:22 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1110456

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the direct entry at Inspector scheme.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	242058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Direct Entry Inspector’s scheme launched in November 2016 and is attracting existing exceptional leaders from a range of backgrounds into policing, bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas. An evaluation of the scheme will be published in autumn 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/04/2019 12:33:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1110457

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on integrating vulnerable refugee Syrian families into society.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	242059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that refugees can take positive steps towards integration as they rebuild their lives in the UK. All refugees in the UK have access to mainstream benefits and services to enable their integration; and we are working across Government to ensure services meet the needs of refugees.</p><p>Local authorities resettling Syrian and other refugee families through the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS) are provided with funding from the Government to support integration, including to enable access to additional language tuition. The VPRS is being evaluated through a programme of quantitative data work and qualitative research with refugees and key delivery partners. A key focus of this work is examining integration progress to learn what works.</p><p>More broadly, the Government published the Integrated Communities Action plan in February 2019, which includes a commitment to increase integration support for all refugees in the UK. We will focus on supporting refugees with English language, employment, mental health, and cultural orientation to life in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/04/2019 12:43:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1109922

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he is increasing the use of section 60 stop and searches without first reviewing their effectiveness in tackling crime; and if will undertake such a review.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	241468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The government has made it simpler for police in seven forces particularly affected by serious violent crime to use stop and search powers set out Section 60 (s60) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, in anticipation of serious violence.</p><p>These changes will help the police to tackle serious violence by enabling 3,000 more officers to authorise their use. S60s are publicly communicated, which the police believe can deter individuals from carrying weapons into areas in which these powers are known to be in operation.</p><p>These changes are being piloted for up to 12 months, and we have been clear that no one should be stopped based on their race or ethnicity. All forces will continue to collect and report data to the Home Office on the race and ethnicity of people searched, and the use of stop and search will also be inspected by HMICFRS as part of their annual inspection round.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/04/2019 12:30:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1109926

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search: Racial Discrimination
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 he taken to safeguard against race disproportionality in the use of section 60 powers.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	241469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The government has made it simpler for police in seven forces particularly affected by serious violent crime to use stop and search powers set out Section 60 (s60) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, in anticipation of serious violence.</p><p>These changes will help the police to tackle serious violence by enabling 3,000 more officers to authorise their use. S60s are publicly communicated, which the police believe can deter individuals from carrying weapons into areas in which these powers are known to be in operation.</p><p>These changes are being piloted for up to 12 months, and we have been clear that no one should be stopped based on their race or ethnicity. All forces will continue to collect and report data to the Home Office on the race and ethnicity of people searched, and the use of stop and search will also be inspected by HMICFRS as part of their annual inspection round.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/04/2019 12:41:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1109949

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
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 1 April 2019 to Question 235392, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless foreign nationals detained by Immigration Compliance and Enforcement teams in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	241480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested in a reportable format. The data that is recorded on the housing conditions of migrants is largely volunteered by the migrants themselves, may not be reliable in all cases and does not allow for informed estimates of the numbers who are homeless. An attempt at an estimate requested could only be supplied at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/04/2019 12:06:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1109966

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Lancashire Constabulary: Proceeds of Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money Lancashire Constabulary was allowed to retain under section 298 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19; what that money was used for; and to which organisations that money was donated.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	241407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS), police forces and other agencies that seize and obtain the forfeiture of cash under s298 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 receive 50% of the amount forfeited. Lanca-shire Constabulary received the following amounts</p><p>2017/18 = £77,500<br>2018/19 = £142,500</p><p>The use of ARIS allocations/payments is a matter for each agency but in-centive payments should be used to further drive up performance on asset recovery and, where appropriate, to fund local crime fighting priorities for the benefit of the community.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/04/2019 14:50:34 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1109980

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) full-time and (b) on-call firefighters were available for duty in each fire and rescue service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	241477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of firefighters that were available for duty. Data are collected on how many firefighters are employed by fire and rescue services.</p><p><br>The latest published statistics on firefighter numbers in England were published on 18 October 2018. The number of firefighters (full time equivalent) employed by FRSs in England on the 31st March each year are shown in the table below:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>2014</td><td>2015</td><td>2016</td><td>2017</td><td>2018</td></tr><tr><td>Wholetime firefighters</td><td>29,735</td><td>29,018</td><td>28,166</td><td>27,185</td><td>26,180</td><td>25,098</td><td>23,887</td><td>22,867</td><td>22,580</td></tr><tr><td>On-call firefighters</td><td>11,898</td><td>12,149</td><td>11,513</td><td>11,269</td><td>10,989</td><td>10,828</td><td>10,469</td><td>9,894</td><td>9,760</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/04/2019 11:59:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1109983

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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 information will be passed to third party organisations from EU settlement applications.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	241459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The process for information handling under the EU Settlement Scheme is set out in the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System privacy information notice:</p><p><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship/borders-immigration-and-citizenship-privacy-information-notice" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship/borders-immigration-and-citizenship-privacy-information-notice</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/04/2019 12:40:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1109984

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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, how long will an unsuccessful applicant to the EU settlement scheme have to leave the UK.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	241460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Resident EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members have until at least 31 December 2020 to make an application to the EU Settlement Scheme. Where an application is unsuccessful, the applicant will not generally be required to leave the UK and can make further applications to the scheme at any time before the deadline, unless their application has been refused for serious and persistent criminality or they have no lawful basis to remain in the UK (for example, because they are not an EEA or Swiss citi-zen or a family member of an EEA or Swiss citizen).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/04/2019 12:03:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley