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453563

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism Act 2000
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take, if any, in response to the Court of Appeal's declaration, in relation to the case of David Miranda and the safeguarding of journalistic material, that Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 is incompatible with Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
uin	HL6265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal’s judgment in the Miranda litigation dealt with Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 as in force at the time of David Miranda’s examination, which took place in August 2013. In March 2015, the Home Office updated the Code of Practice for Schedule 7 Examining and Review Officers to direct that examining officers may not examine material they reasonably believe to be journalistic using Schedule 7. Given this amendment, the government considers that Schedule 7 as currently in force is compatible with Article 10 of the Convention.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 07/03/2016 17:35:41 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill

453565

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Health Services: Police Custody
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 case for healthcare services provided within police custody being considered healthcare facilities, and being funded, inspected, and regulated accordingly, in the light of the number of vulnerable individuals with complex health-related issues who are brought into police custody.
tabling member printed	Lord Mawson
uin	HL6267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The primary function of a police custody suite is to provide safe detention whilst investigating officers gather evidence, statements and conduct necessary interviews relating to any alleged offence. The provision of custody facilities, including healthcare services within police custody suites is the responsibility of individual police forces, and Police and Crime Commissioners have flexibility to prioritise resources according to local need.</p><p>Both College of Policing and NHS guidance is available to Police and Crime Commissioners to inform their commissioning of healthcare services. Regulation and inspection of police custody including healthcare provision is performed jointly by the three appropriate inspectorate bodies; Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation, and the Care Quality Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 25/02/2016 13:27:32 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3830 label Biography information for Lord Mawson

453574

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Iraq: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to include vulnerable Iraqi refugees in Jordan who are registered with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in their resettlement plans.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL6276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK operates three resettlement routes, Gateway, Mandate and the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) Scheme, working closely with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on each.</p><p>There are no current plans to resettle Iraqis registered with UNHCR and currently seeking refuge in Jordan under any of our resettlement schemes. However, we plan to continue to resettle Iraqi refugees currently in Syria under the Gateway programme. The case load for the Gateway programme is reviewed annually in consultation with UNHCR.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/03/2016 15:52:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

453669

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Care Homes: Electrical Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of mandatory electrical safety checks in care homes.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	27590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Fire safety in care homes is the responsibility of the operator who is required under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to assess the risk from fire to residents and employees and to implement appropriate fire precautions to prevent fires and mitigate the risk that, should a fire break out, lives are not put at risk. This would include mitigating the risk of and from electrical fires.</p><p>The Government’s fire safety risk assessment guidance for residential care premises provides detailed advice on ensuring electrical equipment is safe, and is inspected regularly by a competent electrical engineer in accordance with the Electricity at Work Regulations.</p><p>It is for local fire and rescue authorities to determine whether the specific fire precautions and management and maintenance arrangements in place in any particular residential care premises are sufficient to comply with the provisions of the Order.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 27591 question first answered 26/02/2016 14:08:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

453670

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Care Homes: Electrical Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has undertaken of the electrical safety and adequacy of measures to prevent electrical fires in care homes in England.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	27591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Fire safety in care homes is the responsibility of the operator who is required under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 to assess the risk from fire to residents and employees and to implement appropriate fire precautions to prevent fires and mitigate the risk that, should a fire break out, lives are not put at risk. This would include mitigating the risk of and from electrical fires.</p><p>The Government’s fire safety risk assessment guidance for residential care premises provides detailed advice on ensuring electrical equipment is safe, and is inspected regularly by a competent electrical engineer in accordance with the Electricity at Work Regulations.</p><p>It is for local fire and rescue authorities to determine whether the specific fire precautions and management and maintenance arrangements in place in any particular residential care premises are sufficient to comply with the provisions of the Order.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 27590 question first answered 26/02/2016 14:08:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

453755

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications for her policies on harm caused by alcohol are of the finding in the Balance report, The second hand harm of alcohol in the North East, published on 17 February 2016, on the proportion of people in the North East who have suffered harm at least once due to the drinking of others in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	27794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The Balance report ‘The second hand harm of alcohol in the North East’ highlights a range of harms caused by other people’s drinking. The Government acknowledges that the costs of alcohol-related harm are too high. Alcohol-related harm is estimated to cost society over £21 billion per year, including £11 billion costs of alcohol-related crime, £3.5 billion costs to the NHS and £7.3 billion costs in lost productivity based on 2009-10 data. The Government will soon be publishing a Modern Crime Prevention Strategy which will set out new action to reduce alcohol-fuelled crime and violence.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/03/2016 16:53:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

453786

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the current average waiting time is for an application for leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	27592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The average waiting time for a postal leave to remain application during the period of 05 October 2014 to 27 February 2015 was 82 calendar days. These dates have been selected to sit alongside published data and are based on operational performance reporting. The average is based on the average waiting times between the date a postal application is submitted and the length of time taken to despatch the decision to the applicant for all leave to remain routes.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/03/2016 17:31:14 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

453787

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidelines her Department produces on the inclusion of non-conviction information or soft information on DBS forms.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	27587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Statutory guidance is issued under section 113B(4A) of the Police Act 1997 in order to assist chief officers of police in making decisions to provide relevant non-conviction information and other intelligence from local police records for inclusion in enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificates. The Home Office introduced the first edition of this guidance on 10 September 2012 and the most recent revision came into force on 10 August 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 29/02/2016 16:57:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

453789

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Betting Shops: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police call-outs to betting shops there were due to violence related to fixed odds betting terminals.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	27649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect information centrally on the reasons why police officers are called out to specific locations. The Home Office has no plans for a formal assessment of the impact of fixed odds betting terminals on levels of crime.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to decide crime priorities at a local level, and the most appropriate response in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 27650 question first answered 25/02/2016 15:48:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

453790

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gaming Machines: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effect of fixed odds betting terminals on levels of crime; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	27650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect information centrally on the reasons why police officers are called out to specific locations. The Home Office has no plans for a formal assessment of the impact of fixed odds betting terminals on levels of crime.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to decide crime priorities at a local level, and the most appropriate response in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 27649 question first answered 25/02/2016 15:48:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris