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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

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

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

453791

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	Passports: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that applications for passports are processed without delays over the peak summer period.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	27642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Robust operational plans are in place and are reviewed regularly to ensure Her Majesty’s Passport Office is able to process passport applications within the published service standards. The organisation's workforce and operational plans take account of demand cycles, and contingency measures are in place.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/02/2016 15:46:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

453797

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	Asylum: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of asylum seekers who have been found to have fraudulently claimed to be under the age of 18 in each of the last years.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	27788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>We publish statistics on cases where the claimant’s age has been disputed and a formal age assessment has been carried out. The table below shows the number of cases in each of the last 3 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Asylum Claims by Year with a disputed age</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year of Claim</p></td><td><p>Totals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data is taken from published statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015/asylum</p><p>Whilst we do hold information on the results of these assessments and whether they were found to be under the age of 18 the way corresponding data is held means that to obtain the data could only be achieved at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case files.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/02/2016 15:50:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

453800

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	Metropolitan Police: Nurses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many custody nurses were employed by the Metropolitan Police (a) in total and (b) in each London borough in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	27769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the number of custody nurses employed by the Metropolitan Police. This information may be held by the Metropolitan Police Force.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/02/2016 15:49:07 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

453802

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	Fires: 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 steps her Department has taken to reduce the number of fires caused by an electrical source of ignition in domestic dwellings.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	27722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s Fire Kills campaign, run in close partnership with fire and rescue authorities in England, promotes a range of domestic fire safety messages, including on electrical fire safety, to ensure householders take appropriate action to prevent accidental fires and understand how best they can protect themselves and their families.</p><p>Fire Kills and Electrical Safety First have a longstanding and close partnership to promote electrical fire safety messages, including through the annual Electrical Fire Safety Week, which runs in November each year.</p><p>The campaign also supports the Register My Appliance initiative, run by the Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances. This is designed to improve recall rates and ensure a greater number of faulty products can be traced and either repaired or removed from homes.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/02/2016 16:23:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

453302

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied asylum seekers claiming to be under the age of 18 arrived in the UK for each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	27417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Figures on asylum applications for Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release. The attached table gives total applications for asylum from UASC aged under 18, for 2012 to 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Asylum applications received from Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children under 18, excluding dependants, 2012 to 2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total applications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Table Notes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><p>(1) An Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Child (UASC) is a person under 18, or who, in the absence of documentary evidence establishing age, appears to be under that age, is applying for asylum on his or her own right and has no relative or guardian in the United Kingdom.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics July to September 2015, is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/02/2016 15:59:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies