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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

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

453311

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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 14 December 2015 on the International Sikh Youth Federation, case reference ZA2442.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Rob Marris
uin	27290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>I wrote to the hon. Member on 17 February 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 23/02/2016 17:19:11 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1468 label Biography information for Rob Marris

453316

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	Entry Clearances: 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 children from each country of embarkation arrived at UK airports without being eligible for entry clearance in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	27572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>The UK Government takes child safeguarding extremely seriously. All Border Force officers have received training in keeping children safe and all operational processes involving children comply with requirements as set out in the Children and Young Persons Act.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 27491 question first answered 25/02/2016 15:45:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

453322

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	Entry Clearances: 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 children arriving at UK airports from which countries were not eligible for entry clearance in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	27491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>The UK Government takes child safeguarding extremely seriously. All Border Force officers have received training in keeping children safe and all operational processes involving children comply with requirements as set out in the Children and Young Persons Act.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 27572 question first answered 25/02/2016 15:45:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 46872 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann