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1132038

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Evidence: DNA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has contacted every person they know to have been affected by the mandating of DNA-based evidence.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	264448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Taskforce has contacted all known affected applicants where we have secured contact details. Anyone who thinks they have been affected should contact the Home Office details are on:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-dna-evidence-in-immigration-applications%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-dna-evidence-in-immigration-applications </a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/06/2019 14:46:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1132039

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Evidence: DNA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent review of the Home Office response to the mandating of DNA evidence for immigration purposes, what steps his Department has taken to find additional people affected by the mandating of DNA evidence who were not originally identified by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	264449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has undertaken a range of activity to identify those affected through the work of the Taskforce and further system sampling including further work in light of the recommendations by Mr Singh. The Department will continue to consider if there are any additional steps that can be taken to identify individuals effected.</p><p>Anyone who thinks they have been affected should contact the Home Office: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-dna-evidence-in-immigration-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/use-of-dna-evidence-in-immigration-applications</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/06/2019 14:48:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1132118

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the membership was of the group set up by his Department to support students alleged in 2014 of cheating in the Test of English for International Communication.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	264298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office did not set up a group to support the students alleged in 2014 to have cheated in the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 264299 question first answered 18/06/2019 13:40:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1132119

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many occasions the group set up by his Department to support students alleged in 2014 to have cheated in the Test of English for International Communication met in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016, (d) 2017 and (e) 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	264299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office did not set up a group to support the students alleged in 2014 to have cheated in the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 264298 question first answered 18/06/2019 13:40:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1132121

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the information his Department sent education institutions on students accused of cheating in the Test of International Communication distinguished between students who has (a) definitely and (b) probably cheated; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	264300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office provided a list of students to some licensed institutions which distinguished between those students with ‘invalid’ and those with ‘questionable’ TOEIC scores. The lists provided only related to students associated with those institutions.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/06/2019 13:41:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1132133

registered interest
date	13/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
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 effect of (a) political discourse, (b) the print media and (c) social media on the level of hate crime in the UK in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	264340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office and key partners continue to build understanding of the drivers of hate crime through research and evaluation of hate crime programmes, and consultation with subject matter experts including the Independent Advisory Group and local practitioners.</p><p>Alongside the Hate Crime Action Plan refresh in October 2018 the Government published a thematic review of the current evidence base – this can be found at<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hate-crime-action-plan-2016." target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hate-crime-action-plan-2016.</a> The review highlighted the complex nature of the drivers and harms of hate crime, including the impact of political and other events, such as the 2017 terrorist attacks, in triggering ‘spikes’ in offending. <br> <br>In recognition that political discourse, the print media and social media may have a role in hate crime, the Action Plan set out a number of commitments, including work with the Society of Editors and the Independent Press Standards Organisation. More broadly the Government published the Online Harms White Paper on 8 April 2019, and delivered a communications campaign to increase public awareness of the different forms hate crime can take.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/06/2019 13:23:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1131613

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Julian Assange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the policing and security services operation in relation to the time Julian Assange remained at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	263743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to the Rt. Hon Member for Leicester East; UIN 244020 on the 24th April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/06/2019 14:23:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1131615

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress his Department has made on tackling gang-related crime.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	263808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>In April last year the Government published its Serious Violence Strategy which sets out our response to violent crime including knife crime, gun crime and homicides. It also sets out our action in relation to tackling gang related crime through our Ending Gang Violence and Exploitation and our continued support for local areas through this programme.</p><p>We are making progress in the delivery of our Strategy and have already provided funding to support 29 projects through our Early Intervention Youth Fund, supported the launch of the new National County Lines Coordination Centre in September 2018 and delivered our #knifefree campaigns.</p><p>In March this year the Chancellor also announced a further £100m of funding to support police efforts to tackle serious violence. £65m has been allocated to support the police with £35m being made available to support the creation of Violence Reductions Units.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/06/2019 16:55:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1131617

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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, whether (a) his Department and (b) individual police forces have imposed targets on the number of stop and searches to be carried out.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	263809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not set stop and search targets</p><p>Stop and search can only be carried out when legal thresholds have been met, and as such setting central targets for the number of searches would not be appropriate.</p><p>We are not aware of targets being set by individual forces. Stop and search can be an important tool in fighting violence, with searches last year resulting in nearly 8,000 arrests for weapons and firearms offences.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/06/2019 14:20:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1131692

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reverse his decision of March 2018 to close the permanent residency route under the Ankara Agreement for Turkish nationals who have set up businesses in the UK and are seeking indefinite leave to remain in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	263838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Upper Tribunal concluded, in the case of Aydogdu, that there was no legal basis under the Ankara Agreement for the previous route to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) for Turkish nationals who have set up businesses in the UK.</p><p><br>The Home Office therefore closed the route in March 2018 and, though not obliged to do so, introduced a route via the domestic Immigration Rules to enable Turkish business persons and their family members to obtain ILR where certain criteria are met.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 10:15:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq