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1146705

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Borders: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mitigating methods he has planned to provide continuous access to the (a) SIS II database and (b) ECRIS for UK law enforcement and border force agencies in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	291494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>My Department continues to work closely with operational partners and engage with EU Member States to prepare for our departure from the EU in October. If necessary, we will be ready to transition our cooperation with EU Member States to alternative, non-EU arrangements where available. Broadly speaking, this would mean making more use of Interpol, Council of Europe instruments and other forms of co-operation with European partners, such as bilateral channels. In a no deal scenario requests for criminal records information would be facilitated under the 1959 Council of Europe Convention on Mutual Legal Assistance. The 1959 Convention is already used as the basis for exchange with a number of other countries.</p><p> </p><p>As regards SIS II, we will be able to continue to cooperate through pre-existing bilateral channels or Interpol, as was the case before 2015 when the UK connected to SIS II.Whilst these alternative arrangements are not like-for-like replacements, they are tried and tested mechanisms that we already use for cooperating with many non-EU countries. The UK will continue to be one of the safest countries in the world in the event of no deal.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/10/2019 17:00:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1146706

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces have been requested to provide contingency resourcing for Operation Yellowhammer.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	291495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>It is the duty of any responsible Government to prepare for every eventuality including the scenario that we leave the EU without agreeing a deal.</p><p>With that in mind, we are working closely with operational partners - including the police - on contingency planning so we can ensure the safety and security of our citizens in all scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>The police have tried and tested strategic mobilisation plans for responding to a wide range of emergency scenarios, including widespread disorder. This includes consideration of any requirements for mutual aid or other support. We are working closely with the National Police Chiefs Council and National Police Coordination Centre to ensure the plans are appropriate for a No Deal EU Exit.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/10/2019 16:59:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1131349

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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 his oral contribution of 24 July 2018 on detention, Official Report column 909, what extra data on immigration detention he plans to publish; and what the timetable is for the publication of that data.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	263156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>In November 2018, the Home Office published data on the number of deaths in the detention estate and absconds from the detention estate for the first time in its official <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/how-many-people-are-detained-or-returned" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics</a>. This data will continue to be published on an annual basis each August.</p><p><br>At the same time, the Home Office published data on pregnant women in detention and further breakdowns of data on reports made by a medical practitioner under Rule 35 for the first time in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-november-2018" target="_blank">Immigration Enforcement Transparency</a> data. This data will continue to be published on a quarterly basis.</p><p><br>In February 2019, the Home Office also announced its intention to undertake a more extensive review of the published enforcement data and has invited initial user feedback on the current and future publication of enforcement data. The review will include a formal consultation, which will be launched this summer and will be used to inform any future publication plans.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 10:27:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1131350

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been deported who applied for asylum in the UK based either in part or wholly on their sexuality or gender identity and fear of persecution in their home countries in each year since 2010 by country of origin.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	263157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to report on how many people have been deported who applied for asylum in the UK based either in part or wholly on their sexuality or gender identity and fear of persecution in their home countries in each year since 2010 by country of origin, as the Home Office do not publish data on asylum claims based on gender identity or expression. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>The Home Office remains committed to publishing information on the number of people claiming asylum on the basis of sexual orientation broken down by nationality.</p><p>On 29 November 2018, the Home Office published experimental statistics on Asylum claims made on the basis of sexual orientation, covering the period 2015 to 2017.</p><p>These experimental statistics provide data on asylum claims from 2015-2017, by year of application, initial decision, appeal receipt, or appeal decision</p><p>Data on the number of asylum claims on the basis of sexual orientation can be found in tabs SOC_00 in the experimental statistics in the link provided below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#asylum-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation</a></p><p>These are the latest data available, and the next planned update to these statistics is in August 2019.</p><p><br>Deportations are a subset of enforced returns. They may occur either following a criminal conviction, or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is conducive to the public good. Information on those deported who have made an asylum claim on the basis above is not separately available. The published statistics refer to enforced returns, which include deportations as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws, and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers who have declined to leave voluntarily. Most illegal immigrants are removed from the UK under administrative or illegal entry powers and not deported.</p><p>Information on all returns is published as part of Home Office’s quarterly Immigration Statistics broken down by nationality, and can be found at tab rt_01:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#returns" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2019/list-of-tables#returns</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 17/06/2019 10:28:41 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1123721

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Taskforce: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to the Serious Violence Implementation Task Force programme in each region.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	248687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Strategy Implementation Taskforce has recently been established, following the Prime Minister’s Serious Youth Violence Summit in April, to oversee and drive implementation of the Serious Violence Strategy. It brings together Ministers, Members of Parliament, the Mayor of London, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Director General of the National Crime Agency, other senior police leaders, and chief executives from the public and voluntary sectors.</p><p>The Taskforce will ensure that funding from across Government is invested across regions to tackle serious violence. Definitive funding allocations are not available due to the breadth of activity across Government. However, I can confirm that, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Spring Statement on 13 March, there will be £100 million further funding in 2019/20 to tackle serious violence. £51 million of this funding has already been allocated to 18 police forces worst affected by serious violence to pay for a surge in operational activity, including increased patrols.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/05/2019 15:45:43 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1123722

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime Prevention: Databases
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 his 15 April 2019 speech on protecting young people's futures, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on future funding for the Crime Prevention Data Lab.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	248688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>We continue to develop a better understanding of the pathways into criminality to help us identify opportunities to intervene earlier to keep the public safe. To build on this work, we are developing proposals for a Crime Prevention Data Lab and if required we will explore opportunities through the upcoming Spending Round to support their delivery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/05/2019 15:46:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1123725

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the recently announced funding for protecting places of worship has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	248689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>On 19 March 2019, the Home Secretary announced a boost in funding for the hate crime Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme to £1.6 million for 2019/20. This is double the amount awarded in 2018/19. £5 million over three years has also been committed to providing security training to places of worship in England and Wales. This will enable staff and volunteers to develop the security understanding necessary to make physical security measures work effectively. This increase in funding marks a significant change in our funding for protective security for places of worship.</p><p><br>The Places of Worship Protective Security Funding Scheme has been running for three years, and we continuously listen to feedback. We are now working urgently to make commercial improvements to the 2019/20 scheme to make it more effective and easier for places of worship to apply. The application process for the scheme will go live in July 2019 with allocations being made thereafter.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 02/05/2019 15:44:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1122765

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	State Visits: USA
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional funding his Department plans to allocate to support the policing of President Trump's state visit planned for 3-5 June 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	247078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>It is open for Police and Crime Commissioners and the Mayor for London to apply for funding through the Police Special Grant to assist with the additional cost of any significant events.</p><p>Last year the Home Office provided £7.8 million in Special Grant funding to forces to cover the cost of President Trump’s visit to the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/04/2019 15:13:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1111094

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Sudan
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 revise his country policy and information notes on (a) Sudan and (b) Khartoum as a safe site for internal relocation following reports of violence by government forces against protestors.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	243457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>We are monitoring the situation in Sudan. Should we consider that it has a material impact on our assessment of the situation, we will update the respective country policy and information notes. Where additional information is needed, decision makers can ask for bespoke research to be undertaken on a case by case basis or we would issue an interim summary of the situation.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/04/2019 11:40:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1104718

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Turkey, (b) Bulgaria and (c) Greece on supporting their investigations into the movement of the suspect in the recent shootings in mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	236383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>UK law enforcement and intelligence services regularly engage with international partners on issues of mutual interests. HMG has offered support to New Zealand in the aftermath of the attack in Christchurch.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/04/2019 16:52:54 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty