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1150578

registered interest
date	17/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many equal pay reviews there have been in her Department since 2010; what the dates were of those reviews; and whether her Department plans to undertake an equal pay review in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	1729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office conducts a Policy Equality Statement (PES) annually, following the annual pay award process. The process is usually finalised in the Autumn further to negotiations with Trade Unions. A Policy Equality Statement (PES) will be undertaken following the implementation of the Pay Award this year.</p><p>Additionally, since 2017 the Home Office has annually published its gender pay gap on GOV.UK.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-gender-pay-gap-report-and-data-2017/home-offices-gender-pay-gap-report-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-gender-pay-gap-report-and-data-2017/home-offices-gender-pay-gap-report-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-gender-pay-gap-report-and-data-2018/home-offices-gender-pay-gap-report-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-gender-pay-gap-report-and-data-2018/home-offices-gender-pay-gap-report-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/10/2019 15:31:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1149873

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Travel
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 the frequency of requirements for asylum claimants to attend a Home Office centre are not excessively (a) burdensome and (b) expensive for people more than five miles away from such a centre.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	1077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Asylum seekers in receipt of section 95 asylum support are provided with a weekly allowance which can be used to cover expenses such as travel costs.</p><p>The assistance available to people supported under section 4 of the 1999 Act consists of accommodation (with gas, electricity and water provided free) and provision of a debit card (the “Aspen Card”) which can be used to buy food and other essential items. The Aspen card cannot be used to withdraw cash, but it bears the visa logo and can be used at retail outlets that accept visa transactions.</p><p>If the supported person is required to report as a condition of their immigration bail their travel costs are also covered if they are accommodated more than 3 miles away from the reporting centre or in certain other circumstances, for example if they are unable to walk because of a disability.</p><p>In practical terms the travel costs are covered by issuing tickets or by uploading further funds on to the person’s Aspen card.</p><p>The Home Office keeps these arrangements under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/10/2019 14:49:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

1149969

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
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 oral contribution of the Secretary of State for International Development of 2 October 2019, Official Report column 1205, when she plans to (a) publish the timescale for informing local authority and civil society partners of and (b) begin supporting those organisations to prepare for that commitment to resettle 5,000 refugees every year post-2020.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	1068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We are grateful to the many local authorities and civil society organisations who have participated in the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (VPRS). Through the collective goodwill and efforts of all involved over 17,000 vulnerable refugees fleeing conflict have now found safety in the UK to rebuild their lives.</p><p>Delivery of our resettlement schemes has relied strongly on the principles of collaboration and co-design between central and local government and other partners. We continue to engage closely with regional Strategic Migration Partnerships (SMP), local authorities and other stakeholders as we collectively prepare to transition to the new resettlement scheme in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/10/2019 14:52:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1150031

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 will publish details on the application outcomes of the EU Settlement Scheme at a (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency level.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Updated EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics to 30 September 2019 are planned for publication in November 2019.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing more detailed quarterly statistics on the EU Settlement Scheme. Home Office statisticians are currently considering the content of the next quarterly release.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 849 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:31:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1150032

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
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 will provide data by age on the number of applicants to the EU Settlement Scheme at a (a) regional, (b) local authority and (c) parliamentary constituency level.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Updated EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics to 30 September 2019 are planned for publication in November 2019.</p><p>The Home Office is committed to publishing more detailed quarterly statistics on the EU Settlement Scheme. Home Office statisticians are currently considering the content of the next quarterly release.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 848 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:31:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1150040

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers from each police force are assigned to the policing operations for (a) Extinction Rebellion protests and (b) protests connected to the UK leaving the EU; and what estimate she has made of the cost of those operations.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	1063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The management of demonstrations, including the use of mutual aid and the associated costs, are operational matters for the police.</p><p>The Metropolitan Police have stated their intention to seek Special Grant funding to cover the additional costs of the Extinction Rebellion protests, however as yet no formal application has been received.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/10/2019 16:26:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1149187

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homicide
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 Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology Note No. 599 on Early interventions to reduce violent crime, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the 46 per cent increase in homicides between 2014 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Strategy published in April last year sets out an analysis of the trends and drivers of rises in serious violence including homicide. The analysis shows that there are a range of factors that have driven these increases and changes in the drugs market are a major factor.</p><p>The Government is determined to tackle all form of serious violence. This includes supporting the police by recruiting 20,000 new police officers over the next three years and making it easier for them to use stop and search powers and announcing an additional £20 million to tackle county lines, including expanding the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre. We are also investing over £220 million into early intervention projects to steer young people away from crime.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/10/2019 15:43:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149194

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anne Sacoolas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits and feasibility of issuing an Interpol Red Notice against US citizen Anne Sacoolas, as a way of securing her extradition to the UK in order to assist Northamptonshire Police in their investigation into the road traffic collision on 27 August 2019 which resulted in the death of Harry Dunn.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The decision to issue an Interpol Red notice or seek a person’s extradition is an independent one for the Police and the Crown Prosecution Service respectively. At this time the matter is still under investigation, so it would not be appropriate to comment further.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 528 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:48:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149195

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anne Sacoolas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government will make an extradition request to the United States of America for the return of US citizen Anne Sacoolas, in order to assist Northamptonshire Police in their investigation into the road traffic collision on 27 August 2019 which resulted in the death of Harry Dunn.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The decision to issue an Interpol Red notice or seek a person’s extradition is an independent one for the Police and the Crown Prosecution Service respectively. At this time the matter is still under investigation, so it would not be appropriate to comment further.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 527 question first answered 21/10/2019 15:48:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149269

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Climate Change: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she had with the Metropolitan police on the revised section 14 notice issued under the Public Order Act 1986 to the Extinction Rebellion autumn uprising event in London on Monday 14 October.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The right to protest peacefully is a long-standing tradition in this country and a vital foundation of our democracy. It is also essential that people can go about their daily business without disruption.</p><p>Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 is a long-standing power available to the police. The use of this power is an operational decision.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/10/2019 15:19:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan