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1175925

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date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	The Gambia: Offences against Children
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 reports of 31 October 2019 by the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children on the abuse by tourists of children in The Gambia, what steps the Government is taking to (a) identify and (b) prosecute British tourists that have committed that offence.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Mrs Andrea Jenkyns
uin	12449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling child sexual exploitation and abuse wherever and however it occurs. There can be no safe space for paedophiles to operate either here or abroad and we will do all we can to keep children safe. We continue to work closely with law enforcement in the UK and international partners to stop sex offenders from travelling abroad to prey on children, close down online networks and bring offenders to justice. We announced in the 2019 Spending Round an investment of an £30 million to support UK law enforcement to bear down on child sexual exploitation and abuse.</p><p>We are also funding projects overseas to build capacity internationally against this heinous crime through Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) overseas development aid. We have sponsored a project to reduce the vulnerability of high-risk destination countries from the threat posed by UK transnational child sex offenders (TCSOs) through targeted, sustainable capacity-building in support of National Crime Agency (NCA) operational activity. The project is in its second year and will deploy a team from the NCA internationally in direct local support of international law enforcement agencies working to combat high-risk child sexual abuse and exploitation. This includes a training and mentoring programme that builds sustainable capacity locally to safeguard children and prosecute offenders in collaboration with UK and international law enforcement agencies.</p><p>In 2012, the law was strengthened to ensure that all registered sex offenders must notify the police of any foreign travel. Police are able to assess the risk an offender may pose while abroad and engage with international law enforcement or apply to the courts for a civil order to restrict foreign travel. Breach of the requirements or a civil order is a criminal offence punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. The Government has carried out a review of the use of civil orders for transnational offenders and will draw on the findings and recommendations from the Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse’ recent ‘Children Outside the UK’ report to ensure the police have the tools and powers they need to target offenders and protect children from sexual abuse.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/03/2020 17:55:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1175935

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the report entitled A Call to Action for a Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Strategy, published in January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	12325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>Tackling domestic abuse continues to be a key priority for this Government..</p><p>The Domestic Abuse Bill, which we intend to bring forward as soon as practicable, includes provision for new domestic abuse protection orders, placing restrictions and other requirements on perpetrators in order to better protect victims. Such requirements may include engagement with a perpetrator behavioural change programme, an alcohol or substance misuse programme or mental health treatment.</p><p>We welcome the work of the expert organisations involved in developing ‘A Call to Action for a Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Strategy’. We are currently considering this as part of our ongoing work to understand what more we can do to tackle perpetrators and their harmful actions.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/03/2020 17:42:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1175954

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airguns: Regulation
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 1 April 2019 of the Minister for Policing and the Fire Service, Official Report, column 786, what the timetable is for the publication of the outcome of the air weapons review which closed in February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government fully understands the interest that Members of Parliament and others have in the outcomes of the review of air weapons regulation, and the concerns that have been expressed about the consequences, sometimes tragic, arising from the misuse of these weapons.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish our conclusions as soon as possible alongside a consultation on firearms safety issues, to which we committed during the passage of the Offensive Weapons Act.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:52:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1175955

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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, what estimate she has made of the number of EU citizens over the age of 65 living in the UK that have not applied for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	12343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Published information on EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications and concluded applications by the applicant’s age to 31 December 2019, can be found in the Home Office’s ‘EU Settlement Scheme quarterly statistics’, statistics tables, tables EUSS_02 and EUSS_04 respectively, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/eu-settlement-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2019</a>.</p><p>The published figures refer specifically to applications made to the EUSS and cannot be directly compared with Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates of the resident population of EU/EEA nationals in the UK. The published EUSS figures include non-EEA family members, Irish nationals, and eligible EEA citizens not resident in the UK, none of whom are usually included in ONS estimates of the resident EU population. Furthermore, the population estimates do not take account of people’s migration intentions and will include people who have come to the UK for a range of purposes, including some who have no intention to settle in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2020 15:28:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1175956

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Airguns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of 10-19 year olds were victims of air weapons offences in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects statistics on the number of offences involving the use of firearms recorded by the police in England and Wales. The age of victim is only collected for more serious offences when the principal weapon is an air weapon. The number and proportion of all victims of serious air weapon offences is in the table.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:51:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1175957

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Injuries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of under-18 year olds admitted to hospital for injuries caused by firearms were injured by firearms other than a (a) handgun, (b) rifle, (c) shotgun and (d) larger firearm in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on those admitted to hospital due to injuries caused by firearms.</p><p> </p><p>Information on hospital admissions are the responsibility of the Department of Health and Social Care. These are published by NHS Digital and are available here:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2018-19" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity/2018-19</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:47:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1175959

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: 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 progress she has made on a public consultation on firearms safety.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The firearms safety consultation will be published shortly. It will seek views on security arrangements for high muzzle-energy rifles and will cover other firearms safety issues that were raised during the passage through Parliament of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 12348 question first answered 12/02/2020 15:32:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1175961

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the terms of reference will be for the public consultation on firearms safety.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The firearms safety consultation will be published shortly. It will seek views on security arrangements for high muzzle-energy rifles and will cover other firearms safety issues that were raised during the passage through Parliament of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 12347 question first answered 12/02/2020 15:32:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1175962

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department,when she plans to respond to the consultation entitled, Statutory guidance to police on firearms licensing, which closed in September 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government launched a public consultation on the introduction of statutory guidance to the police on firearms licensing in July last year. The Home Office received over 11,000 responses to the consultation and these are now under consideration. The Government response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:33:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1175963

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the consultation entitled, Policing and Crime Act: proposals to implement legislation to define antique firearms, which closed in December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Policing and Crime Act 2017 contains a power to define in regulations which firearms can safely be regarded as antique and which still present a danger to the public and therefore require licensing.</p><p>A public consultation was held in late 2017 to seek views on the detail of these regulations. We are presently considering all the responses received, many of which are necessarily technical, and we intend to publish the</p><p>Government’s response and lay the regulations before Parliament as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:34:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth