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805521

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-UK EU nationals started employment in her Department since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	119161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/12/2017 15:33:49 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

806006

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to which legislation her Department has applied the Family Test, published in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	119216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office applies the Family Test, if sensible and proportionate, to new policies and legislation that might have an impact on the family, to ensure strong and stable family relationships are supported, not undermined. The Government's guidance on the family test is available on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/06/2018 15:26:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

806069

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
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, when her Department plans to publish the draft bill on domestic violence and abuse.
tabling member constituency	Swansea East
tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
uin	119273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to consulting widely as we develop the proposals for the Bill. We are keen to hear from experts, including charities and service providers, and parliamentarians to understand their views and ensure that the voices of domestic abuse victims and survivors are heard. This will take place in the new year and will involve consultation events.</p><p>As announced in the Queen’s speech, we will publish a draft Bill later this session, once we have thoroughly consulted with partners and analysed responses.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2017 17:14:47 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

806132

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the new economic crime strategic board will be instituted.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	119333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The new National Economic Crime Centre has £6m in funding allocated to it in the 18/19 financial year. <br> <br>The Home Office is working with partners across government, law enforcement, regulators and the private sector on the design of the National Economic Crime Centre. It is too early in the design and build process to confirm final staffing numbers.</p><p>Home Office and law enforcement agencies are working together to determine the size of the team that will lead the work to use the power in the Criminal Finances Act 2017 to forfeit criminal money held in suspended bank accounts. We have not yet determined the exact size of that team.</p><p>Decisions on the overall funding of the SFO, NCA and other law enforcement agencies is agreed through the Spending Review process.</p><p>The inaugural meeting of the Economic Crime Strategic Board will take place in the first quarter of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 119334 119336 119337 119392 question first answered 20/12/2017 15:47:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

806282

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many data incidents her Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of data incidents recorded by the Home Department and reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>YEAR</td><td>TOTAL INCIDENTS RECORDED</td><td>REPORTED TO ICO</td></tr><tr><td>2015-16</td><td>62</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>2016-17</td><td>70</td><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2017 17:18:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

806329

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: English Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in improving English language provision for refugees since the meeting between Home Office Ministers and Lord Alton of Liverpool on 21 November; and whether they have any plans to provide more fast track English language training to enable Syrian refugees, and other suitably qualified doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, who are refugees, to take up work in the NHS.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>As soon as adults are granted refugee status or humanitarian protection they become eligible for skills funding (including for ESOL courses) through the adult education budget.</p><p><br>The Home Office also provides funding for English language as part of its commitment to resettling vulnerable people through the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to the UK. This funding includes a tariff for each person resettled, a proportion of which can be allocated to ESOL provision. For those resettled under these programmes, local authorities are now required to provide a minimum of eight hours’ formal tuition a week, within a month of arrival, and for a period of at least 12 months, or until the individual reaches at least English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) entry level three (whichever is the sooner).</p><p><br>All NHS professions (including all doctors and nurses) have an English language requirement of IELTS 7. This is not a Home Office requirement but a requirement set by their regulatory bodies (for example General Medical Council). ESOL courses are available for free to those in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4128 question first answered 20/12/2017 15:37:08 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

806330

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: English Language
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to change rules that impact the ability of refugees who are health professionals to access full time English language lessons while being in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL4128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>As soon as adults are granted refugee status or humanitarian protection they become eligible for skills funding (including for ESOL courses) through the adult education budget.</p><p><br>The Home Office also provides funding for English language as part of its commitment to resettling vulnerable people through the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to the UK. This funding includes a tariff for each person resettled, a proportion of which can be allocated to ESOL provision. For those resettled under these programmes, local authorities are now required to provide a minimum of eight hours’ formal tuition a week, within a month of arrival, and for a period of at least 12 months, or until the individual reaches at least English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) entry level three (whichever is the sooner).</p><p><br>All NHS professions (including all doctors and nurses) have an English language requirement of IELTS 7. This is not a Home Office requirement but a requirement set by their regulatory bodies (for example General Medical Council). ESOL courses are available for free to those in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4127 question first answered 20/12/2017 15:37:08 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

806347

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to reduce the rate of hate crime against the LGBT community.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>This Government abhors all forms of hate crime, including hate crimes motivated by a victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or transgender identity. That is why we are taking a cross-Government approach to tackling the issues through the Hate Crime Action Plan published in July 2016. The Government will continue to deliver against the commitments under the action plan which includes recently announced funding for seven new community-led projects, one of which focuses specifically on tackling LGBT hate crime. The Home Secretary has also announced in October funding for the creation of a national online hate crime hub, improving the response to all forms of hate crime.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/12/2017 15:47:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

806349

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Surveillance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on establishing an independent agency to assess requests from authorised agencies for access to records of phone calls, emails, and text messages relating to investigations into serious crime.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>On 30 November 2017, the Government launched a public consultation on proposed changes to Part 4 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, which includes the creation of a newly appointed body to be known as the Office for Communications Data Authorisations (OCDA).</p><p>The consultation closes on 18 January 2018. Following the consultation, the Secretary of State will carefully consider any representations made in response, and what, if any, changes may be required to the draft Regulations and code of practice. The draft Regulations and code of practice will then be laid in Parliament for approval by both Houses before they can come into effect.</p><p>The Government is working to establish OCDA with the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, who the body will report directly to, and the task of setting it up is significant. It involves the procurement of premises (including appropriate security arrangements), recruitment, vetting and training of new staff, and the development of the necessary IT systems and processes which will allow OCDA staff to electronically consider applications from over 600 public authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/12/2017 15:51:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

806357

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British passport holders have had their passports cancelled or withdrawn in the interests of national security in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL4155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Royal Prerogative can be used to refuse to issue or cancel a British passport on public interest grounds. These grounds can be used to disrupt individuals who seek to travel on a British passport to engage in, for example, fighting, extremist activity or terrorist training overseas and then return to the UK with enhanced capabilities.</p><p>Under the public interest criteria in relation to national security, the Royal Prerogative was exercised</p><p><br>• on 23 occasions in 2015;<br>• on 24 occasions in 2014; and<br>• on six occasions in 2013.</p><p><br>We aim to publish figures on an annual basis, and we will publish information on the use of the power during 2016 and 2017 in 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/12/2017 15:37:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford