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806471

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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, what relationship the Government has with (a) Cifas and (b) other fraud prevention organisations; and what steps the Government has taken to regulate the operation of such organisations.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	119547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The Joint Fraud Taskforce is a collaboration between Government, the financial sector, law enforcement, and civil society, which is working collectively to tackle fraud. CIFAS, alongside other fraud prevention bodies, such as Financial Fraud Action UK, are key members of the Taskforce, sitting on both the Management Board and Home Secretary Chaired Oversight Board. <br> <br>Membership of the Taskforce is non-compulsory, although at its launch, the most senior members committed to work in partnership to help protect the public from becoming victims of fraud and fraud scams, maximising opportunities to stop fraudsters from operating, and to catch and prosecute those who commit fraud</p><p><br>CIFAS is also listed as a Specified Anti Fraud Organisation (SAFO) under the Serious Crime Act 2007, and as such CIFAS’s policies and processes are audited by the Information Commissioners Office every two years.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/12/2017 10:51:21 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

806506

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
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: Airports and Ports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will direct Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary to review (a) the use by the police of powers in Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2007 to stop and search people at ports and airports and (b) whether those powers are used disproportionately on ethnic minority groups.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	119582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Service (HMICFRS) runs an annual public consultation on its inspection programme through which we ensure the inspectorate is sighted on Ministerial priorities</p><p>The programme is approved by the Home Secretary before it is published.</p><p>The exercise of police powers such as Schedule 7 is already annually reviewed by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL), who reports on the operation of the Terrorism Act 2000 and powers including Schedule 7.</p><p>All police forces refer complaints alleging discriminatory use of Schedule 7 powers to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) for investigation. IPCC investigations are part of the evidence considered by the IRTL.</p><p>In his annual review of 2013 IRTL David Anderson QC reported that he had “no reason to believe that Schedule 7 powers are exercised in a racially discriminatory way”, a view he repeated in subsequent reports. The first report of the current IRTL Max Hill QC is yet to issue.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/12/2017 15:41:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

806127

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	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer 12 October 2017 to Question 105497 on Visas, how many non-straightforward applications received under each immigration route that were not withdrawn, voided, rejected or discontinued, took longer than four weeks to be determined; what the average waiting time was for such applications; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	119328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The specific data requested is not published by the Home Office.</p><p>The available information relating to performance against service standards and processing of cases is published at: <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p><p>The Secretary of State currently has no plans to make a statement on this subject.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 19/12/2017 15:02:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

806192

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	Fire and Rescue Services: Pay
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 Minister for Policing and the Fire Service of 20 November 2017, Official Report, column 712, what the evidential basis is for the £616 million of reserves cited.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	119393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>DCLG publish financial information from all local authorities. The information on Fire and Rescue Authority reserves as at March 2017 can be found at the following link; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn</a>.</p><p>Fire and Rescue is funded via revenue support grant (RSG), retained business rates and council tax (precept). Fire and Rescue also receive national resilience grants directly from the Home Office which in 2017/18 are worth £28m. DCLG settlement documents showing allocations for RSG and business rates can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-finance-report-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-finance-report-2017-to-2018</a>. DCLG also publishes core spending power for all local authorities (core spending power includes revenue support grant, retained business rates and council tax). This can be found at the following link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2017-to-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 119396 question first answered 20/12/2017 13:55:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

806303

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 times her Department's Senior Information Risk Officer role has been vacant for a week or longer since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	119495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The position has not been vacant for a week or longer since 2012</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2017 17:13:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

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

805194

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of her Department's Answers to Written Parliamentary Questions have advised that the requested information was not available on the grounds of disproportionate cost associated with data collection and collation in the current session.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	118866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office have answered 89 written parliamentary questions explaining that the requested information was not available on the grounds of disproportionate cost in the current session. This is out of a total and 2473 parliamentary questions that have been answered.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/12/2017 12:20:17 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

805206

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hunting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to ensure full cost recovery from local hunts for the attendance of police officers at hunts and what discussions she has held with (a) the Association of Chief Police Officers, (b) Chief Constables and (c) Police and Crime Commissioners.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004 is an operational matter for the police. It is for individual Chief Constables to determine how their resources are deployed and it is for locally elected PCCs to hold their forces to account, including on how they tackle the crimes that matter most to residents and businesses in rural and urban areas alike.</p><p>If the police face unexpected or exceptional events, there is an established process by which Police and Crime Commissioners can apply for Special Grant funding to help with these costs.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 118877 question first answered 18/12/2017 12:36:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

805242

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: 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 plans she has to link the issue of future visas to workers from the EU to specific evidence about skills gaps in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	118914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>There are a range of options for the future immigration system and it is important that we understand the impacts on the different sectors of the economy and the labour market. We will ensure that decisions on the long-term system are based on evidence.</p><p><br>On 27 July, the Government commissioned the independent Migration Advisory Committee to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy. The MAC will advise on the economic and social impacts of the UK’s exit from the EU and also on how the UK’s immigration system should be aligned with a modern industrial strategy. It will report in September 2018 and its findings will help shape the government’s decisions on the future immigration system.</p><p><br>The Government also regularly engages with sectoral bodies to ensure our immigration routes work effectively to enable businesses to access the talent they need. Their contributions do, and will continue to, inform our decisions on any changes to the system.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 19/12/2017 12:24:26 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

805265

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Statistics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to provide a set formula for how Fire and Rescue Authorities collect data on fire and non-fire incidents.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	118937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 2009 all GB Fire and Rescue Services have collected fire and non-fire incident data using the web based Incident Recording System which provides a standard template and is supported by detailed guidance about how to complete the form.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/12/2017 17:12:22 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew