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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

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

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

805408

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	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on extending the special China visitor visa pilot scheme to include other nations; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	119079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Since January 2016 the UK has offered a two-year validity visit visa to Chinese nationals for the same price as a six-month visa. This is a pilot scheme which we are running to assess the benefits and impacts of such an approach more broadly. There are currently no plans to extend this pilot to any other countries.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2017 17:03:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

805419

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	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a maximum time limit of eight days for the registration of deaths in England.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	119090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Section 16(3) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 requires deaths to be registered by a qualified informant within five days for England and Wales. There are no current plans to amend this legislation.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 19/12/2017 15:04:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

804213

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the Law Commission in their work on the simplification of immigration legislation; and when it is envisaged that that project will be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
uin	HL4034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Law Commission’s Thirteenth Programme of Law Reform (HC 640) was presented to Parliament on 13 December 2017. It confirms that the Law Commission will be undertaking a project on the simplification of the Immigration Rules and that the project is expected to be completed by December 2018.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/12/2017 15:57:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

804468

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
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 letter of 8 September 2017 from the Member for Glasgow Central on a constituent, Velayutham Ahilan.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	118671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Director General of UKVI responded on 12 December.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/12/2017 17:34:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss