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1378021

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for a substantive response to be sent following an enquiry being made to her Department's MP Account Management team in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	73788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>Data about intake and performance in answering MP Correspondence are published quarterly with the latest quarter available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customer-service-operations-data-q2-2021" target="_blank">Customer service operations data: Q2 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and this includes data up to and including the end of quarter 2 - 2021. We are proposing the release of data for quarter 3 in due course.</p><p>We do not publish average waiting times for substantive responses to correspondence</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/11/2021 15:49:38 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1378032

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department has not yet published statistics on the use of stop and search powers in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	73925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>On Monday 25 October the Home Office took the decision to delay the publication of the annual ‘Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales year ending 31 March 2021’ statistical bulletin. This decision was made to allow the Home Office extra time to quality assure new, more granular data on individual stop and search records.</p><p>This decision was made in line with the <a href="https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Code of Practice for Statistics</a> and announced at the earliest possible point on GOV.UK. The announcement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021</a></p><p>As set out in the announcement, the statistical bulletin will now be published on 18<sup>th</sup> November 2021 at 9:30am and will be available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 73926 73927 question first answered 17/11/2021 15:22:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1378033

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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
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 publish a timetable for her Department's publication of the statistics on the use of stop and search powers in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	73926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>On Monday 25 October the Home Office took the decision to delay the publication of the annual ‘Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales year ending 31 March 2021’ statistical bulletin. This decision was made to allow the Home Office extra time to quality assure new, more granular data on individual stop and search records.</p><p>This decision was made in line with the <a href="https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Code of Practice for Statistics</a> and announced at the earliest possible point on GOV.UK. The announcement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021</a></p><p>As set out in the announcement, the statistical bulletin will now be published on 18<sup>th</sup> November 2021 at 9:30am and will be available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 73925 73927 question first answered 17/11/2021 15:22:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1378034

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the 2021-21 statistics on the use of stop and search powers will be published before the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill returns to the House.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	73927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>On Monday 25 October the Home Office took the decision to delay the publication of the annual ‘Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales year ending 31 March 2021’ statistical bulletin. This decision was made to allow the Home Office extra time to quality assure new, more granular data on individual stop and search records.</p><p>This decision was made in line with the <a href="https://code.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Code of Practice for Statistics</a> and announced at the earliest possible point on GOV.UK. The announcement can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021</a></p><p>As set out in the announcement, the statistical bulletin will now be published on 18<sup>th</sup> November 2021 at 9:30am and will be available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 73925 73926 question first answered 17/11/2021 15:22:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1378035

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nationality and Borders Bill
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 it her policy to publish the full results of her Department’s public consultation on the Nationality and Borders Bill.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	73928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The New Plan for Immigration was open to people and organisations across the UK to share their views. The Government has published its findings, which can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/new-plan-for-immigration" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/new-plan-for-immigration</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/11/2021 15:43:47 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1378079

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was for the completion of an Employer Checking Service check in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	73790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/11/2021 15:15:35 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1378155

registered interest
date	12/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons
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 introducing legislative proposals to include butter knives in the exemptions in the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption) Order 1996.
tabling member constituency	Hackney South and Shoreditch
tabling member printed	Dame Meg Hillier
uin	73765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>Tackling knife crime is a priority and the Government is determined to crack down on the scourge of violence devastating our communities.</p><p>Section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 created the offence of selling any knife, knife blade, razor blade, axe or any other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed and which is made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, to a person under the age of 18. In Scotland, the word ‘axe’ has been added to this list of prohibited items. Originally the age limit was 16 and this was raised to 18 by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/11/2021 15:33:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1524 label Biography information for Dame Meg Hillier

1367307

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether biometric cards issued before 30 June 2020 are valid to allow people with an EU Settlement Scheme spousal visa to enter the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	72474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>All unexpired biometric residence cards held by any non-EEA nationals with pre settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, are valid for travel to and entry into the UK when presented with a valid passport.</p><p>Individuals issued with cards which have expired can apply to replace them free of charge.</p><p>Visa nationals who travel outside the UK will need a document, such as an unexpired biometric residence card, for travel purposes before returning to the UK.</p><p>Individuals will not be required to prove they hold pre settled or settled status at the UK border. However, anyone who has been issued with a biometric residence card should present it if they are required to see a Border Force Officer in order to avoid delays.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 72475 question first answered 17/11/2021 17:57:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1367308

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: 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 advice her Department has issued to people with an EU Settlement Scheme spousal visa on whether they need to update their biometric cards to be allowed entry into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	72475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2021 answer text <p>All unexpired biometric residence cards held by any non-EEA nationals with pre settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, are valid for travel to and entry into the UK when presented with a valid passport.</p><p>Individuals issued with cards which have expired can apply to replace them free of charge.</p><p>Visa nationals who travel outside the UK will need a document, such as an unexpired biometric residence card, for travel purposes before returning to the UK.</p><p>Individuals will not be required to prove they hold pre settled or settled status at the UK border. However, anyone who has been issued with a biometric residence card should present it if they are required to see a Border Force Officer in order to avoid delays.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 72474 question first answered 17/11/2021 17:57:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1367341

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
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 help ensure that police officers are not discriminated against within the new Police Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	72544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring good public service pension provision, but this has to be affordable and sustainable in the long term.</p><p>The main public sector pension schemes – including the police pension scheme – were reformed following the recommendations of the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission, resulting in the introduction of the 2015 schemes.</p><p>The government is taking steps to remove discrimination on the grounds associated with the transitional protection arrangements, identified by the courts during the McCloud and Sargeant litigation. Eligible members will be offered a choice of scheme benefits for the remedy period for those in scope of the remedy and, from 1 April 2022, when the remedy period ends, all those in service in main unfunded schemes will be members of the reformed pension schemes, ensuring equal treatment from that point on. The government believes this is the most appropriate and proportionate way of ending the age discrimination identified.</p><p>The 2015 police pension scheme and the other reformed schemes are some of the most valuable available in the UK: backed by the taxpayer; index-linked; and offering guaranteed benefits on retirement; comparing very favourably to the typical private sector scheme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/11/2021 17:10:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis