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1537082

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department considers Albania to be a safe country for the return of illegal migrants.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	73789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Albanian Illegal migrants may claim they require international protection. The Home Office has designated Albania as ‘generally safe’ under Section 94 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002. This means that asylum / human rights decision-makers presume an applicant will be safe on return unless the person can show that this does not apply in their particular case.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/11/2022 13:19:46 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1537086

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Albania
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with its French counterparts on the increasing number of Albanian migrants crossing the Channel.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	73793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The UK maintains regular contact with the Government of France on our joint cooperation to tackle illegal migration in order to respond effectively to new and emerging migration challenges including the concerning increase in Albanian nationals arriving by small boat.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also working in tandem with the Government of Albania to urgently implement new measures to address the current crisis and also longer-term drivers.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to engaging with international partners on a ‘whole of route’ approach to addressing the challenges of, and risks posed by, irregular migration.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/11/2022 13:18:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1537094

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel Requirements: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to issue travel documents to Hong Kong residents who were born after 1997 and hold a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport so they do not have to step onto Chinese consulate grounds to renew their documentation.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	73800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not have plans to issue travel documents to children of parents on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route or to Hong Kong residents born after 1997 who hold a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passport.</p><p>Individuals arriving in the UK must produce a valid passport with a photograph or some other document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality, if required to do so by a Border Force officer. Individuals who wish to travel outside the UK will need to comply with the entry requirements of the country they wish to enter, which may require a valid travel document to establish their identity and nationality.</p><p>It remains the case that those who hold a HKSAR passport and wish to travel to or from the UK will need to renew that passport or arrange for alternative documentation. The UK cannot assist with the renewal of passports of other nationalities.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 73801 question first answered 02/11/2022 13:21:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1537095

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel Requirements: Hong Kong
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to issue travel documents to children born to parents on a British National Overseas visa in the UK so that they do not have to enter Chinese consulate grounds.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	73801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not have plans to issue travel documents to children of parents on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route or to Hong Kong residents born after 1997 who hold a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passport.</p><p>Individuals arriving in the UK must produce a valid passport with a photograph or some other document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality, if required to do so by a Border Force officer. Individuals who wish to travel outside the UK will need to comply with the entry requirements of the country they wish to enter, which may require a valid travel document to establish their identity and nationality.</p><p>It remains the case that those who hold a HKSAR passport and wish to travel to or from the UK will need to renew that passport or arrange for alternative documentation. The UK cannot assist with the renewal of passports of other nationalities.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 73800 question first answered 02/11/2022 13:21:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1536725

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Vivastreet
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 Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 190478 on Home Office: Vivastreet, how many times (a) officials and (b) Ministers from her Department met representatives of the website company Vivastreet, (i) online or (ii) in person in each calendar year since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	72950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office and law enforcement partners, including the National Crime Agency maintains a close and collaborative working relationship with Vivastreet to identify and put in place initiatives to remove content and prevent and disrupt sexual exploitation on their website.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2017, Home Office officials have met with representatives of Vivastreet, online and in person, on the following occasions during each calendar year:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Meetings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Home Office Ministers have not met with representatives from Vivastreet.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/11/2022 17:26:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 29568 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1536785

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what personnel, from which agencies, are based at the Manston immigration facility.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	73134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The deployment of staff at Manston includes staff from Border Force, Immigration Enforcement, Asylum &amp; Protection, Counter-Terror policing and staff from the Ministry of Defence / joint inter-agency taskforce under Op ISOTROPE.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/11/2022 13:34:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1536786

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to revert command and control of tackling small boats crossing the English Channel from the Royal Navy to Border Force.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	73135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Defence support to the Home Office will continue until January 2023 as originally planned, at which point the operational and wider arrangements will be reviewed.</p><p>We are working across Government to ensure the conditions are set for Defence to hand the task back to the Home Office following the review, this includes supporting training and capability development.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/11/2022 13:32:16 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1536818

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the maximum amount of time an individual can legally be detained at the Manston immigration facility.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	72951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Under the Short Term Holding Facility Rules 2018, someone may be held at Manston for up to 24 hours, or longer if authorised by the Secretary of State in exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 02/11/2022 11:17:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 29571 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1536845

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help reduce the use of nitrous oxide.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	73047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the supply of substances for their psychoactive effect seriously. There are legitimate uses for nitrous oxide, such as in medicine, dentistry and as a propellant for whipped cream canisters, but those who supply nitrous oxide who know, or who are reckless as to whether, it will be used for its psychoactive effect may be subject to a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 introduced powers, such as Public Space Protection Orders, which the police and local councils can use to prevent people from taking intoxicating substances, including psychoactive substances such as nitrous oxide, in specified areas.</p><p>On 3 September 2021, the Government asked the independent statutory advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to provide an updated assessment of the harms of nitrous oxide, including whether it should be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD is independent of Government and may provide a broad range of recommendations, including advice on legislative changes. When the ACMD concludes its review and publishes any recommendations, the Government will consider the advice carefully before deciding how to proceed.</p><p>The most reliable current source for prevalence of drug use is Crime Survey in England and Wales (CSEW). The Office for National Statistics publishes CSEW estimates for use of illicit drugs and psychoactive substances, including nitrous oxide. However, there are no available regional estimates for nitrous oxide due to small survey samples.</p><p>The latest estimates for drug misuse are for year ending March 2020 available at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fdrugmisuseinenglandandwalesappendixtable&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJenny.Hewlett%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C894a455d4dcb4afe11b908dab8e159bd%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638025575247684819%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2jicTWDDuGleBs%2FrIeiUkEEfRPS%2F4faOATj1lgiNWL4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/drugmisuseinenglandandwalesappendixtable</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 73048 question first answered 01/11/2022 17:39:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 29570 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1536847

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
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 estimate of the prevalence of the use of nitrous oxide in (a) York and (b) North Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	73048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the supply of substances for their psychoactive effect seriously. There are legitimate uses for nitrous oxide, such as in medicine, dentistry and as a propellant for whipped cream canisters, but those who supply nitrous oxide who know, or who are reckless as to whether, it will be used for its psychoactive effect may be subject to a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 introduced powers, such as Public Space Protection Orders, which the police and local councils can use to prevent people from taking intoxicating substances, including psychoactive substances such as nitrous oxide, in specified areas.</p><p>On 3 September 2021, the Government asked the independent statutory advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to provide an updated assessment of the harms of nitrous oxide, including whether it should be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. The ACMD is independent of Government and may provide a broad range of recommendations, including advice on legislative changes. When the ACMD concludes its review and publishes any recommendations, the Government will consider the advice carefully before deciding how to proceed.</p><p>The most reliable current source for prevalence of drug use is Crime Survey in England and Wales (CSEW). The Office for National Statistics publishes CSEW estimates for use of illicit drugs and psychoactive substances, including nitrous oxide. However, there are no available regional estimates for nitrous oxide due to small survey samples.</p><p>The latest estimates for drug misuse are for year ending March 2020 available at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fdrugmisuseinenglandandwalesappendixtable&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJenny.Hewlett%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C894a455d4dcb4afe11b908dab8e159bd%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638025575247684819%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2jicTWDDuGleBs%2FrIeiUkEEfRPS%2F4faOATj1lgiNWL4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/drugmisuseinenglandandwalesappendixtable</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 73047 question first answered 01/11/2022 17:39:30 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 29573 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell