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1673931

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date	29/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hizb ut Tahrir
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to take steps to proscribe Hizb ut Tahrir.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	4560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>While the UK Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not being considered for proscription.</p><p>We are committed to tackling those who spread views that promote violence and hatred within our communities.</p><p>We have some of the strongest laws in the world to protect our citizens.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 07/12/2023 11:50:36 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1672611

registered interest
date	23/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Demonstrations: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential role of members of Hamas in pro-Palestinian protests in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	3546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government takes proscription offences seriously. Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations or individuals who may be members of or who demonstrate support for proscribed organisations are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies.</p><p>Following the terrorist attacks on Israel, the (then) Home Secretary wrote to police chiefs in England and Wales urging them to step up patrols and use the full force of the law to tackle those inciting hatred towards our Jewish communities.</p><p>Public order policing has disseminated briefing materials to police forces covering hate crime and the proscription offences, including advice on the flags associated with proscribed organisations Hamas and Hizballah.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 29/11/2023 17:56:55 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1652769

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Defending Democracy Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce plans to make an assessment of whether foreign powers may seek to influence political parties through covert donations.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	193968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>UK electoral law sets out a stringent regime of controls on donations to political parties to ensure that only those with a legitimate interest in UK elections can make donations. Donations from foreign powers – made directly or indirectly – are illegal, and there are strong rules safeguarding against impermissible donations via backdoors.</p><p>It is an offence to attempt to evade the rules on donations by concealing information, giving false information, or knowingly facilitating the making of an impermissible donation.</p><p>The National Security Act 2023 will create a challenging operating environment for foreign states who seek to undermine UK interests – including our political system. The Act provides for substantially increased maximum penalties for electoral offences relevant to donation rules, where activity is done for, on behalf or with the intention to benefit a foreign power.</p><p>The Government has committed to taking forward a consultation on ways to enhance information-sharing between relevant agencies or public bodies to help to identify and mitigate the risk of foreign interference in political donations that are regulated by electoral law. This will be taken forward by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and be supported by the Defending Democracy Taskforce.</p><p>The Defending Democracy Taskforce’s mission statement is to reduce the risk to the UK’s democratic processes, institutions, and society. This includes protecting the democratic integrity of the UK from threats of foreign interference. We continue to keep potential threats under review, including foreign interference in public office and political parties, to ensure UK democracy remains robust.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 21/07/2023 12:51:46 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1652770

registered interest
date	13/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Defending Democracy Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans for the Defending Democracy Taskforce to publish an (a) plan of action and (b) report on its conclusions.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	193969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Integrated Review Refresh, the Defending Democracy Taskforce is now an enduring Government function. It is a cross-departmental and inter-agency initiative seeking to protect the democratic integrity of the UK from foreign influence. The Taskforce is working on bringing together all components of the system, working across Government and with Parliament, the UK Intelligence Community, devolved governments, local authorities, the private sector and civil society on the full range of threats facing our democratic institutions.</p><p> </p><p>Meetings of the Taskforce are complemented by wider engagement with partners outside central government and Parliament. The Taskforce will continue to use targeted engagement activities to raise awareness of the Taskforce’s priorities in tackling current and future threats.</p><p> </p><p>The work of this Taskforce reports to the Prime Minister via the National Security Council.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 21/07/2023 12:57:15 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1610166

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the rates of return on investment of asset recovery projects that received funding through the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme top slice in the 2021-22 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	180299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The projects funded through the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme (ARIS) Top Slice scheme continue to offer positive returns in terms of recovered criminal assets.</p><p>This includes significant cash and asset seizures by operational teams funded by the Top Slice, at the Border and across national policing.</p><p>Since not all projects funded through the Top Slice are directly targeted against asset recovery, the Home Office does not conduct an investment return analysis on each one. In the 21/22 HMG/ law enforcement seized £354.8 million of criminal assets (up £135.1 million from 20/21).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 24/04/2023 16:38:33 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1610167

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which projects received funding from the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme top slice in the 2021-22 financial year; what each of these projects were intended to do; how much funding each project received; what recent progress each project has made against its objectives; and if she will make an assessment of the impact of each project on levels of further asset recovery.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	180300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>In the financial year 2021-22 there were 16 Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme Top Slice projects. The performance of these projects is governed by the Strategic Asset Recovery Group.</p><p>The most recent public update on use of ARIS funding by POCA partners is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/asset-recovery-statistical-bulletin-financial-years-ending-2017-to-2022/asset-recovery-statistical-bulletin-financial-years-ending-2017-to-2022#use-of-asset-recovery-incentivisation-scheme-aris-funds" target="_blank">Asset recovery statistical bulletin: financial years ending 2017 to 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. We are currently exploring options for providing a further public breakdown of this data.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 24/04/2023 16:40:09 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell