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712474

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date	20/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
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 reduce the number of acid attacks.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Attacks on people involving acids or other corrosives are a serious matter that can result in huge distress and life changing injuries. We are working with retailers to explore what action can be taken to control sales of products with a high acidic content, and we are also working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead to better understand the extent and scale of crimes involving acid to inform measures to prevent such attacks.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/03/2017 17:20:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

712479

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to recognise the threat of female genital mutilation as grounds for an asylum claim in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Yes. Those who are found to be at risk of female genital mutilation may be granted refugee status.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/03/2017 17:39:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

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registered interest
date	20/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many acid attacks there were in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London and (c) the London Borough of Newham in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of acid attacks. Acid or other corrosive attacks would be recorded though under different offence types, usually assault occasioning actual bodily harm or grievous bodily harm depending on the severity of the injuries inflicted. We are currently working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead to gather data through police forces to better understand the extent and scale of crimes involving acid and other corrosive substances.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/03/2017 17:22:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms