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451335

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Public Appointments
	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 policy that police and crime commissioners be made aware of all Independent Police Complaints Commission investigations into appointments of chief constables and acting chief constables.
	tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
	tabling member printed	John Woodcock
	uin	26135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>It is a matter for police and crime commissioners to satisfy themselves that all pertinent facts are taken into consideration when appointing a chief constable. During any period when the chief constable is unable to exercise his or her duties, the current deputy chief constable is required to perform the functions of the chief constable.</p><p>The Police Reform Act 2002 sets out the requirements on the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) to provide information about its investigations, including outcomes, to complainants and other parties. For investigations into matters relating chief constables, these requirements extend to Police and Crime Commissioners where they are the appropriate authority. The IPCC publishes its investigation reports subject to a harm test, including consideration of the risk of prejudicing any coronial, criminal or disciplinary proceedings. The IPCC is required by law to publish any learning recommendations it makes.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/02/2016 14:50:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

451108

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an EEA national residing in the UK who wished to bring a non-EU spouse into the country would, under the draft Decision by the European Council published on 2 February, have to meet the requirements for salary, and the spouse the conditions for language, as are required of a British citizen and set out under part 8 of the UK Immigration Rules.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL5974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>This is still a matter for negotiation. The European Commission has proposed bringing forward a legislative proposal to reverse the Metock judgment and prevent non-EU nationals from acquiring free movement rights simply by marrying an EU national. Instead, they will be subject to the domestic immigration controls of the first Member State they enter. In the UK, this means that they will need to meet language and income requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 12/02/2016 09:55:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

451109

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether, were the UK to leave the EU, they would be obliged to consider the case of an applicant for asylum who was known to have arrived directly from a safe country; and if so, as a result of which treaty or instrument.
	tabling member printed	Lord Green of Deddington
	uin	HL5975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong>EU negotiations are ongoing and the UK is engaging with European partners to reach a positive outcome.</p><p>The Government firmly supports the well-established principle that those seeking international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach, a principle reflected within the Dublin Regulation.</p><p>We are cooperating fully with the EU Commission’s review of the Dublin Regulation and will continue to make the case that its long – established principles should continue to be the basis for any future regulation.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/02/2016 15:44:11 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4346 label Biography information for Lord Green of Deddington

451121

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Health Services: Foreign Nationals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the start-up and annual costs of administering the new health and dental charges for New Zealand citizens coming into force on 6 April.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Quin
	uin	HL5987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>An Impact Assessment was published on 4 February 2016, alongside the draft Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2016. The draft Order will, subject to Parliamentary approval, remove the surcharge exemption for nationals of Australia and New Zealand and reduce the Youth Mobility Scheme charge from £200 to £150.</p><p>The Impact Assessment, which can be viewed at the link below, sets out the reason for these changes and estimates associated costs and benefits: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111143278/impacts</p><p>These documents are available in the following locations of the House: The Vote Office (Commons) Printed Paper Office (Lords)</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 23/02/2016 12:53:03 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Impact Assessement.pdf title Impact Assessment
	tabling member	518 label Biography information for Baroness Quin

451345

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has a policy on resettling refugees from Syria who have previously been living in Syria as Palestinian refugees.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	26303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The UK operates three resettlement programmes: Gateway, Mandate and the Syrian Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>Only UNHCR registered Syrian nationals are eligible under the Syrian Resettlement Scheme, which has been expanded to resettle 20,000 individuals during this Parliament. We work closely with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify cases that they deem in need of resettlement according to agreed vulnerability criteria for the Syrian Resettlement Scheme.</p><p>Gateway and Mandate are not nationality specific.</p><p>The Gateway Protection programme resettles UNHCR recognised refugees from a small number of targeted locations.</p><p>The Mandate resettlement programme resettles individuals from anywhere in the world who have been recognised as refugees by UNHCR, and judged by them to be in need of resettlement; and who have a close family member in the UK who is willing to accommodate them.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/02/2016 14:43:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

451329

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting: Camberwell and Peckham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service from people living in Camberwell and Peckham constituency have taken more than 60 days to process in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	26179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The number of applications to the Disclosure and Barring Service from people living in Camberwell and Peckham constituency that have taken more than 60 days to process in each of the last 12 months is listed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Total Applications Issued to Applicants from the Constituency of Camberwell and Peckham</p></td><td><p>Applications that took longer than 60 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>1,106</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>1,355</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15</p></td><td><p>1,181</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-15</p></td><td><p>1,213</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-15</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-15</p></td><td><p>1,364</p></td><td><p>263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-15</p></td><td><p>1,041</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-15</p></td><td><p>1,241</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-15</p></td><td><p>1,311</p></td><td><p>215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-15</p></td><td><p>1,099</p></td><td><p>216</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-15</p></td><td><p>954</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-16</p></td><td><p>1,023</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>14,174</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,371</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/02/2016 16:16:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 45166 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

451330

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prostitution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions (a) she and (b) officials of her Department had with the National Police Chiefs' Council on its revised prostitution strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
	uin	26204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Within the structure of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), chief officers are elected by their peers and take the lead on specific issues from a national operational perspective. It is for the national leads to establish working groups to support them in their role. The Home Office is in regular dialogue with on the NPCC Lead for Prostitution’s office, and as such discussed and commented on the current revision of the strategy.</p><p>Prostitution is a complex issue, which can impact on individuals and communities in many different ways, and we are therefore clear that local areas and police forces are in the best position to identify and respond to issues around prostitution in their area. Police forces are assisted in doing so by the National Policing Lead’s refreshed Policing Sex Work Strategy, which stresses the priority of the public protection duty that the police services have in relation to the safety of those involved in prostitution.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 26205 26206 26207 26209 question first answered 11/02/2016 16:56:14 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

451331

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the appointment process was for the National Police Chiefs' Council lead on prostitution, Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Holland; and what duties ACC Holland is expected to fulfil in consulting with stakeholders.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
	uin	26205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Within the structure of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), chief officers are elected by their peers and take the lead on specific issues from a national operational perspective. It is for the national leads to establish working groups to support them in their role. The Home Office is in regular dialogue with on the NPCC Lead for Prostitution’s office, and as such discussed and commented on the current revision of the strategy.</p><p>Prostitution is a complex issue, which can impact on individuals and communities in many different ways, and we are therefore clear that local areas and police forces are in the best position to identify and respond to issues around prostitution in their area. Police forces are assisted in doing so by the National Policing Lead’s refreshed Policing Sex Work Strategy, which stresses the priority of the public protection duty that the police services have in relation to the safety of those involved in prostitution.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 26204 26206 26207 26209 question first answered 11/02/2016 16:56:14 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

451332

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	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: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of convictions for carrying out female genital mutilation.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	26178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a crime and it is child abuse.</p><p>The Serious Crime Act 2015 introduced a number of measures to break down potential barriers to prosecution, including:</p><p>• a new mandatory reporting duty which requires specified professionals to report known cases of FGM in under 18s to the police; • extending extra-territorial jurisdiction over offences of FGM committed abroad; • providing lifelong anonymity for victims of FGM; • introducing FGM Protection Orders which can be used to protect girls at risk; and • creating a new offence of failing to protect a girl from the risk of FGM.</p><p>To help ensure the police have the guidance they need to tackle FGM effectively, in March 2015 the College of Policing published Authorised Professional Practice on FGM and this was updated in September 2015. In addition, lead FGM prosecutors have been appointed for each Crown Prosecution Service area and have agreed joint FGM investigation and prosecution protocols with their local police forces.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/02/2016 15:22:17 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 45165 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

451333

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	date tabled	08/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Muslim Brotherhood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to take account in its policies of the conclusions of the Muslim Brotherhood Review, HC 679, published on 17 December 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	26163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2016 answer text <p>The Review into the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has highlighted concerns about the Brotherhood and concluded that aspects of its ideology and tactics in the UK, and overseas, have been contrary to our values, national interests and national security.</p><p>The Government will intensify its scrutiny of the views and activities that Brotherhood members and associates promote, both here and overseas. It will also continue to consult, and share information and analysis, with other governments in the Middle East and North Africa as appropriate.</p><p>We have looked carefully at the findings of the review and will continue to:</p><p>• refuse visas to members and associates of the Brotherhood who are on record as having made extremist comments, in line with our existing policy guidelines and approach to extremism in all forms; • seek to ensure charities that have links to the Brotherhood are not misused to support or finance the Brotherhood instead of their lawful charitable purpose; • strengthen liaison arrangements with international partners to ensure that allegations of illicit funding or other misuse of charities are robustly investigated and appropriate action taken; • enforce the EU asset freeze on Hamas; and • keep under review whether the views and activities of the Brotherhood meet the legal test for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 16/02/2016 12:45:10 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake