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988663

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) Uber and (b) Airbnb on the county lines drug trade.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	180089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the value and opportunity presented by workers in those services used by county lines drug dealers to identify perpetrators and potential victims who are being used to move, store or deal drugs. This includes those in the transport and accommodation sectors.</p><p>Home Office officials have ongoing engagement with both representatives of Über and Airbnb in order to highlight county lines exploitation to their drivers and hosts respectively. We are also delivering a communications campaign to raise awareness within the wider transport sector and community.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/10/2018 16:25:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

988659

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National County Lines Coordination Centre: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a list of the roles and responsibilities of (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff at the National County Lines Coordination Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	180086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre is a joint initiative between the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs’ Council, supported by £3.6m of Home Office funding. It is one of our key commitments set out in the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p>The Centre is fully operational and has around 40 staff in post. The Home Office is not involved in the set up and running of the Centre as it is an operational matter for the NCA and police.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 180087 question first answered 22/10/2018 16:27:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

988660

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National County Lines Coordination Centre: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the recruitment and appointment process is for filling posts at the National County Lines Coordination Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	180087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre is a joint initiative between the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs’ Council, supported by £3.6m of Home Office funding. It is one of our key commitments set out in the Serious Violence Strategy.</p><p>The Centre is fully operational and has around 40 staff in post. The Home Office is not involved in the set up and running of the Centre as it is an operational matter for the NCA and police.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 180086 question first answered 22/10/2018 16:27:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

988784

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 177328 on Bank Services, what plans his Department has to reduce the number of unbanked people in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	180090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes financial inclusion very seriously and is working to ensure everyone can have access to useful and affordable financial services, including a bank account.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Payment Accounts Regulations (PAR) 2015, the government has required the nine largest UK current account providers to offer fee-free basic bank accounts to consumers who are either unbanked or who are not eligible for a standard current account.</p><p> </p><p>Basic bank accounts have all the main features of a standard current account, except for an overdraft facility and chequebook, and must be fee-free, even where a standing order or direct debit fails.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2017, the Government also announced the creation of the Financial Inclusion Policy Forum. The Forum’s mission is to ensure that people, regardless of their background or income, have access to useful and affordable financial products and services.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 180091 question first answered 24/10/2018 16:15:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

988786

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Bank Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent meetings (a) he, (b) other Ministers and (c) staff of his Department have had with the FinTech industry on reducing the number of unbanked people in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	180091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government takes financial inclusion very seriously and is working to ensure everyone can have access to useful and affordable financial services, including a bank account.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Payment Accounts Regulations (PAR) 2015, the government has required the nine largest UK current account providers to offer fee-free basic bank accounts to consumers who are either unbanked or who are not eligible for a standard current account.</p><p> </p><p>Basic bank accounts have all the main features of a standard current account, except for an overdraft facility and chequebook, and must be fee-free, even where a standing order or direct debit fails.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2017, the Government also announced the creation of the Financial Inclusion Policy Forum. The Forum’s mission is to ensure that people, regardless of their background or income, have access to useful and affordable financial products and services.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of organisations in the public and private sectors as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-ministers-meetings-hospitality-gifts-and-overseas-travel</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 180090 question first answered 24/10/2018 16:15:36 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

988661

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Modern Slavery Act 2015
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations he has received from (a) the National Crime Agency, (b) the Metropolitan Police, (c) the British Transport police, (d) any other arm of law enforcement, (e) local authorities and (f) charities and NGOs on reviewing the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the way it is applied to county lines.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	180088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has asked Frank Field MP, Maria Miller MP and Baroness-Butler-Sloss to undertake an independent review of the Modern Slavery Act. The aim of the Review is to report on the operation and effectiveness of, and potential improvements to, provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which provides the legal framework for tackling modern slavery.</p><p>The Review will consider how to ensure the Act is ‘future-proof’ given our evolving understanding of the nature of modern slavery offences, for example the recent and emerging issues of county lines. The Review is aiming to report by the end of March 2019.</p><p>Details of the Review were set out in Victoria Atkins written statement of 5th September.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/10/2018 16:11:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan