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1055886

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2019 to Question 213415, what the total amount requested by the Metropolitan Police was between 2017-18 and 2018-19 for which the Government chose to award £22 million in Special Grant funding.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	217646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Please see attached document with answer.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The £22 million awarded in Special Grant funding to the Metropolitan Police referred to in our answer to question 213415 was solely for the Grenfell Tower investigation and response. It does not represent the full amount of Special Grant funding provided to the Metropolitan Police for 2017-18 and 2018-19.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Please see table below regarding Metropolitan Police Special Grant claims and awards for 2017/18 and 2018/19:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017/18</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2018/19</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Claimed</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Awarded</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Claimed</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Awarded</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Grenfell Tower</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£11 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£10.1 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£13.5 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£11.4 million</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Madeleine McCann investigation</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£308,500</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£308,500</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£300,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£300,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Royal Wedding</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£237,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£237,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">USA President visit</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£1.3 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£1.3 million</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Commonwealth Summit</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£602,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£602,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£4.6 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£4.6 million</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Commonweath Summit – Hostile Vehicle Mitigation measures</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£5.2 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£5.2 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">London terrorist attacks</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£7.7 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£7.7 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£24.8 million</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£23.9 million</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£19.9million</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£17.8 million</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">Information regarding all Special Grant claims and awards from 2014/15 to 2017-18 has been published on the .gov.uk website at:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/02/2019 18:00:51 question first ministerially corrected 18/02/2019 10:54:36 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ Answer 217646.docx title PQ answer previous answer version 101137 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ Answer 217646.docx title PQ answer
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1055779

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of the Special Grant for 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	217628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the recent funding settlement, the amount of Special Grant funding available in 2019/20 will be £73 million. This is a reduction on the 2018/19 figure, when additional funds were provided to cover the cost of the Commonwealth Summit. However, the 2019/20 Special Grant fund is more than £20m higher than in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/02/2019 16:27:54 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1055781

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Clergy and Religious Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) current and (b) future visa requirements and processes for Catholic clergy and members of religious orders.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall North
	tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
	uin	217629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government values the role of faith in public life and recognises the contributions made by faith groups to our communities in the UK. This is reflected in our existing bespoke visa arrangements for religious workers and Ministers of Religion.</p><p><br>On 19 December 2018, the Government’s published its White Paper on the future immigration system. We want to continue to attract those who make valuable contributions to the practicing of faith and to our communities across the UK and will continue to offer arrangements for religious groups.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/02/2019 16:56:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

1055787

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January 2019 to Question 210043, with what organisations and agencies other than HMRC, the Department for Work and Pensions and the NHS his Department has shared data; for what purposes; and how many instances of data sharing there have been for each purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	217431
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office will only collect and process personal data where we have a legal basis to do so and it is necessary and proportionate. The Home Office collects and processes personal data to fulfil its legal and official functions.</p><p>The Home Office may share information with other organisations, but only where the information needs to be shared and there is a legal basis for doing so. Further detail on this, including the categories of organisations with which we may share data, is set out in the Home Office personal information charter:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/personal-information-charter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/about/personal-information-charter</a></p><p>and, for the Borders, Immigration and Citizenship System (BICS), including the EU Settlement Scheme, via the BICS privacy information notice:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-information-use-in-borders-immigration-and-citizenship </a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/02/2019 16:11:35 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

1055827

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether direct financial support will be provided to local authorities participating in the asylum dispersal scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	217597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office are engaging closely with Local Authority Chief Executives on a continuous basis to assess the costs associated with being a dispersal area. As recently outlined in correspondence between Ministers and Local Authorities, it has been agreed that this joint review will be co-designed and co-produced by Local Authorities and the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/02/2019 11:59:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1055837

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is annual requirement in the Asylum Accommodation and Support Transformation contracts for joint inspections between his Department's contract compliance team and local authorities in existing asylum dispersal areas.
	tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
	tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
	uin	217601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>A property inspection and audit process will form part of the Home Office’s contract compliance regime which will ensure that the required performance standards expected of all providers are met.</p><p>Providers are also required to ensure that the Accommodation for Service Users meets any other statutory housing standards which are applicable in the Specified Contract Region and that licensable Accommodation has been licensed by the Local Authority prior to the property being used to accommodate Service Users and is compliant with the requirements of the LA license whilst the property is used to accommodate Service Users.</p><p>There is no contractual requirement to jointly inspect properties with local authorities; however as part of current working practices Home Office contract compliance teams have completed joint inspections in some local authority areas and welcome continued collaborative working under the new contract arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/02/2019 12:00:54 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1055854

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Overseas Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2019 to Question 208842 on Home Office: Overseas Aid, what that money was spent on.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	217510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Expenditure on Overseas Development Aid from 2015 to 2017 is as follows:</p><p>• 2015 £222m<br>• 2016 £376m<br>• 2017 £354m</p><p>The Home Office’s ODA spend is focused on the following three areas, which contribute to the delivery of the UK’s Aid Strategy:</p><p>• Support to asylum seekers and the resettlement of vulnerable people in the UK. This helps pay for food, shelter and training for up to 12 months. <br>• Work upstream in ODA countries to build capacity and capability to improve security, protect the vulnerable and tackle modern slavery. <br>• CSSF-funded activity to tackle organised immigration crime through the Organised Immigration Crime Taskforce, and to save lives at sea through the deployment of Border Force vessels in the Mediterranean.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/02/2019 10:37:47 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1055865

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Commonwealth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charter flights have been scheduled for (a) removals, (b) deportations and (c) mixed removals and deportations to Commonwealth countries for March 2019.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	217516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>For operational reasons, the Home Office does not disclose details of the returns charter flight programme.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 217517 question first answered 11/02/2019 16:50:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1055866

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Deportation: Commonwealth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charter flights have been scheduled for (a) removals, (b) deportations and (c) mixed removals and deportations to Commonwealth countries for April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	217517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>For operational reasons, the Home Office does not disclose details of the returns charter flight programme.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 217516 question first answered 11/02/2019 16:50:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1055877

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Detainees: Commonwealth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently held in detention centres in the United Kingdom awaiting (a) removal and (b) deportation to Commonwealth countries.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	217520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested in a reportable format or within published statistics. This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 217521 217523 217524 217525 217526 217527 question first answered 12/02/2019 11:55:16 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown