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1086313

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recommendations in the Addendum to the 2015 Madrid Guiding Principle 10(29)(e) to "increase the use of financial intelligence and financial footprints as a tool to detect networks of terrorists, financiers and sympathizers".
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL14357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Investigating authorities have access to a broad range of investigative tools and financial intelligence which can be easily shared between relevant agencies. Since 2015, investigators may also share and obtain information from other Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) and financial institutions through the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Task Force, a public-private collaboration.</p><p>The UK’s capacity for undertaking terrorist financing investigations was extended by the Criminal Finances Act 2017 which now permits the financial investigation powers in the Terrorism Act 2000 to be exercised by civilian accredited financial investigators employed by LEAs and allows for these orders to be recognised across different UK jurisdictions.</p><p>The international Financial Action Task Force, in their December 2018 report on the UK’s measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, concluded that ‘the UK has been highly effective in investigating, prosecuting and convicting a range of terrorist financing activity’.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/03/2019 17:47:19 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1086315

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Money Laundering
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recommendations in the Addendum to the 2015 Madrid Guiding Principle 10(29)(g) to "enhance the traceability and transparency of financial transactions, including by ensuring that financial institutions can share information, domestically and internationally within the same financial group, for the purposes of managing money-laundering and terrorism-financing risks and supplying the competent authorities with comprehensive information on criminal schemes; and identifying and registering unregulated money remitters, and assess and address the risks associated with the use of cash, unregulated remittance systems (including hawalas) and other financial products including prepaid cards".
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL14358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The sharing of information on suspicions of money laundering and terrorist financing within a group is permitted under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.</p><p><br>In the Criminal Finances Act 2017 the Government introduced provisions that will allow certain regulated sector entities to share information between themselves, and with the NCA, where there is a suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing. Enabling firm-to-firm information sharing through a legal gateway encourages the reporting sector to share information to detect and prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/03/2019 17:28:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1086316

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Organised Crime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recommendations in the Addendum to the 2015 Madrid Guiding Principle 10(29)(j) to "support initiatives and domestic mechanisms to effectively identify and address the linkages between terrorism and transnational organized crime".
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL14359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK supports UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2396 and the as-sociated Madrid Guiding Principles, and contributed to the drafting of both. We encourage Member States to fully implement UNSCR 2396. . <br> <br>The government has undertaken a wide range of work to maximise the linkag-es between our work to counter both serious and organ-ised crime and terrorism. This is reflected in CONTEST, the United Kingdom’s strategy for counter-terrorism (June 2018: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-terrorism-strategy-contest-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/counter-terrorism-strategy-contest-2018</a>) and the Serious and Organised Crime Strategy (November 2018, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-and-organised-crime-strategy-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-and-organised-crime-strategy-2018</a>). <br> <br>Counter-terrorism policing, the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs’ Council are implementing a counter-terrorism and serious and organ-ised crime collaboration strategy. Its immediate priorities include joint working across a broad range of areas from prisons, intelligence, firearms through to borders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 140618_CCS207_CCS0218929798-1_CONTEST_3.0_WEB.pdf title Counter Terrorism Strategy - 2018 2 file name SOC-2018-web.pdf title SOC 2018 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:44:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1086322

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the review of the Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), what plans they have to (1) ensure the protection of whistleblowers, (2) take action to restore confidence in the operation of that CCG, and (3) refresh that CCG's decision-making structure.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
	uin	HL14364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>NHS England commissioned an independent assessment of the Clinical Commissioning Group’s (CCG) leadership and culture as part of their role as the CCG’s regulator. The independent assessor did not uncover any issues on whistleblowing therefore the report does not make recommendations on their approach to whistleblowing. However, NHS England are always keen to learn and improve how we listen and respond to staff.</p><p>Sheffield CCG takes all concerns raised by staff very seriously and invites anyone who has concerns to raise them under its Freedom to Speak Up: Raising Concerns (Whistleblowing) Policy and/or Dignity at work (prevention of bullying and harassment) policy. The CCG encourages staff to speak up and is committed to dealing with them responsibly and professionally.</p><p>NHS England will be developing an improvement plan, with input from staff and partners, to systematically address all the issues in the report.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 25/03/2019 14:22:31 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1086323

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Oluwole Ilesanmi
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for freedom of speech of the arrest of Christian street preacher Oluwole Ilesanmi.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL14365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not prevent individuals from following their religious beliefs or cultural traditions provided they do so within the law. The diversity of modern Britain is one of our strengths and many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices.</p><p>The right to freedom of expression is a vital part of a democratic society. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to share their views with others.</p><p>Decisions on arrests are an operational matter for the police working within the provisions of the legal framework set by Parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL14366 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:37:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1086324

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Street Preachers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they provide to the police in relation to preaching in public places.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
	uin	HL14366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not prevent individuals from following their religious beliefs or cultural traditions provided they do so within the law. The diversity of modern Britain is one of our strengths and many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices.</p><p>The right to freedom of expression is a vital part of a democratic society. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to share their views with others.</p><p>Decisions on arrests are an operational matter for the police working within the provisions of the legal framework set by Parliament.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL14365 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:37:42 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1086328

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to update the guidance Criminal exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: county lines for frontline staff working with victims of child trafficking who have been exploited in cannabis farms, or issue further guidance; and if so, when such update or guidance will be made available.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL14369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government published guidance on support to victims of county lines for frontline staff in July 2017, which was reviewed and updated in September 2018. <br> <br>Work is underway to develop guidance on the issue of victims of child trafficking for the purposes of cannabis farming, and we will publish it as soon as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/03/2019 17:39:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1086329

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Vietnam
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the publication of Precarious journeys: Mapping vulnerabilities of victims of trafficking from Vietnam to Europe by Anti-Slavery International, Every Child Protected Against Trafficking UK and Pacific Links Foundation on 7 March, what plans they have to introduce mandatory training for frontline professionals working with victims of child trafficking that include training on Vietnamese culture and specific control mechanisms such as debt bondage.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL14370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is leading a multi-agency review of First Responders to identify who should perform this role and how they should be trained. As part of this review, the Government will consider what mandatory training First Responders should undertake, including mandatory training on child-specific material. The results of this review will be published in Spring.</p><p>In November 2017, the Department for Education published a Safeguarding Strategy (for unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children). The Strategy commissioned a further 1000 training places for carers and support workers to equip them with the skills they need to identify when a child is at risk of going missing and of potentially being trafficked onwards. The Refugee Council has been commissioned to deliver this training and will have delivered 1000 places by the end of March 2019.</p><p>Independent Child Trafficking Advocates (ICTAs) receive training which includes awareness of the child’s culture, customs, language, etiquette and history as this enables the ICTA to engage more effectively with the child. The ICTA Service also employs two Vietnamese nationals who speak Vietnamese, to help with appropriate and accurate translation as well as supporting the ICTA with being culturally relevant when supporting children and young people.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL14373 question first answered 25/03/2019 17:39:54 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1086330

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Vietnam
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the publication of Precarious journeys: Mapping vulnerabilities of victims of trafficking from Vietnam to Europe by Anti-Slavery International, Every Child Protected Against Trafficking UK and Pacific Links Foundation on 7 March, whether they will recruit more Vietnamese translators to assist with the issues of child trafficking victims.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL14371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office recognises the ongoing high demand for Vietnamese interpreters across the department and has an ongoing recruitment campaign for all high demand languages, of which Vietnamese is a priority.</p><p>We will continue to explore and act upon potential recruitment avenues both regionally and nationally. Alongside the ongoing recruitment campaign, we will continue to work with stakeholders in assessing demand and have in place contingencies to ensure the available national resource is utilised as effectively as possible.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/03/2019 17:41:41 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey

1086332

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Vietnam
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Vietnamese children have gone missing from care shortly after referral to the National Referral Mechanism since the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Doocey
	uin	HL14372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Any child (including a trafficked child) who goes missing is a concern, particularly to those directly responsible for their care. The Government is fully committed to addressing this issue and the Home Office are actively working with partners to address the issue of all children who go missing from home and care through its updated Missing strategy, which will be published in the coming months.</p><p>We do not collate data on children who go missing through the National Referral Mechanism, such data is held at a local level. The National Crime Agency (NCA) regularly publishes National Referral Mechanism (NRM) data. Data Latest statistics on NRM referrals and decisions are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics" target="_blank">http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics</a></p><p>Further information is also available in the 2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery which was published on 18 October 2018.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2018-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/2018-uk-annual-report-on-modern-slavery</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 25/03/2019 17:25:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4197 label Biography information for Baroness Doocey