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1043009

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Tata Consultancy Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value is of contracts between his Department and Tata Consultancy Services for work on the Disclosure and Barring Service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	209739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>As published in the DBS’ 2017/18 Annual Report and Accounts the overall value of agreed costs with Tata Consultancy Services is £224m (inc.VAT). This includes the values of the original contract plus any agreed Contract Change Notes and Requests for Change.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2019 12:26:40 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1043010

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of occasions on which referrals to the Disclosure and Barring Service have been set aside for over (a) one, (b) six, and (c) nine months.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	209740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>Referrals to the Disclosure and Barring Service are not set aside as their operating procedures do not allow for this. Barring cases are triaged and reviewed upon receipt and allocated in line with workflow processes.</p><p>Under DBS’ published service standards their aim is to close more than 65% of barring cases within three months. Performance data on attainment of this standard in 2017-2018 can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018.</a></p><p>DBS also publishes quarterly performance data on barring cases and appeals against barring decisions relating to revised internal performance standards here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-4-barring-cases-and-appeals.%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-4-barring-cases-and-appeals. </a></p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2019 12:35:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1043011

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Swiss Post Solutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value is of contracts between his Department and Swiss Post Solutions for work outsourced from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	209741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>DBS do not have a contract with Swiss Post Solutions. Swiss Post Solutions is a sub-contractor of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).</p><p><br>Swiss Post Solutions, as a sub-contractor, are managed by TCS. TCS report on service level agreements and key performance indicators relating to work conducted by Swiss Post Solutions and their performance is monitored by the DBS.</p><p>Swiss Post Solutions handle more than 6,000 pieces of correspondence each month relating to DBS barring business, and have been used for barring since 4 September 2017. In this time the DBS have been informed of one occasion on which information was attached to an incorrect case file. This error was identified and remedied internally before any correspondence was sent.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 209742 209743 209744 question first answered 25/01/2019 12:33:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1043012

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Swiss Post Solutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total value is of contracts between his Department and Swiss Post Solutions for work outsourced from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	209742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>DBS do not have a contract with Swiss Post Solutions. Swiss Post Solutions is a sub-contractor of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).</p><p><br>Swiss Post Solutions, as a sub-contractor, are managed by TCS. TCS report on service level agreements and key performance indicators relating to work conducted by Swiss Post Solutions and their performance is monitored by the DBS.</p><p>Swiss Post Solutions handle more than 6,000 pieces of correspondence each month relating to DBS barring business, and have been used for barring since 4 September 2017. In this time the DBS have been informed of one occasion on which information was attached to an incorrect case file. This error was identified and remedied internally before any correspondence was sent.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 209741 209743 209744 question first answered 25/01/2019 12:33:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1043013

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Swiss Post Solutions
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 quality of service provided by Swiss Post Solutions on work outsourced from the Disclosure and Barring Service; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	209743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>DBS do not have a contract with Swiss Post Solutions. Swiss Post Solutions is a sub-contractor of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).</p><p><br>Swiss Post Solutions, as a sub-contractor, are managed by TCS. TCS report on service level agreements and key performance indicators relating to work conducted by Swiss Post Solutions and their performance is monitored by the DBS.</p><p>Swiss Post Solutions handle more than 6,000 pieces of correspondence each month relating to DBS barring business, and have been used for barring since 4 September 2017. In this time the DBS have been informed of one occasion on which information was attached to an incorrect case file. This error was identified and remedied internally before any correspondence was sent.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 209741 209742 209744 question first answered 25/01/2019 12:33:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1043014

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Swiss Post Solutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of occasions on which sensitive information has been attached to incorrect case files by Swiss Post Solutions in the course of work outsourced from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	209744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>DBS do not have a contract with Swiss Post Solutions. Swiss Post Solutions is a sub-contractor of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).</p><p><br>Swiss Post Solutions, as a sub-contractor, are managed by TCS. TCS report on service level agreements and key performance indicators relating to work conducted by Swiss Post Solutions and their performance is monitored by the DBS.</p><p>Swiss Post Solutions handle more than 6,000 pieces of correspondence each month relating to DBS barring business, and have been used for barring since 4 September 2017. In this time the DBS have been informed of one occasion on which information was attached to an incorrect case file. This error was identified and remedied internally before any correspondence was sent.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 209741 209742 209743 question first answered 25/01/2019 12:33:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1043015

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service: Data Protection
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 whether the tool to redact sensitive case information used by the Disclosure and Barring Service is fit for purpose.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	209745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>DBS uses a tool to redact sensitive documents which was selected by its technology service provider, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). DBS has reported some issues with the redaction functionality. These issues have been raised with TCS, and a new software release is currently in test for deployment.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2019 12:24:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1016347

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
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, what steps his Department has taken to provide assurance to (a) users and (b) employers on the security of documents stored on cloud services in relation to the IT system for applying for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	196664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office takes the security of all of our data extremely seriously, including digitised evidence provided by EU Settlement Scheme users. There are processes in place in the Home Office for the capturing and mitigation of risks and vulnerabilities to ensure appropriate control of our services. I can confirm this is the case for the EU Settlement Scheme</p><p>All Home Office systems including EU Exit applications undergo rigorous cyber strengthening prior to launch. This includes an independent security testing to ensure they are resilient to external attack.</p><p>Our IT systems hosting platform include a number of mechanisms to detect and respond to malicious intrusions.</p><p>All data is encrypted both in transit and at rest. Our IT staff are security cleared and data will only be accessed by those who have a valid business reason to access it. The Home Office regularly monitors the systems for abuse and misuse.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/12/2018 12:57:18 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1016348

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of Windrush people that were held in immigration detention centres.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	196665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office wrote to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 21 August with the initial findings of the Historical Review of removals and detentions. Regular updates have been provided to the committee and this information is available in the library of the House. [14 people, out of the 164 identified by the Historical Review, were detained in an IRC. 17 people, out of the 164 identified by the Historical Review, were recorded as a voluntary departure].</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 196666 question first answered 07/12/2018 11:13:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1016349

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Repatriation: Windrush Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of Windrush people that participated in voluntary removal.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	196666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office wrote to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 21 August with the initial findings of the Historical Review of removals and detentions. Regular updates have been provided to the committee and this information is available in the library of the House. [14 people, out of the 164 identified by the Historical Review, were detained in an IRC. 17 people, out of the 164 identified by the Historical Review, were recorded as a voluntary departure].</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 196665 question first answered 07/12/2018 11:13:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott