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1459881

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date	25/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
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 she has made of the number of Ukrainian refugees residing in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	906555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office now routinely publishes data on Ukrainians arriving in the United Kingdom under our two new schemes.</p><p>Between 11 and 18 April, the number of those arriving under the Homes for Ukraine Scheme more than doubled from 3,200 to 6,600.</p><p>15,000 more Ukranians have arrived under the Family Scheme; meaning that as of 18 April, 21,600 visa holders had arrived in the UK.</p><p>We continue to work at pace to ensure more people can arrive more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/04/2022 15:27:32 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1459882

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on increasing the number of visas granted to people fleeing the war in Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	906558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>We are prioritising visa applications from Ukrainians and have surged capacity to other visa application centres (VACs) in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Moldova.</p><p>Ukrainians with passports no longer need to go to a VAC to give their biometrics before they come to the UK.</p><p>This will mean that our VACs across Europe can focus their efforts on helping Ukrainians without passports, increasing the capacity at those centres to 13,000 appointments per week.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/04/2022 15:28:51 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1459883

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on delivering 20,000 new police officers.
tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
tabling member printed	Ruth Edwards
uin	906560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>As at 31 December 2021, police forces in England and Wales have already recruited over 11,000 additional officers as part of the Police Uplift Programme and we are on track to deliver 20,000 additional officers by March 2023.</p><p>I am pleased to say 251 of these officers have so far been recruited to Nottinghamshire Police.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/04/2022 15:20:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4808 label Biography information for Ruth Edwards

1459884

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle rural crime.
tabling member constituency	Aylesbury
tabling member printed	Rob Butler
uin	906561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to driving down rural crime, which is why the Government is providing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit.</p><p>We have also tabled amendments to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to introduce tougher sentencing and improved police powers for hare coursing.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/04/2022 15:21:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4745 label Biography information for Rob Butler

1459885

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support Ukrainian refugees.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	906563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a long history of supporting refugees in need of protection.</p><p>In response to the ongoing conflict, the Home Office has launched the Ukraine Family Scheme and the Homes for Ukraine Scheme.</p><p>Both of these schemes are free, and people applying under the schemes will be able to live and work in the UK for up to three years. They will have full and unrestricted access to benefits, healthcare, employment, and other support.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/04/2022 15:29:59 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1459886

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
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 she has made of the adequacy of police responses to reports of antisocial behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	906564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>We have ensured that police have flexible tools and powers to tackle ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. They decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances. The Home Office provides statutory guidance which supports police to make effective use of these powers.</p><p>Last week I was delighted to chair a roundtable with PCCs to share best practice in responding to ASB.</p><p>I was also thrilled to read about the operation led by Lancaster Police to crack down on ASB in the city centre.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/04/2022 15:31:21 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1459887

registered interest
date	25/04/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Mark Logan
uin	906566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2022 answer text <p>Tackling violence against woman and girls, including domestic abuse, is a Government priority. That is why we introduced our landmark Domestic Abuse Act in 2021.</p><p>In March 2022, we went even further and published our Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, backed by over £230 million and commits to exploring options for a register to manage the most harmful domestic abusers more robustly. This includes funding for children. In 2021-22, we provided over £3 million, through the Children Affected by Domestic Abuse (CADA) Fund to organisations providing specialist support within the community to children. This funding will be increased to £4.1 million in 2022-23 as set out in the Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan.</p><p>This will provide further protections to victims, strengthen measures to bring perpetrators to justice and improve the response from agencies.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/04/2022 15:33:18 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4815 label Biography information for Mark Logan

1459021

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department has made on securing UK membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Syms
uin	906465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK recently reached a major milestone in the accession process to CPTPP, by moving to market access negotiations with this trading bloc.</p><p> </p><p>These negotiations will see new, beneficial trading relationships agreed with CPTPP members. Tariffs will be reduced on UK goods exports, and services markets will open up further to British business, through advanced provisions that facilitate digital trade and modern rules on data. We aim to conclude negotiations by the end of 2022.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 21/04/2022 16:28:57 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	245 label Biography information for Sir Robert Syms

1459022

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Digital Technology: Exports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department has taken to increase exports of digital services.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Dehenna Davison
uin	906467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK has been at the forefront of seizing the benefits of digital trade, including through our FTA programme. For example, the UK-Singapore Digital Economy Agreement, signed in February, represents the most innovative digital trade agreement ever signed. Already, DIT has engaged nearly 100 companies through a webinar and trade mission on the benefits of the deal for business. The Department also has a Digital Exporting Programme which helps SME to increase exports through digital channels, for example those in the music industry. So far, the Programme has supported in excess of 10,000 companies.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 21/04/2022 16:27:58 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison

1459023

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Overseas Trade: Central Asia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to increase trade with central Asian countries.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	906468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>Fast growing economies such as Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan provide an abundance of opportunities for British business across a wide range of sectors.</p><p> </p><p>My Department is supporting British business to grab these opportunities through trade dialogues and regular business to business exchanges, including the annual United Kingdom-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Commission that I co-chaired late last year in Astana.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to remove trade barriers with Uzbekistan too.For example, an update to their Intellectual Property regime, removing barriers for British businesses could be worth over £11million per year.</p> answering member constituency North East Hampshire answering member printed Mr Ranil Jayawardena question first answered 21/04/2022 16:26:54 answering member 4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen