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575551

registered interest
date	30/08/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that the police and security services have the necessary powers to apprehend people planning terrorist attacks in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	906097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>We continue to strengthen our Counter Terrorism powers. The 2015 Counter Terrorism &amp; Security Act provided the police with new powers and created a general duty on public bodies to prevent people being drawn into terrorism. To apprehend terrorist suspects the police and security agencies need to collect intelligence to support arrests and develop evidence to secure prosecutions.</p><p>Therefore the government is taking forward the Investigatory Powers Bill, which will provide them with powers fit for the digital age.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/09/2016 16:26:19 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow

575552

registered interest
date	30/08/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle people trafficking.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	906094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Tackling human trafficking and modern slavery remains a top priority for this government. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 provides law enforcement agencies the tools to tackle trafficking and modern slavery. In July, the Prime Minister announced a new taskforce to accelerate progress. The PM also pledged £33.5m of development assistance funding to tackle slavery in countries from where we know victims are regularly trafficked to the UK.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 05/09/2016 16:25:18 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

575553

registered interest
date	30/08/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
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 confiscate money from criminals; and what plans she has to further strengthen the asset recovery regime.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	906098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to attacking criminal finances, by making it harder for criminals to move, use and hide their proceeds of crime. The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, as amended by the Serious Crime Act 2015, provides a robust set of provisions for confiscating assets from criminals, and further reforms will be brought forward in the forthcoming Criminal Finances Bill. These reforms will significantly improve our ability to recover the proceeds of crime, tackle money laundering and corruption, and counter terrorist financing.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/09/2016 16:26:30 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

575554

registered interest
date	30/08/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: 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 support policing in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Chris Davies
uin	906102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>It is an operational decision for individual Chief Constables to determine how their resources are deployed and it is for Police and Crime Commissioners to hold their forces to account, including on how they tackle the crimes that matter most to residents and businesses in rural and urban areas alike.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/09/2016 16:27:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4376 label Biography information for Chris Davies

575555

registered interest
date	30/08/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
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 trends in the level of cybercrime.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	906099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>As crime falls, we know that it is also changing. The internet and new technology offer criminals new opportunities to commit crimes such as fraud and cyber crime. This is why we have committed to spending a further £1.9 billion on cyber security over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/09/2016 16:26:52 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

575556

registered interest
date	30/08/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Right of Abode: 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 discussions she has had with people from other EU countries living in the UK since the EU referendum on their right to live in the UK after an exit from the EU.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	906096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Government Ministers and officials engage with a wide range of stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>The Prime Minister has been clear that she wants to protect the status of EU nationals here. The only circumstances in which that would not be possible are if British citizens’ rights in other EU Member States were not protected in return.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/09/2016 16:26:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

575557

registered interest
date	30/08/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect people from fraud and its effect on families and communities.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Craig Williams
uin	906101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Fraud is a heinous crime which can have a devastating effect on individuals, families and the most vulnerable members of society. That is why this Government launched the Joint Fraud Taskforce last February with law enforcement and banks, and has committed to spending £1.9bn over the next five years on cyber security, including to tackle cyber enabled fraud. The Taskforce is working to protect the public from fraudsters, to maximise every opportunity to catch the criminals and to help victims.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/09/2016 16:27:18 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4438 label Biography information for Craig Williams

541721

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Land Trusts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received representations regarding a specific case in which parish councillors who are also members of a Community Land Trust (CLT) have been told to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest even though the CLT is legally established as a not-for-profit Industrial and Provident Society that requires members to take out £5 par value (not investment) shares and allows no income for members or directors from its activities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL1398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2016 answer text <p>We are not aware of having received representations on such a case. The national rules on local authority members’ pecuniary interests, as set out in the Localism Act 2011, require local authority members, including parish councillors, to register and disclose certain pecuniary interests, as defined in the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012. A guide for councillors on openness and transparency on personal interests is available on my department’s web-site. Local authority members who contact my department for advice are directed to the regulations and to the guide and are advised to contact the monitoring officer of their relevant local authority, who can advise them on their specific queries.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 04/08/2016 12:44:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

541722

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guarantees are in place to ensure that European structural and investment funding commitments that have already been entered into are honoured.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL1399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2016 answer text <p><em>The Government remains committed to encouraging economic growth across the regions and nations of the UK. The Government is carefully considering the use of these funds and will make an announcement on EU funding in due course.</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 04/08/2016 12:37:43 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

541723

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is their intention to allocate sufficient funding to meet the level and profile of the current calls by the UK on European structural and investment funding.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL1400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2016 answer text <p><em>The people of the UK have voted to leave the EU. It would not be appropriate to commit, without due consideration, to continuing to spend money over a long period as if we had not voted to leave the EU. But the Government remains committed to encouraging economic growth across the regions and nations of the UK. The Government is therefore carefully considering the use of these funds and will make an announcement on EU funding in due course.</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL1401 question first answered 04/08/2016 12:39:47 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville