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517480

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Officers: Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which immigration removal centres were inspected by the Office of Surveillance Commissioners related to the use of property interference by immigration officers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>There has been no change in Immigration Rules in relation to the use of property interference by immigration officers. Part III Sections 55(1) and (2) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 amended the Police Act 1997 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) in 2013 to empower officials within the Home Office exercising immigration functions to seek authority for property interference solely for the purpose of preventing and detecting serious crime. Immigration removal centres themselves cannot seek property interference authorisations.</p><p>The Office of Surveillance Commissioners (OSC) scrutinise every application for property interference made by immigration officers upon authorisation and also retrospectively oversee any use of the power to ensure compliance. The OSC publish an annual report, which refers to the overall use of these powers by public authorities including the Home Office.</p><p>The Home Office does not provide information on individual Immigration Removal Centres visited by the OSC, or investigations carried out within them.</p><p>The Investigatory Powers Bill will replace the current oversight regime with a powerful In-vestigatory Powers Commissioner who will have the support, powers, resources and tech-nical expertise to continue to ensure that these powers are being used fully in accordance with the law.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 36581 36582 question first answered 12/05/2016 09:39:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 59657 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

517482

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts on 3 May 2016, on confiscation orders: progress review, how many outages of the Semaphore computer system have occurred since 2010; and how long each such outage lasted.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>For national security reasons, we do not comment on operational issues such as performance and functionality of border security systems.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/05/2016 10:49:35 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

517483

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many property interference authorisations were granted to each immigration removal centre inspected by the Office of Surveillance Commissioners in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>There has been no change in Immigration Rules in relation to the use of property interference by immigration officers. Part III Sections 55(1) and (2) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 amended the Police Act 1997 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) in 2013 to empower officials within the Home Office exercising immigration functions to seek authority for property interference solely for the purpose of preventing and detecting serious crime. Immigration removal centres themselves cannot seek property interference authorisations.</p><p>The Office of Surveillance Commissioners (OSC) scrutinise every application for property interference made by immigration officers upon authorisation and also retrospectively oversee any use of the power to ensure compliance. The OSC publish an annual report, which refers to the overall use of these powers by public authorities including the Home Office.</p><p>The Home Office does not provide information on individual Immigration Removal Centres visited by the OSC, or investigations carried out within them.</p><p>The Investigatory Powers Bill will replace the current oversight regime with a powerful In-vestigatory Powers Commissioner who will have the support, powers, resources and tech-nical expertise to continue to ensure that these powers are being used fully in accordance with the law.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 36582 36584 question first answered 12/05/2016 09:39:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 59655 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

517484

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Officers: Surveillance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether changes have been made to the immigration rules in the last four years in relation to the use of property interference powers by immigration officers.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>There has been no change in Immigration Rules in relation to the use of property interference by immigration officers. Part III Sections 55(1) and (2) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013 amended the Police Act 1997 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) in 2013 to empower officials within the Home Office exercising immigration functions to seek authority for property interference solely for the purpose of preventing and detecting serious crime. Immigration removal centres themselves cannot seek property interference authorisations.</p><p>The Office of Surveillance Commissioners (OSC) scrutinise every application for property interference made by immigration officers upon authorisation and also retrospectively oversee any use of the power to ensure compliance. The OSC publish an annual report, which refers to the overall use of these powers by public authorities including the Home Office.</p><p>The Home Office does not provide information on individual Immigration Removal Centres visited by the OSC, or investigations carried out within them.</p><p>The Investigatory Powers Bill will replace the current oversight regime with a powerful In-vestigatory Powers Commissioner who will have the support, powers, resources and tech-nical expertise to continue to ensure that these powers are being used fully in accordance with the law.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 36581 36584 question first answered 12/05/2016 09:39:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 59656 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

516870

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have had employment tribunal fees waived or reduced in each year since the introduction of such fees.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>This information is published and available within the Ministry of Justice Official Tribunal Statistics and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/05/2016 09:45:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

516872

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals relating to (a) sexual discrimination and (b) each other matter have been brought against employers in each of the last five years; and how many such claims have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of tribunal claims relating to sexual discrimination and other matters brought against employers and the proportion of successful claims in each of the last five years can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 36208 question first answered 05/05/2016 09:51:50 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

516882

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of employment tribunal claims were successful in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of tribunal claims relating to sexual discrimination and other matters brought against employers and the proportion of successful claims in each of the last five years can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 36164 question first answered 05/05/2016 09:51:50 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

516709

registered interest
date	28/04/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Security at the Home Office in the sitting of the Investigatory Powers Bill of 26 April 2016, column 549, PBC (Bill 143) 2015-16, how many details of medical records the security and intelligence services hold; what the definition of medical records was for the purposes of that contribution; and whether the intelligence and security services attain medical records directly from those who hold them.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Investigatory Powers Bill significantly strengthens the safeguards in relation to the security and intelligence agencies’ retention and use of bulk personal datasets through the requirement for warrants subject to the ‘double-lock’ of Secretary of State and judicial approval.</p><p>The security and intelligence agencies do not hold medical records as part of their bulk personal datasets. Medical records are a collection of confidential medical information about the mental or physical health of individuals compiled by a medical professional and held by a medical institution.</p><p>The agencies may only acquire information where it is necessary for the proper discharge of their statutory functions and the retention of each bulk personal dataset is subject to strict handling arrangements to ensure that they are only retained where it is necessary and proportionate to do so.The Government cannot provide further details on the datasets that the agencies hold or how they are acquired as to do so would undermine the agencies’ ability to protect national security and prevent and disrupt serious crime.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/05/2016 08:56:23 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes previous answer version 58816 answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

516341

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has accrued to the public purse from employment tribunal fees in each year since those fees were introduced.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	35963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The annual income accrued from Employment Tribunal fee charges in 2013-14 and 2014-15 is of the published in the HMCTS Annual Report &amp; Accounts:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323112/hmcts-annual-report-2013-14.PDF" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323112/hmcts-annual-report-2013-14.PDF</a> - pages 84 to 85;</li><li><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf</a> - pages 78 to 79</li></ul> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 04/05/2016 13:22:54 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

516342

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish its review of the impact of tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	35951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>We will announce the conclusions of our review of fees in the Employment Tribunals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 04/05/2016 11:35:04 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter