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1695033

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Asylum: British Indian Ocean Territory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many people have requested asylum on the British Indian Ocean Territory by nationality in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>As an uninhabited territory, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) does not have an asylum system as the 1951 Refugee Convention has not been extended to the territory. Where migrants have claimed that they are unable to return safely to their country of origin, their cases are considered by the Commissioner for BIOT in line with BIOT law and international legal obligations. We do not comment publicly on individual claims for protection.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 17811 question first answered 18/03/2024 17:19:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695034

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aviation: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to increase border security at aerodromes.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office’s priority is to deliver a safe and secure border and we will never compromise on this. Border Force maintain 100% checks for all scheduled arriving passengers into the UK. Border Force performs checks on passengers arriving at the UK border and risk-based intelligence led checks on goods, enabling interventions against those known or suspected to pose a risk to the national interest.</p><p>Border Force has reduced the number of aerodromes able to handle flights to and from the UK as of 1 January 2024. From 3135 aerodromes in GB, now only 16% are designated to facilitate international and CTA flights. This will continue to have a positive impact on Border Force operations. Routine work continues at aerodromes, enabling Border Force to carry out customs duties as laid out in CEMA (Customs &amp; Excise Management Act).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 17810 question first answered 19/03/2024 14:40:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695035

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Aviation: Facilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to reduce contraband entering the UK through aerodromes.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office’s priority is to deliver a safe and secure border and we will never compromise on this. Border Force maintain 100% checks for all scheduled arriving passengers into the UK. Border Force performs checks on passengers arriving at the UK border and risk-based intelligence led checks on goods, enabling interventions against those known or suspected to pose a risk to the national interest.</p><p>Border Force has reduced the number of aerodromes able to handle flights to and from the UK as of 1 January 2024. From 3135 aerodromes in GB, now only 16% are designated to facilitate international and CTA flights. This will continue to have a positive impact on Border Force operations. Routine work continues at aerodromes, enabling Border Force to carry out customs duties as laid out in CEMA (Customs &amp; Excise Management Act).</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 17809 question first answered 19/03/2024 14:40:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695036

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many asylum seekers are registered as living on Diego Garcia.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>As an uninhabited territory, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) does not have an asylum system as the 1951 Refugee Convention has not been extended to the territory. Where migrants have claimed that they are unable to return safely to their country of origin, their cases are considered by the Commissioner for BIOT in line with BIOT law and international legal obligations. We do not comment publicly on individual claims for protection.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 17808 question first answered 18/03/2024 17:19:37 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695037

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much his Department has spent on aid for asylum seekers living on Diego Garcia in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The FCDO provides funding to the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Administration to help support the good governance of the Territory. This funding includes all costs associated with temporarily supporting the migrants on BIOT and supporting their departure from the territory. The information requested on the breakdown of spending can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 17813 question first answered 18/03/2024 19:03:01 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695038

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much his Department has spent on healthcare for asylum seekers living on Diego Garcia in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>The FCDO provides funding to the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) Administration to help support the good governance of the Territory. This funding includes all costs associated with temporarily supporting the migrants on BIOT and supporting their departure from the territory. The information requested on the breakdown of spending can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 17812 question first answered 18/03/2024 19:03:01 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695039

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	British Indian Ocean Territory: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how many crimes have been reported on the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2024 answer text <p>The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is constitutionally distinct and separate from the UK and is administered by the BIOT Administration. The FCDO does not hold a record of how many crimes have been reported on the BIOT in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/03/2024 17:26:04 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695040

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Telecommunications: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) reviewing regulatory oversight of and (b) promoting good practice by the telecoms industry.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>As the independent regulator for the telecoms industry, Ofcom plays an essential role in maintaining regulatory oversight, promoting best practice and liaising with government to provide the best outcomes possible for the consumer. The regulator undertakes regular reviews of regulation, and it concluded its Wholesale Fixed Telecoms Market Review in 2021, setting out broadband regulation for the 2021-2026 period. It also assessed its approach to mobile markets in its Mobile Strategy Review in 2022.</p><p>The Government published its Statement of Strategic Priorities in 2019 to ensure Ofcom’s regulation is aligned with our objectives, including our commitments to world-class digital infrastructure, promoting competition, and to safeguarding the interests of telecoms consumers.</p><p>A consultation on ‘Strengthening economic regulation in the water, energy and telecoms sectors’ concluded in January this year and we are currently considering responses related to the telecoms sector.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 19/03/2024 11:27:42 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695041

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Uganda: Christianity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help support persecuted Christians in Uganda.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>We have no evidence of state persecution of Christians based on religious belief in Uganda. However, Uganda faces a terrorist threat, including from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), or Islamic State DRC, which does target Christians, and has carried out attacks against civilians in Uganda in recent years, notably an attack on a school in Mpondwe on 16 June 2023, killing more than 40 people. I condemned this abhorrent attack in the strongest possible terms at the time. The British High Commission remains in close contact with Ugandan security services, who continue to conduct operations against the ADF.</p> answering member constituency Sutton Coldfield answering member printed Mr Andrew Mitchell question first answered 21/03/2024 16:48:08 answering member 1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1695043

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Biodiversity: Romford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reverse biodiversity loss in Romford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	17818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2024 answer text <p>In England, we have set four legally binding targets for biodiversity. We have legislated to halt the decline in species abundance by 2030 and to reverse species decline by 2042; to reduce the risk of species extinction; and to restore or create more than 500,000 hectares of wildlife-rich habitats. These targets will drive actions to support biodiversity in Romford and every other area across England.</p><p> </p><p>We have set out our plan to deliver on these ambitious targets, along with our other environmental targets, in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64a6d9c1c531eb000c64fffa/environmental-improvement-plan-2023.pdf" target="_blank">Environmental Improvement Plan</a> published 31 January 2023. Here we link the different objectives, plans and mechanisms for recovering nature.</p><p> </p><p>Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) are being prepared across the whole of England to support delivery of the targets. The 48 strategies are bringing together local partners to agree priorities and propose practical actions in areas where they would have the most benefit for nature recovery and the wider environment. The Romford constituency is within the Greater London LNRS area. Preparation of the strategy is being led by the Greater London Authority, with support from the local planning authorities in the area, including Havering Borough Council, which serves the Romford constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is working with partners to improve the water quality and biodiversity of waterbodies within the constituency of Romford. The agency created a backwater on the side of the main channel of the river Rom as a fish refuge. This has benefitted fish populations and improved the wider river corridor for biodiversity by creating a varied mosaic of habitats. The agency also part funded a multi-partnership project to deliver river enhancement and restoration works to the River Rom and is currently looking at a potential project that would address issues impacting the River Ravensbourne at Harrow Lodge Park.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 18/03/2024 14:38:55 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell