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387150

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to tackle (a) forced marriage and (b) female genital mutilation.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	James Berry
	uin	900728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Girl Summit, hosted by the Prime Minister and UNICEF in July 2014, underlined the United Kingdom’s leadership in stamping out forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM).</p><p>We made forced marriage a criminal offence and the first conviction was secured last month. We also introduced a package of new measures to tackle FGM through the Serious Crime Act 2015 including victim anonymity, mandatory reporting of FGM, a new offence of parental liability and the introduction of FGM protection orders.</p><p>The Government recognises that legislation alone is not enough to tackle FGM and forced marriage, and our specialist FGM and Forced Marriage Units lead and deliver wide-ranging prevention and awareness-raising work.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/07/2015 16:28:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4489 label Biography information for James Berry

381530

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners: Norfolk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she has outsourced responsibility for the adjudication of bids for the Child Abuse Inquiry Support Fund and The Child and Adult Victims of Sexual Abuse Support Fund to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	2790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Final decisions on funding were confirmed by an Oversight Group jointly chaired by the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner and the Home Office. Allocating the funding in this way ensured that all victims of child sexual abuse receive the support they need, when they need it. The process recognises both the urgency of supporting victims now, and the need to ensure that a strategic sustainable national response is established. The Chief Constable for Norfolk is the National Policing Lead for Child Protection and Abuse Investigation and the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner is committed to supporting victims of sexual abuse as evidenced through its Police and Crime Plan. It is therefore entirely appropriate to draw on this expertise and commitment in the effective allocation of funding to support survivors of child sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 2789 question first answered 22/06/2015 14:50:19 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

348753

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the UK has not ratified the 2011 Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	1296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The UK already complies with the vast majority of the articles to the convention including the criminalisation of forced marriage which was one of the pre-requisites of ratification as required by Article 37. Primary legislation will be needed to comply with the remaining extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before it can be ratified. The UK Government is liaising with the devolved administrations about ratification, including any further legislative steps that may be necessary.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/06/2015 15:18:42 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 3586 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

390388

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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, how many (a) adults and (b) children her Department has identified as being at risk of human trafficking in (i) England and Wales, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
	uin	7213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on individual adults or children identified as being at risk of human trafficking. The National Referral Mechanism provides data on the number of individuals who have been referred as potential victims of trafficking, and these numbers are available on the National Crime Agency website. The National Crime Agency also regularly publishes information about the threat from serious and organised crime, including human trafficking and modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 20/07/2015 10:24:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone

387458

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in her Department are entitled to the use of a (i) car with a dedicated driver, (ii) car from the Government car pool and (iii) taxi ordered through a departmental account.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	5466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>There is no entitlement for civil servants or special advisers to the use of (i) a car with a dedicated driver, (ii) a car from the government car pool (iii) a taxi ordered through a departmental account. However where there is business justification, pool vehicles can be driven by any employee of the Home Office holding the appropriate driving licence and approved by their line manager or local vehicle manager.</p><p>Taxis may also be ordered for official business journeys in properly defined circumstances. This is subject to line manager approval in line with the Department’s travel and expenses policy.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 13/07/2015 16:21:17 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

384400

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for her Department and its subsidiary agencies are paid less than the living wage.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	3317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>All permanent members of staff directly employed by the Home Office are paid the Living Wage or above.</p><p>All temporary agency staff are employed in accordance with the Agency Workers Regulations which ensures parity with directly employed staff after 12 weeks.</p><p>The Home Office only keeps information on the legal minimum standards of pay of staff employed by organisations contracted to provide services within the Home Office, not the living wage.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/06/2015 14:30:14 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 7796 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

391487

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2015
	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, how many (a) men, (b) women and (c) children came forward as potential victims of human trafficking in each year since 2012; how many such people (i) were returned to their country of origin and (ii) stayed on in the UK; how many of those who stayed in the UK were granted asylum; and what data is collected from each shelter administered by the Salvation Army scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	8025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number of potential victims of human trafficking who were referred into the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in each year since 2012, broken down by the age of the potential victim at the time of referral.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Adult</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Minor</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Transgender </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Male</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>258</p></td><td><p>636</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>1186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>901</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>1746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>615</p></td><td><p>1124</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>2340</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>It is not possible to accurately provide comprehensive information on the outcomes of those referred into the NRM. The Salvation Army provides the Home Office with information on the number of victims it has supported and the types of exploitation encountered.</p><p> </p><p>It also provides case specific information such as the NRM decision and victims’ country of origin.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 07/09/2015 15:55:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

223664

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	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, how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for human trafficking offences in 2014; and how many such cases involved a victim who was a child.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	225481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Prosecution and conviction data for human trafficking offences for 2014 has not yet been published. The data is expected to be published in May 2015. The data for 2013 is in the table below.The Crown Prosecution Service does not separately record the number of cases where the victim was a child.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/03/2015 14:20:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name 285481 Diana Johnson table of 2013 data.doc title Table 225481
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

175284

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) requests, (b) arrests and (c) surrenders have been made relating to people wanted from the UK or wanted by the UK for human trafficking offences through the European Arrest Warrant since that mechanism was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Perth and North Perthshire
	tabling member printed	Pete Wishart
	uin	221757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>For the financial years 2009-10 to 2013-14, the following table sets out the numbers of a) requests, b) arrests and c) surrenders relating to people in England , Wales and Northern Ireland wanted by other EU Member States for human <br>trafficking and immigration and human trafficking offences, under a European Arrest Warrant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Requests to England, Wales and Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration &amp; Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>414</p></td><td><p>344</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>1,215</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Arrests in England, Wales and Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration &amp; Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Surrenders from England, Wales and Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration &amp; Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br>Since 2012, in addition to the figures above, ten requests were made to Scotland, three people were arrested and three people were surrendered from Scotland to other EU Member States for human trafficking offences under a <br>European Arrest Warrant. <br><br>For the financial years 2009-10 to 2013-14, the following table sets out the numbers of a) requests, b) arrests and c) surrenders relating to people who are wanted in England, Wales and Northern Ireland from other EU Member States for <br>human trafficking and immigration and human trafficking offences, under a European Arrest Warrant.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Requests to other EU Member States</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration &amp; Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Arrests in other EU Member States</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration &amp; Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Surrenders to England Wales and Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Immigration &amp; Human Trafficking</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2012, in addition to the figures above, no people were arrested or surrendered to Scotland from other EU Member States for human trafficking offences under a European Arrest Warrant. <br><br>Prior to the financial year 2013-14, figures for human trafficking offences were not collected separately from immigration offences for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 27/01/2015 15:00:23 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1440 label Biography information for Pete Wishart

384737

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) women and (b) men safety officers are employed to work with victims of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	3496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information centrally. The previous Government ring-fenced nearly £40 million-£10m per year-of stable funding up until 2015 for specialist local domestic and sexual violence support services, rape crisis centres, the national domestic violence helplines and stalking helpline.</p><p>This funding has been extended until April 2016 and includes part-funding for 144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVAs) to provide support, including safety advice, to both male and female victims of domestic abuse. The IDVAs are employed by local authorities and third sector organisations. The Home Office does not hold information on the gender of the IDVAs employed by these bodies.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/07/2015 15:20:22 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies