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422690

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will prioritise Christian, Shia Muslim and Yazidi refugees, who have been targeted by ISIL, when considering asylum cases.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	12505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>All asylum and human rights claims are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with the UK’s obligations under the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the European Convention on Human Rights.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/10/2015 14:20:41 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

421662

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Equality
	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 encourage diversity in the police service.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	12085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>It is vital that the police reflect the communities they serve and the Government is determined to improve BME representation in all 43 forces in England and Wales.</p><p>Decisions on when and how to recruit individuals are for the chief officer of a police force. It is important that they use equalities legislation, including positive action provisions, to make better progress in terms of recruitment of under-represented groups.</p><p>My Rt Hon. Friend, the Home Secretary announced on 22 October the publication of data showing the gender and ethnicity of police officers by force area. This will make it easier for the public to access the data they need to see how representative their force is compared to the local population. It is clear that the current representation of women and officers from minority ethnic backgrounds in the officer ranks is not good enough and the Home Secretary has challenged forces to do more.</p><p>The Government's reforms have already made improvements. For example, we set up the College of Policing, which has embarked on a major programme of work, BME Progression 2018, looking at recruitment, retention and progression of black and minority ethnic officers, including the development of an evidence base of successful approaches used by forces.</p><p>As part of this programme the College recently published Positive Action Practical Advice, which advises forces on the use of lawful positive action to support the recruitment, retention and progression of officers from under-represented groups, and it has published case studies from forces showing what can be done.</p><p>We have also developed innovative schemes such as Direct Entry and Police Now. These are increasing the number of BME recruits to the police, showing that you can achieve better representation while attracting the best and the brightest into policing.</p><p>Of the nine direct entry superintendents who began their superintendent training on November 2014 four (44%) are women and two (22%) are from an ethnic minority background. This is significantly more representative than the current make up of the superintendent rank which is comprised of 17% women and 4% ethnic minority.</p><p>Police Now, implemented in the Metropolitan Police, appointed 69 people to start their training, up from an anticipated 50 owing to the high calibre of applicants. Of these, 43% are women and 9% are from a BME background, compared to the national BME proportion of 5.5%.</p><p>With the joint leadership of the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Commissioner, the Metropolitan Police also introduced its London residency criteria for recruits in August 2014. Recent Metropolitan police figures show that in the three months from June to August 2015, 26% of new Metropolitan police recruits came from a black or minority background, more than double the 12% recruited in the same quarter of 2014, and the 12% of Metropolitan police officers currently from a black and minority ethnic background.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/10/2015 17:49:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

423007

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Ethnic Groups and Females
	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 increase the number of (a) women and (b) people from ethnic minorities in the police forces.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	12720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>It is vital that the police reflect the communities they serve and the Government is determined to improve BME representation in all 43 forces in England and Wales.</p><p>Decisions on when and how to recruit individuals are for the chief officer of a police force. It is important that they use equalities legislation, including positive action provisions, to make better progress in terms of recruitment of under-represented groups.</p><p>The Home Secretary announced on 22 October the publication of data showing the gender and ethnicity of police officers by force area. This represents an important step in making it easier for the public to access the data they need to see how representative their force is compared to the local population. It is clear that the current representation of women and officers from minority ethnic backgrounds in the officer ranks is not good enough and the Home Secretary has challenged forces to do more.</p><p>The Government's reforms have already made improvements, for example we set up the College of Policing which has embarked on a major programme of work, BME Progression 2018, looking at recruitment, retention and progression of black and minority ethnic officers, including the development of an evidence base of successful approaches used by forces.</p><p>We have worked with the College to develop its Reverse Mentoring programme, which seeks to give police leaders an insight into the direct lived experience of officers from under-represented groups. I am grateful to the five Chief Constables who have signed their force up to the programme. We also worked with the College to produce its Positive Action Practical Advice, which advises forces on the use of lawful positive action to support the recruitment, retention and progression of officers from under-represented groups.</p><p>Under this Government innovative schemes such as Direct Entry and Police Now are increasing the number of BME recruits to the police, showing that you can achieve better representation whilst attracting the best and the brightest into policing.</p><p>Of the nine direct entry superintendents who began their superintendent training on November 2014 four (44%) are women and two (22%) are from an ethnic minority background. This is significantly more representative than the current make up of the superintendent rank which is comprised of 17% women and 4% ethnic minority.</p><p>Police Now, implemented in the Metropolitan Police, appointed 69 people to start their training, up from an anticipated 50 owing to the high calibre of applicants. Of these, 43% are women and 9% are from a BME background, compared to the national BME proportion of 5.5%.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/10/2015 15:44:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

423371

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will Answer Question 11793 of 14 October 2015, on Home Office: staff.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	13040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Hon. Member’s question was answered on 22 October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/10/2015 13:35:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

423002

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Greater London
	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 increase the number of appointments available for premium passport applications in London.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	12807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office continues to review services to ensure they meet customer expectations and needs. During 2015, the London Passport Office has consistently offered customers a premium service appointment the next day and has always remained within the target of 3 working days.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 28/10/2015 13:42:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

422677

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Mergers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on merging police forces in England.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	12588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>It is the role of directly elected local Police and Crime Commissioners to propose changes to local policing, not the Home Office. Any request from police forces to voluntarily merge would be considered where it is supported by a robust business case and has local consent.</p><p>It is not necessary for police forces to merge in order to become more efficient. Existing legislation places a strong duty on Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to collaborate in the interests of efficiency and effectiveness. Many are demonstrating that savings can be generated through collaboration without sacrificing local accountability and identity.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/10/2015 15:23:01 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

422681

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Abortion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent (a) meetings and (b) correspondence she has had on the setting up of buffer zones around abortion clinics; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	12603
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answers I gave to 5385 and 7247 on 13 July and 22 July 2015. We have also received correspondence from Members of Parliament on behalf of their constituents on this issue. The Home Office has not issued guidance to the police on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/10/2015 15:24:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

421128

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Britain First
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the threat level of the group Britain First.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	11628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Police’s National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit (NDEDIU) has a role in monitoring and gathering intelligence on groups where they pose a criminal threat from domestic extremism or public disorder. If any illegal activities are taking place, the police will take the necessary action. The Governments Countering Extremism Strategy focuses on all forms of extremism, not least the hate inspired and racially motivated nature of far right and Neo-Nazi extremists.</p><p>As yet, no specific assessment of the threat from Britain First has been carried out.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 28/10/2015 15:37:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

422679

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islamophobia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission independent research into the causes of Islamophobia.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	12623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>A key part of our new Countering Extremism Strategy, published this week, outlines how we will engage with and protect Muslim communities from Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred.</p><p>We have access to a wide range of research on Islamophobia from academics, non-government organisations and from the Extremism Analysis Unit.</p><p>We have announced a new Cross-Government Hate Crime Action Plan. As part of this we are engaging with partner organisations to establish the plan’s priority focus areas including future research requirement.</p><p>The Government also recognises the risk of Islamophobia in the UK as well as the increasing number of attacks aimed at the Muslim Community. To address this the PM has announced that from next year all police forces will be required to record Anti-Muslim hate crime as a distinct category when it is reported.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 28/10/2015 11:48:21 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 25392 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

422315

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the Government is providing to disabled refugees from Syria who are currently in Europe.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	12320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The UK is prioritising its support and aid efforts where the need is greatest. Only a small percentage of Syrians displaced from Syria are seeking asylum in Europe; the vast majority remain in Syria and neighbouring countries. Those that remain in the immediate region around Syria are more likely to be particularly vulnerable and this is rightly where our focus remains. We are the second largest bilateral donor of humanitarian aid to the Syrian crisis with £1.12 billion already pledged.</p><p>With assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees we will identify the most vulnerable Syrian refugees who cannot be effectively supported in the region for resettlement through our Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme with the aim of resettling 20,000 refugees during this Parliament.</p><p>The UK is not providing direct resettlement or other support to asylum seekers in other Member States. The UK is already providing practical support to those Member States who are experiencing particularly serious pressures and will provide a further ten personnel to the European Asylum Support Office.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/10/2015 17:52:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith