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1300187

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Children
	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 potential merits of investigating the levels of child to parent abuse in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	164655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Child to parent abuse is a relatively hidden but increasingly recognised form of domestic abuse. The Government is committed to protecting all victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>We have included child to parent abuse in the draft statutory guidance on domestic abuse published on 1 July 2020, and we will continue to work with stakeholders to finalise the guidance.</p><p>Additionally, this year the government will be publishing a new Domestic Abuse Strategy which will consider this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/03/2021 16:52:41 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1383944

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	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 eligibility of Afghan nationals who formerly attended UK universities to be resettled in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	85393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2021 answer text <p>The ACRS is not yet open. Officials are working urgently to stand up the remaining elements of the scheme.</p><p>Further information on the eligibility, prioritisation and referral of people for the ACRS is set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk on 13 September, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 09/12/2021 16:22:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1422984

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of Afghan nationals resettled under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme who have higher education qualifications and (b) the proportion of that number who acquired those qualifications in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	125553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS) commenced on 6th January. The ACRS will provide up to 20,000 women, children and others at risk with a safe and legal route to resettle in the UK.</p><p>Afghans who are eligible under ACRS or ARAP are working with job centre work coaches to assess their readiness for the jobs market, including their skills and qualifications.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/02/2022 17:45:38 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1341332

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of domestic abuse cases that have not been prosecuted as a result of the six-month time limit for common assault as a summary-only offence having elapsed in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	23064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on domestic abuse related offences, and on the outcomes on offences recorded by the police in England and Wales. Data is not available for all forces but the proportion of domestic abuse flagged offences that have the outcome OC17: Prosecution time limit expired is published for selected forces who provide data to HO.</p><p> </p><p>2018/19 and 2019/20 - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fdomesticabuseandthecriminaljusticesystemappendixtables&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSamuel.Butler10%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C55bdaca3b7b64bbecc4f08d93c95ac53%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637607435795105012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2BVBkRJM%2BCAfAIBuwoQ7Dz0%2B1w2R4DoNnDpZp1oa9TEI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Domestic abuse and the criminal justice system – Appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a> , Table 3</p><p>2015/16 - 2017/18 - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Fdomesticabuseinenglandandwalesappendixtables&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSamuel.Butler10%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C55bdaca3b7b64bbecc4f08d93c95ac53%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637607435795105012%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=lH8qMNYxhsoA9ETPkjXzRDj7gCTs05I1eFLsCwapQAk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Domestic abuse in England and Wales - Appendix tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a> , Table 19</p><p>We are aware that there is a concern that some victims of domestic abuse may be losing access to justice since by the time they come forward with allegations of assault, the time limit for prosecution of such cases is up. We are gathering data about such incidents and if analysis suggests that action is needed, we will seek to address it as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 01/07/2021 17:14:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1343739

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2021 to Question 23064 on Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions and with reference to Table 3 in that Answer, how many crimes there were that were flagged as domestic abuse where the prosecution time limit had expired in (a) 2018-19 and (b) 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	27020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford to the answer given in response to PQ 23064.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/07/2021 14:55:00 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1190824

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Modern Slavery Act 2015 Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government will publish its response to the Transparency in Supply Chains consultation which closed in September 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	40825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>In response to recommendations of the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/803406/Independent_review_of_the_Modern_Slavery_Act_-_final_report.pdf" target="_blank">published on 22 May 2019</a>), the Home Office ran a public consultation ahead of potential changes to section 54 (transparency in supply chains requirements) of the Modern Slavery Act. The consultation ran from 9 July to 17 September 2019 and sought views on a range of proposals intended to strengthen the reporting requirement. The Government is currently considering the findings of this consultation and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/05/2020 15:52:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1216916

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Official Development Assistance programmes that her Department funds focus on supporting women and girls.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	63287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s Gender Equality Act 2014 (an amendment to 2002 International Development Act, IDA), legally requires all overseas development funding to ‘meaningfully consider’ the impact of how it will contribute to reducing gender inequality.</p><p> </p><p>The programmes that the Home Office funds that focus on supporting women and girls are the End Violence against Children Programme, the modern slavery Victim Care Contract, and the Modern Slavery Fund.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/06/2020 14:27:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1224418

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Development Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2020 to Question 63287 on Home Office: Overseas Aid, how much her Department spent on the (a) End Violence against Children Programme, (b) modern slavery Victim Care Contract and (c) Modern Slavery Fund in each of the last three years; and what her Department's planned spending is for those projects in the next year.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	73770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office Official Development Assistance (ODA) spend in each of the last three years for the End Violence against Children Programme and Modern Slavery Fund are published to https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/department/HO.</p><p>The Department spend on the ODA element of the Victim Care Contract (VCC) in 2018/19 was £5.8m and £9.24m in 2019/20 – We began reporting the ODA eligible proportion of VCC expenditure in 2018/19.</p><p>Home Office planned ODA spend in the next year is dependent on the outcome of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/07/2020 14:57:10 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1351507

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the visa status is of Afghan staff who have worked, or currently work, for British non-governmental organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	40823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Our Afghan relocation policy is one of the most generous in the world and has already supported over 8,000 directly employed former Afghan staff and their families to start new lives in the UK through the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP).</p><p>The Home Office is committed to providing protection for vulnerable people fleeing Afghanistan. The Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme will welcome up to 5,000 vulnerable Afghans to the UK, who have been forced to flee the country, in its first year, with up to a total of 20,000 in the long-term.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/09/2021 15:46:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1254898

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
	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 recent trends in the level of disability hate crimes in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	120103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Hate crime is completely unacceptable, and this Government takes it very seriously. That is why the Government published the Hate Crime Action Plan in 2016 and refreshed it in October 2018.</p><p>The Action Plan established a public awareness campaign which included examples of disability hate crime to make clear that such acts are completely unacceptable, held two ministerial meetings with disability groups and social media companies to help tackle online abuse of disabled people and provided £193,000 in funding for community projects that directly tackled disability hate crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/11/2020 17:10:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse