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1602004

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Harassment and Intimidation
	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 prevent the intimidation and harassment of asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	160312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2023 answer text <p>The wellbeing, welfare and safety of those in our care is our primary concern. Nobody should be subject to harassment or intimidation and anyone who experiences such treatment should ensure they report it to their local police force to take appropriate action.</p><p>For the many asylum seekers currently housed in hotels the Home Office has taken extensive action to ensure their safety. The Home Office and our accommodation providers work closely with the police and keep security under constant review.</p><p>Home Office contractors, their subcontractors and hotel staff on site are responsible for addressing the immediate safety and needs of those in their care. Security is in place at each site including a full team of security personnel on site 24 hours a day to ensure the safety of asylum seekers and staff in accommodation. All incidents at asylum accommodation sites are reported by providers to the Home Office immediately. We then work with the provider to put in additional safety measures if required.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/03/2023 17:47:48 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1602307

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to monitor the activities of (a) Patriotic Alternative and (b) other far-right groups relating to refugees.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	161324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to tackling those who spread views that promote violence and hatred against individuals and communities in our society. This includes using existing mechanisms to analyse, prevent and disrupt the spread of ideologies that can lead to community division.</p><p> </p><p>Rights to peaceful protest do not extend to violent or threatening behaviour and the police have powers to deal with any such acts and protect the public.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/03/2023 14:18:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1603886

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: LGBT+ People
	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 ensure that asylum seekers who are removed to (a) Rwanda and (b) other safe third countries under the Illegal Migration Bill will not be subject to discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	165253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2023 answer text <p>Everyone considered for relocation to a safe third country will be considered on a case-by-case basis and have access to legal advice. We would not relocate someone where it would be unsafe or inappropriate to do so.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 22/03/2023 14:45:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1605855

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
	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 make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing asylum seekers to work on (a) the economy and (b) the level of job vacancies.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	170642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>Asylum seekers are allowed to work in the UK if their claim has been outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List.</p><p> </p><p>A review of the policy concluded in December 2021 and there will be no changes to the policy at this time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/03/2023 15:44:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1605866

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of Section 95 Asylum Support, in the context of the cost-of-living crisis.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	170645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>From 21 December 2022, the government increased the main rate of asylum support that is provided under sections 4 and 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to £45 per week on an interim basis.</p><p>The level of allowance is reviewed annually to ensure it meets the sufficient living needs of asylum seekers. We are undertaking this year’s asylum support review and will announce the outcome through amendments to the Asylum Support Regulations 2000.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 29/03/2023 15:53:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1605867

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Lancaster and Fleetwood
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people receive Section 95 Asylum Support in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	170646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of supported asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets opens in a new tab), under the document Asylum seekers in receipt of support (second edition). Data are published on a quarterly basis, with the next quarterly figures are due to be released in May 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/03/2023 11:57:03 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1628433

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cosmetics: Animal Experiments
	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 her Department allows licenses for animal testing of cosmetic ingredients to be issued in certain circumstances.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	185607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>Animal testing of cosmetics for consumer safety has been banned in the UK since 1998 and this remains in force.</p><p>On 17 May 2023 the Government announced it is going further by banning, with immediate effect, licences to test ingredients exclusively used in the production of cosmetics for the purposes of worker safety.</p><p>The Home Secretary has issued a Written Ministerial Statement, which can be found here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-05-17/hcws779" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-05-17/hcws779</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 24/05/2023 16:17:26 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1628434

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of levels of public support for the Illegal Migration Bill among young people.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	185608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>No formal assessment has been made. The Bill commands the support of the vast majority of the British public who expect immigration to be orderly, controlled and fair.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 26/05/2023 11:26:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1642327

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Age Assessment Board
	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 launch of the National Age Assessment Board on 31 March, how many qualified social workers had (a) completed the recruitment process to serve on the Board and (b) started their employment on the Board as of 20 April 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	188042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2023 answer text <p>As of 20 April 2023, 16 social workers had completed the recruitment process and were employed to serve on the Board. This is in line with our projections for onboarding.</p><p>Further recruitment is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/06/2023 15:17:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1642328

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Age Assessment Board
	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 launch of the National Age Assessment Board on 31 March, what assessment criteria will be used to determine whether the work of the Board has been effective during its first phase in London and the West Midlands prior to any decision to roll out that work nationwide.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	188043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The National Age Assessment Board (NAAB) is in the process of recruiting and training suitably experienced social workers who can carry out age assessments on behalf of the Home Office and will expand into wider regions as social worker capacity builds up. We will continue to review and monitor the impact of this Board.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/06/2023 13:21:28 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith