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805408

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on extending the special China visitor visa pilot scheme to include other nations; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	119079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Since January 2016 the UK has offered a two-year validity visit visa to Chinese nationals for the same price as a six-month visa. This is a pilot scheme which we are running to assess the benefits and impacts of such an approach more broadly. There are currently no plans to extend this pilot to any other countries.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/12/2017 17:03:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1186936

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Ministers of Religion: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she has taken through her immigration policies to enable religious workers from India to staff places of worship in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	901701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2020 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of faith across our communities in the UK, welcoming the value added by members of religious institutions from across the world.</p><p>This is reflected by dedicated immigration routes for Ministers of Religion and Religious Workers. These enable religious ministers and workers, including those from India, to live and practice their faith in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/03/2020 17:32:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1685516

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
	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 ensure that the enforcement of safe access zones is proportionate to other (a) protests and (b) gatherings.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	11769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has recently published and consulted on draft guidance on the enforcement of abortion safe access zones.</p><p>The Home Office is now considering the responses before we publish a final version.</p><p>The Home Secretary is committed to ensuring that women in England and Wales feel safe and protected whilst exercising their legal right to access abortion services and I am confident that this guidance will support the effective introduction of Safe Access Zones.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/02/2024 17:54:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1201959

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
	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 coordinate with the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	57185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office and OFSI are part of cross-Whitehall initiatives working to develop the UK’s autonomous sanctions regimes. The Joint Anti-Corruption Unit, based in the Home Office, also liaises with OFSI in its monitoring and reporting of the Anti-Corruption Strategy 2017-22.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/06/2020 14:08:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1220282

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
	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 17 June 2020 to Question 57185 on Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, how the criteria for applying restrictions on international organisations involved in terrorism used by her Department differs to the criteria used by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	68326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2020 answer text <p>HM Treasury (OFSI) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are responsible on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government for domestic and international counter-terrorism (CT) sanctions respectively. The Home Office does not administer any CT sanctions regimes.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is responsible for a number of tools that can be used to support the Government’s efforts to tackle the threat from terrorism. The tests that must be satisfied before these tools can be used varies between the different tools.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/07/2020 13:03:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

384971

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees
	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 representations to the UN on specifying that 20 June should be commemorated as World Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Day.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	3799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>We have no plans to make such representations as this is a matter for the UN.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/07/2015 15:11:52 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1317013

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: EEA Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the difference in fees in visa applications applying to some EEA and EU member state nationals; and what steps the Government is taking to improve equal treatment of all EEA/EU nationals under the current visa regime.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	5183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK has long standing arrangements in its legislation for the nationals of countries which have ratified the 1961 Council of Europe’s Social Charter (CESC) to qualify for a fee reduction for visa applications to come to work in the UK.</p><p>Nationals of the 26 countries which have signed and ratified the CESC are eligible for a reduction of £55 to their application fee if they are applying for a visa under a work route. Where the applicant is required to have a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) from their employer, the CoS can be issued free of charge.</p><p>Details of the routes which qualify for a reduced fee are published on at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals/fee-arrangements-for-cesc-nationals</a>.</p><p>The fee reduction of £55 only applies to the main applicant, it does not apply to dependants.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/06/2021 11:31:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

448724

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Demonstrations
	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 policing on university campuses following the violent protests and criminal damage by demonstrators at an Israel Society event at King's College London last week.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	24779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The operational policing of protests and demonstrations are principally a matter for Chief Officers of each force in England and Wales.</p><p>Peaceful protest is a vital part of a democratic society. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to gather together and to demonstrate their views. However, like all members of the public, protesters are subject to the law. Should individuals cross the boundary into criminal acts including public order offences, criminal damage, hate crime offences or violent behaviour, the police have a range of powers to take action.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2016 16:01:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

449464

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	King's College London: Demonstrations
	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 took steps to respond to the violent protests at an Israel Society event at King's College London in January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	24986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>I refer my Hon. Friend to the answer I gave to 24779 on 04 February 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/02/2016 16:57:17 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

780550

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	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 has put in place to ensure that groups run by people supporting extremist views are excluded from working with public sector institutions covered by the Prevent strategy, including the police.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	110367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The statutory Prevent duty places responsibility on certain public sector bodies to have ‘due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism’ in the exercise of their functions.</p><p>Supporting statutory guidance sets out expectations for relevant public sectors including that organisations they work with are not engaged in extremist activity or espouse extremist views; public resources are not utilised by extremists; extremist views are appropriately challenged; and where appropriate, extremists are lawfully prosecuted, disrupted and deterred. Sector specific advice, training and support continues to be provided by the Home Office and other departments to support proportionate Prevent delivery.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 110455 question first answered 07/11/2017 15:05:40 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman