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1690014

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle knife crime in (a) Cardiff Central constituency, (b) Cardiff local authority area and (c) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	14611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>Since 2019, the Home Office has provided over £5 million of funding for a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) in South Wales (known as the Wales Violence Prevention Unit) (including c£1m in 2023/24) which is providing a multi-agency, preventative response designed to tackle the drivers of serious violence and knife crime in South Wales. In addition, we have invested c.£3.5m (including c.£535k in 2023/24) in ‘hotspot policing’ to boost the policing response to serious violence in South Wales and provide high-visibility police patrols and problem-solving tactics in the streets and neighbourhoods most affected.</p><p>The VPU is tasked with investing in evidence-based approaches designed to steer vulnerable young people away from involvement in violence. As part of this approach, the VPU is funding local interventions in Cardiff including A&amp;E Navigators, delivering advice, support and guidance to patients of any age who have experienced violence with injury, with the aim of engaging with those injured whilst they are in hospital to help break the cycle of violence at the point of crisis. Alongside this, the policing hot spot response programme is targeting key locations in Cardiff and Swansea with a dedicated proactive team conducting additional visible patrols and undertaking activity to target individuals within hotspots as well as providing additional support to teams working to police the night-time economy.</p><p>Additionally, just under £1m has been awarded in 2023/24 to support delivery of the Serious Violence Duty across Wales.</p><p>The government is also taking forward a programme to strengthen the controls and legislation on knives. A Statutory Instrument was laid in Parliament on 25 January 2024 to ban zombie style knives and machetes. Subject to the relevant legislation being approved by Parliament, a surrender and compensation scheme will be launched in August to remove zombie style knives and machetes from circulation and ownership, and once the scheme ends on 23 September, the manufacture, supply, sale and possession of zombie-style knives and machetes will be outlawed from 24 September 2024.</p><p>Additionally, through the Criminal Justice Bill , which is currently progressing through Parliament, we are providing more powers for police to seize knives held in private that they believe will be used for unlawful violence, increasing the maximum penalty for the offences of selling prohibited weapons and selling knives to under 18s, and creating a new offence of possessing an article with blade or point or an offensive weapon with intent to commit unlawful violence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 14616 question first answered 22/02/2024 15:43:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1690020

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Burglary: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help tackle burglaries in (a) Cardiff Central constituency, (b) Cardiff local authority area and (c) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	14615
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales data shows a 56% fall in domestic burglaries when comparing the year ending September 2023 with year ending March 2010. This is clearly good news; however, we recognise the impact domestic burglary can have on individuals and communities and we are committed to tackling and preventing this crime.</p><p>The public rightly expects that the police will visit them when a home burglary has been committed, which is why we welcome the announcement made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on 8 June that all 43 police forces in England and Wales have been implementing this attendance policy since March 2023. We are working with police leaders to ensure forces are making their attendance data available to the public. <a href="https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary" target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary</a>.</p><p>The police commitment to attend home burglaries is supported by specific College of Policing good practice guidance on conducting residential burglary investigations: <a href="https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary" target="_blank">https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary</a>.</p><p>Police forces across England and Wales have also committed to pursue all lines of enquiry where there is a reasonable chance it could lead to catching a perpetrator and solving a crime. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders/pursuing-all-reasonable-lines-of-enquiry-letter-to-police-leaders</a></p><p>To help ensure the police have the resources they need to fight crime and tackle anti-social behaviour, we have delivered on our commitment to recruit 20,000 additional police officers by the end of March 2023. There are now over 149,000 officers in England and Wales, higher than the previous peak in March 2010, and as of 30 September, South Wales had 3,535 police officers, a total growth of 540 additional officers since the start of the Police Uplift Programme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/02/2024 16:13:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1690021

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help reduce violent assaults in (a) Cardiff Central constituency, (b) Cardiff local authority area and (c) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	14616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>Since 2019, the Home Office has provided over £5 million of funding for a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) in South Wales (known as the Wales Violence Prevention Unit) (including c£1m in 2023/24) which is providing a multi-agency, preventative response designed to tackle the drivers of serious violence and knife crime in South Wales. In addition, we have invested c.£3.5m (including c.£535k in 2023/24) in ‘hotspot policing’ to boost the policing response to serious violence in South Wales and provide high-visibility police patrols and problem-solving tactics in the streets and neighbourhoods most affected.</p><p>The VPU is tasked with investing in evidence-based approaches designed to steer vulnerable young people away from involvement in violence. As part of this approach, the VPU is funding local interventions in Cardiff including A&amp;E Navigators, delivering advice, support and guidance to patients of any age who have experienced violence with injury, with the aim of engaging with those injured whilst they are in hospital to help break the cycle of violence at the point of crisis. Alongside this, the policing hot spot response programme is targeting key locations in Cardiff and Swansea with a dedicated proactive team conducting additional visible patrols and undertaking activity to target individuals within hotspots as well as providing additional support to teams working to police the night-time economy.</p><p>Additionally, just under £1m has been awarded in 2023/24 to support delivery of the Serious Violence Duty across Wales.</p><p>The government is also taking forward a programme to strengthen the controls and legislation on knives. A Statutory Instrument was laid in Parliament on 25 January 2024 to ban zombie style knives and machetes. Subject to the relevant legislation being approved by Parliament, a surrender and compensation scheme will be launched in August to remove zombie style knives and machetes from circulation and ownership, and once the scheme ends on 23 September, the manufacture, supply, sale and possession of zombie-style knives and machetes will be outlawed from 24 September 2024.</p><p>Additionally, through the Criminal Justice Bill , which is currently progressing through Parliament, we are providing more powers for police to seize knives held in private that they believe will be used for unlawful violence, increasing the maximum penalty for the offences of selling prohibited weapons and selling knives to under 18s, and creating a new offence of possessing an article with blade or point or an offensive weapon with intent to commit unlawful violence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 14611 question first answered 22/02/2024 15:43:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1654012

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
	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 the potential merits of changing its guidance on Allocation of asylum accommodation policy to ensure that asylum seekers enrolled on higher education courses are accommodated within a commutable distance of the institution that they are studying at.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	194846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>Our current asylum system is under extreme pressure and allocation of asylum accommodation is on a ‘no choice basis’. Any exceptional circumstances raised are taken into consideration when allocating accommodation. There are currently no plans to amend the Allocation of Asylum Accommodation policy guidance for asylum seekers who are in higher education.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 14:38:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1627028

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications under the Ukraine Family Scheme have been (a) received from Ukrainian nationals wishing to join a Wales-based family member and (b) granted for Ukrainian nationals to join family members residing within Wales as of 15 May 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	184679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>Where applications are made under the Ukraine Family Scheme, information on the area of the UK the UK family member is residing in is not recorded on UKVI systems and not published.</p><p>Published data on Ukraine Schemes can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data" target="_blank">Ukraine Visa Schemes: visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 184680 184681 question first answered 16/05/2023 13:27:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1627029

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Cardiff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications under the Ukraine Family Scheme have been (a) received from Ukrainian nationals wishing to join a Cardiff-based family member and (b) granted for Ukrainian nationals to join family members residing within Cardiff as of 11 May 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	184680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>Where applications are made under the Ukraine Family Scheme, information on the area of the UK the UK family member is residing in is not recorded on UKVI systems and not published.</p><p>Published data on Ukraine Schemes can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data" target="_blank">Ukraine Visa Schemes: visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 184679 184681 question first answered 16/05/2023 13:27:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1627030

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Homes for Ukraine Scheme: Cardiff Central
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visa applications under the Ukraine Family Scheme have been (a) received from Ukrainian nationals wishing to join a family member based in Cardiff Central constituency and (b) granted for Ukrainian nationals to join family members residing within Cardiff Central constituency as of 11 May 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	184681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>Where applications are made under the Ukraine Family Scheme, information on the area of the UK the UK family member is residing in is not recorded on UKVI systems and not published.</p><p>Published data on Ukraine Schemes can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukraine-family-scheme-application-data" target="_blank">Ukraine Visa Schemes: visa data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 184679 184680 question first answered 16/05/2023 13:27:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1417320

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Cardiff Central of 22 October 2021, 24 November 2021 and 8 December 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	113160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2022 answer text <p>I apologise for the delay. A response was sent on 2 February.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/02/2022 16:17:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 48111 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1184893

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permits have been returned to her Department within 10 days of issue as a result of (a) a mistake and (b) a defect with the permit.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	29266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office do not capture data relating to how many biometric residence permits have been returned to the department within 10 days of issue. The department is therefore, unable to answer this question.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 18/03/2020 17:10:40 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1183505

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Musicians
	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 (a) has recently taken and (b) plans to take to engage the music industry on ensuring that the visa and immigration system supports the needs of that sector.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	26847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>Free Movement will end on 31 December 2020 with the end of the Transition Period. Following the end of the Transition Period EEA and Swiss nationals will be able to continue to travel to the UK for holidays or short-term trips, without needing a visa. The current Immigration Rules, including those for visitors, contain a wide range of provisions to cater for artists, entertainers and musicians.</p><p>The Home Office continues to engage with DCMS and the creative sector to ensure the future immigration system contributes to the thriving cultural sector in the UK.</p><p>More detailed analysis on the points-based system and individual routes will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/03/2020 16:38:42 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens