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759389

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Official Engagements
	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 provide a list of her official engagements since the commencement of the current Parliament when the constituency's hon. Member was (a) invited and (b) not invited.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	9848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes details of meetings with external organisations on a quarterly basis on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-january-to-march-2017.</p><p> </p><p>My office notifies Members when I am attending an official event in their constituency, in accordance with paragraph 10.9 of the Ministerial Code.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 14/09/2017 13:04:40 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

690382

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	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 Department's policy is on merging the British Transport Police, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Home Office airport policing and the Ministry of Defence Police.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	64256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 included a commitment to “integrate infrastructure policing further and to review the options to do this&quot;. We are continuing the work across Whitehall to deliver this commitment in consultation with the relevant forces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 22/02/2017 15:23:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

517193

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a minimum unit price for alcohol.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	36233
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>An impact assessment of a minimum unit price for alcohol was published before a consultation on the Government's Alcohol Strategy proposals in 2012.</p><p>The consultation raised questions concerning possible unintended consequences of minimum unit pricing, such as the impact on responsible drinkers on low incomes. The Government continues to monitor the research being carried out by the University of Sheffield and others on the potential effects.</p><p>The Government has also noted the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the proposed introduction of minimum unit pricing in Scotland and will continue to monitor the legal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/05/2016 15:16:47 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

600722

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Compass Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities have signed up to COMPASS for the provision of asylum accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	48241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 introduced the policy of national dispersal, designed to share the impact of asylum seekers across the whole of the UK. The Home Office publishes figures on the number of asylum seekers housed in dispersed accommodation by local authority.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/10/2016 14:47:05 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

604905

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian passports have been returned to the Syrian government on the basis that they have been reported stolen by that government.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	49221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not currently return Syrian passports to the Government of Syria.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/10/2016 16:50:07 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

604907

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports have been confiscated from Syrian citizens by UK officials in 2016 on the basis of being stolen.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	49222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>This information is not collated centrally. To collate this date would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/10/2016 16:38:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

622661

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passports have been confiscated from Syrian citizens by UK officials in Turkey in 2016 on the basis of those passports having been stolen.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	50784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not have legal authority in Turkey to confiscate foreign passports which have been reported as lost or stolen or identified as forged.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/11/2016 14:22:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

709723

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2017
	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 she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Dewsbury of 10 February 2017 on child refugees.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	67224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>I responded to the hon. Member's letter on 14 March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 20/03/2017 16:54:28 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

542235

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	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 has taken to identify areas that have higher than average levels of hate crime; and if she will provide additional resources for those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	43753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns all hate crimes and is committed to tackling these crimes in partnership with the communities affected.</p><p>We have in place some of the strongest legislation to tackle hate crime in the world – this includes specific offences for racially and religiously aggravated activity and offences of the stirring up of hatred on the grounds of race, religion and sexual orientation.</p><p>We also have stronger sentences for hate crime. We continue to carefully consider the recommendations from the Law Commission review into hate crime legislation. The Government has committed to taking action to improve our response to hate crime.</p><p>This includes joint training between the police and Crown Prosecution staff to improve the way the police identify and investigate hate crime; building on the improvements to police recording of hate crime by working with the police to break down religious-based hate crime by religion; and working with victims and advocacy groups to improve victims confidence to come forward and report such crimes.</p><p>The police are also improving their operational practices and recording. Last year, the College of Policing published Operational Guidance for officers responding to hate crime which comprehensively covers how to address all forms of hate crime.</p><p>Hate crime statistics show number of crimes recorded by the police by force area. The decision as to how hate crime is resourced in individual forces is an operational matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner for that area. The latest police funding settlement represents a fair deal for the police and reinforces this Government’s commitment to protect the public. No Police and Crime Commissioner who maximised precept income is facing a reduction in cash funding this year.</p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners are also responsible for commissioning local support services for victims of crime. The Ministry of Justice provides the Commissioner with a grant to enable services which best meet the needs of local victims of crime to be funded.</p><p>The Home Office published a new hate crime action plan on 26 July 2016, which sets out Government action over the next four years to tackle hate crime. It includes:</p><p>● new steps to boost reporting of hate crime and support victims;</p><p>● new CPS guidance to prosecutors on racially aggravated crime;</p><p>● a new £2.4 million fund for protective security measures at potentially vulnerable places of worship;</p><p>● and additional funding to community organisations tackling hate crime.</p><p>Nobody in this country should live in fear because of who they are and anyone who experiences hate crime should report it to the police, either in person at a police station, online through the True Vision website, or by phoning 101.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 43754 43755 43756 43758 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:29:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

542236

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	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 ensure that police officers are trained to deal with hate crime.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
	uin	43754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government condemns all hate crimes and is committed to tackling these crimes in partnership with the communities affected.</p><p>We have in place some of the strongest legislation to tackle hate crime in the world – this includes specific offences for racially and religiously aggravated activity and offences of the stirring up of hatred on the grounds of race, religion and sexual orientation.</p><p>We also have stronger sentences for hate crime. We continue to carefully consider the recommendations from the Law Commission review into hate crime legislation. The Government has committed to taking action to improve our response to hate crime.</p><p>This includes joint training between the police and Crown Prosecution staff to improve the way the police identify and investigate hate crime; building on the improvements to police recording of hate crime by working with the police to break down religious-based hate crime by religion; and working with victims and advocacy groups to improve victims confidence to come forward and report such crimes.</p><p>The police are also improving their operational practices and recording. Last year, the College of Policing published Operational Guidance for officers responding to hate crime which comprehensively covers how to address all forms of hate crime.</p><p>Hate crime statistics show number of crimes recorded by the police by force area. The decision as to how hate crime is resourced in individual forces is an operational matter for the Police and Crime Commissioner for that area. The latest police funding settlement represents a fair deal for the police and reinforces this Government’s commitment to protect the public. No Police and Crime Commissioner who maximised precept income is facing a reduction in cash funding this year.</p><p>Police and Crime Commissioners are also responsible for commissioning local support services for victims of crime. The Ministry of Justice provides the Commissioner with a grant to enable services which best meet the needs of local victims of crime to be funded.</p><p>The Home Office published a new hate crime action plan on 26 July 2016, which sets out Government action over the next four years to tackle hate crime. It includes:</p><p>● new steps to boost reporting of hate crime and support victims;</p><p>● new CPS guidance to prosecutors on racially aggravated crime;</p><p>● a new £2.4 million fund for protective security measures at potentially vulnerable places of worship;</p><p>● and additional funding to community organisations tackling hate crime.</p><p>Nobody in this country should live in fear because of who they are and anyone who experiences hate crime should report it to the police, either in person at a police station, online through the True Vision website, or by phoning 101.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 43753 43755 43756 43758 question first answered 05/09/2016 11:29:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff