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874766

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Security Guards: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, what criteria is used by the Security Industry Authority in respect of the re-issue of licences to door staff who have been acquitted in a court case.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	135067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The criteria used by the Security Industry Authority to assess all licensing applications are set out in “Get Licensed” which can be found on the SIA Website - <a href="https://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Documents/licensing/sia_get_licensed.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Documents/licensing/sia_get_licensed.pdf</a>. This includes checks on identity, qualifications, criminal history and right to work in the UK. Each application is dealt with and considered on its merit.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/04/2018 16:06:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

536298

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting: Lancashire
	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 correspondence with her from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, for what reasons the Disclosure and Barring Service took from 8 October 2015 to 18 April 2016 to process the certificate application of a West Lancashire constituent.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	42724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service is responsible for issuing criminal record certificates and the maintenance of children’s and adults’ barred lists. The Disclosure and Barring Service has a target of processing 85% of all disclosure applications within 21 days. In the vast majority of cases (95%), disclosure certificates are issued within 8 weeks (2015/16).</p><p>Criminal record certificates issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service do not expire after a specific period of time and do not include a renewal date. A certificate has no set period of validity. Information revealed through a Disclosure and Barring Service check reflects the information that was available at the time of its issue. Disclosure certificates are primarily designed to be used by an employer at the point of recruitment for a particular position.</p><p>Some roles and some employers require the person concerned to “renew” their Disclosure and Barring Service check at specific intervals. The person can do that either by applying for a new certificate or by using the Disclosure and Barring Service Update Service.</p><p>It would not be appropriate to comment on specific cases, but there are a number of factors which can affect the timely completion of checks. These include the length of time if can take for an employer to deal with the initial application, the accurate completion of the application form, the clarity of the information provided, the existence of conviction or non-conviction information, legal challenges and the operational effectiveness of the disclosure units of the police forces involved, if any, in the enhanced process. In some cases, forces will ask Disclosure and Barring Service to clarify some details provided by the applicant which requires further investigation and this can cause further delays.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 42590 42591 question first answered 18/07/2016 09:18:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

705666

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a specified timeframe in which the Disclosure and Barring Service is required to process a certificate renewal application.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	65847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Criminal record certificates issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service do not expire after a specific period of time and do not include a renewal date. A certificate has no set period of validity. Information revealed through a Disclosure and Barring Service check reflects the information that was available at the time of its issue. Disclosure certificates are primarily designed to be used by an employer at the point of recruitment for a particular position.</p><p> </p><p>Some roles and some employers require the person concerned to “renew” their Disclosure and Barring Service check at specific intervals. The person can do that either by applying for a new certificate or by using the Disclosure and Barring Service Update Service.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 02/03/2017 16:56:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

418469

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Company Investigations: Freezing of Assets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the scope of police powers to freeze company assets encompasses a company domain name; what provisions exists for such a domain name to be renewed if it was frozen during a police investigation; who is permitted to renew such a name where a company under investigation has no access to its assets; and what recourse a company has to regain its domain name if it was lost during the course of a police investigation.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	9975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 permits an application for a restraint order to be made to “freeze” the property of an alleged offender and has the effect of freezing realisable property that may be liable to a later confiscation order. The Act defines realisable property as any free property held by the defendant including any intangible or incorporeal property. The intellectual property rights in a domain name could fall within this definition and so a restraint order would be available. A company is a separate legal entity to its shareholders and directors and so a restraint order against realisable property held by a company would only be available where the alleged offender was that company. The terms of the restraint order prevent the alleged offender from dealing with their realisable property. Whilst property is under restraint, the judge may, depending on the circumstances of the case, exempt property which is required for legitimate business purposes to enable a person to carry on any trade, profession or occupation, for example, to enable continued use of a domain name.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/09/2015 11:27:11 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

447776

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the information that a person has been arrested and bailed and subsequently released without charge by the Police is required to be provided to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); how long such information is required to remain on that individual's DBS records; and for how long the DBS is required to disclose that information to enquirers.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	24227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>A chief police officer should only provide such information to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for inclusion in an enhanced criminal record certificate where they believe it is relevant to the purpose of the certificate and, in their opinion, it ought to be included.</p><p>The DBS does not maintain a record itself for disclosure purposes.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 29/01/2016 13:29:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

682377

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Security Industry Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Security Industry Authority is required to disclose details of actions taken as a result of an investigation into alleged criminality by licence holders.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	62408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is not under a legal duty to provide complainants with details of any investigations, outcomes or actions relating to the complaints they have made, nor to disclose details of actions taken as a result of an investigation into alleged criminality by licence holders.</p><p> </p><p>Where prosecutions are completed, the outcomes, which are a matter of public record, are published on the SIA website: <a href="http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 62407 question first answered 03/02/2017 10:27:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

446850

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	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 (a) guidelines issued and (b) imposed rules on police forces relating to the specific information required to be provided to the Disclosure and Barring Service to appear on an individual's record; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	23547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The Home Secretary issues guidance to chief officers of police under section 113B(4A) of the Police Act 1997, which they must have regard to in making decisions about providing information from police records for inclusion in enhanced criminal record certificates.</p><p>This guidance extends, for example, to information held by the police relating to someone being arrested and bailed.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 23543 question first answered 26/01/2016 16:42:21 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 41204 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

418471

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Company Investigations: Freezing of Assets
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Sussex Police are required to freeze the assets of a company they are investigating; on what grounds police may freeze the assets of a company they are investigating; and at what point such assets may be unfrozen if police bail has expired and no charges have been brought.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	9976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 permits an application for a restraint order to be made to “freeze” assets of an alleged offender, which includes a company, if there is reasonable cause to suspect that an offender has benefitted from their criminal conduct. A restraint order has the effect of freezing property that may be liable to confiscation following a trial and the subsequent making of a confiscation order. There is no legal requirement for a police force to freeze the assets of a company they are investigating, although it is good practice to do so in cases in which assets need to be preserved for confiscation at a later date. A restraint order may be made by a Crown Court if any of the following conditions are satisfied:</p><p>(1) A criminal investigation has been started in England and Wales and there is reasonable grounds to suspect that the alleged offender has benefitted from criminal conduct</p><p>(2) Proceedings for an offence have been commenced in England and Wales and not concluded and there is reasonable grounds to believe that an alleged offender has benefitted from criminal conduct.</p><p>In addition to the statutory conditions, there must be a real risk that the assets will be dissipated.</p><p>A restraint order can be varied or discharged upon application by a person affected by the order. The Proceeds of Crime Act also provides that the court is required to discharge any restraint order at the conclusion of proceedings. If an order is made under condition (1) above, the court is also required to monitor progress with the investigation, and if a decision to charge is not made within a reasonable time, the court may discharge the restraint order.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/09/2015 12:20:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

446375

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Emergency Calls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have met (i) mobile telephone operators and (ii) BT to discuss the transfer of emergency calls made from mobile telephones to the wrong police force.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	23401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).</p><p>The 999/112 Liaison Committee, chaired by DCMS, provides a forum for representatives from Government; Communications Providers, including BT (which provides the 999 call handling agency) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs); emergency services and Ofcom, to discuss 999 operational matters The LC’s main concern is the effective handling and transfer of emergency calls from the public, through call handling agents ,to emergency authorities.</p><p>The “Code of Practice for the Public Emergency Call Service (PECS) between Communications Providers, Call Handing Agencies and the Emergency Authorities” sets out protocols governing 999 calls. This includes guidelines for the Emergency Authorities to manage any occasional situation in which an emergency 999 call is misdirected.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 23400 23404 question first answered 08/02/2016 15:45:26 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot previous answer version 40800 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

918366

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2018
	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 the Director General of UK Visas and Immigration plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire of 23 June 2017 in relation to a constituent of West Lancashire.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	150628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office can find no record of receiving the letter from the hon. Member dated 23 June 2017. The Home Office contacted the hon. Member’s office on the 7 June 2018.</p><p>The Home Office will respond to this correspondence separately.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 11/06/2018 15:05:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper