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759763

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the length of time required to introduce a new seasonal agricultural workers' scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	10161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>The government could put a system in place to facilitate a SAWS scheme within six months.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/10/2017 08:59:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

760710

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Act of Parliament enables Border Force officers to access social media of people presenting at the UK border.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	105164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>Border Force officers do not require a specific power to access information that is published and available in the public domain. That includes social media websites. Border Force does not access private social media accounts that are not in the public domain.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/10/2017 09:12:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

773278

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times a European arrest warrant was issued in each month since January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	108632
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the specific information requested.</p><p> </p><p>However, statistics on the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) are published by the National Crime Agency each year. These figures include the number of EAWs issued by the United Kingdom on an annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are published at: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/european-arrest-warrant-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/10/2017 13:48:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

776904

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Border Force: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has allocated to the Border Force; and how many people have been employed by that agency in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	109293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Border Force Funding can be found in the Core data tables:</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628157/Core_data_tables_2016-17.xlsx" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628157/Core_data_tables_2016-17.xlsx</a></strong></p><p>People employed in Border Force since 2012 which can be found in the Annual Report and Accounts:</p><p>16-17 Page 66 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf</a></p><p>15-16 Page 86 –<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539638/HO_AR_16_gov.pdf</a></p><p>14-15 Page 120 –<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441284/HO_AR_14-15_print.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/441284/HO_AR_14-15_print.pdf</a></p><p>13-14 Page 106 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf</a></p><p>12-13 Page 125 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/10/2017 16:48:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

810478

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of time and (b) resources that her Department allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	120824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Since the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, officials across the Home Office have been assessing the impact of the referendum on its policies and operations. As part of this, on 27 July, the Government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to gather evidence on patterns of EU migration and the role of migration in the wider economy, ahead of our exit from the EU. We have asked the MAC to report by September 2018 and flagged that interim reports throughout the period would be helpful as we develop future immigration arrangements that work for the whole of the UK.</p><p>The Department will produce regulatory impact assessments to accompany changes in Government legislation in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 10/01/2018 14:36:30 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

828027

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the settled status document will be free for EU citizens in the UK with a valid permanent residence document; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	123987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>EU citizens and their family members who are resident in the UK before the date the UK leaves the EU and hold valid permanent residence documents at the time that they apply for settled status will not pay a fee. This will also apply to beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement who hold indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 25/01/2018 12:49:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

834597

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Russia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that Russian-UK dual nationals who are unable to renew their passport due to their Russian maiden name being on their UK passport and also unable to return to Russia to update their name on their Russian passport and return without a valid UK passport can renew their passports and be exempt from the single identity on a passport rule.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	126045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Dual nationals changing their name on a foreign passport must follow the rules and regulations of that country and HM Passport Office is unable to assist in the change of name process. In the absence of a British passport a Certificate of Right of Abode can be affixed to a foreign passport confirming the holders right to enter the UK without immigration restriction which will enable them to leave and re-enter the UK.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/02/2018 16:22:10 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

855955

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Car Washes: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which Government department leads on the enforcement of regulations against illegal car washes; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	131121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The operation of hand car washes covers a wide range of factors, including health and safety, environmental issues, payment of national minimum wage and other worker and employment protections, which cut across a number of Government Departments. At a local level, agencies, including the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, local authorities, Immigration Enforcement and the police work in partnership to take action against labour exploitation and modern slavery.</p><p>The Director of Labour Market Enforcement will be looking at the issue of enforcement in sectors that have been identified as high risk for labour exploitation and modern slavery in his forthcoming annual labour market enforcement strategy.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/03/2018 17:47:55 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

867059

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Public Expenditure
	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 Written Statement of 13 March 2018, Spring Statement, HCWS 540, if she will publish a list of where the £395 million in EU exit funding for her Department will be allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	133177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office received £395m to support ongoing work to deliver the Settlement Scheme for over 3 million EU citizens who are resident in the UK. This includes building a simple, user-friendly digital application system, and caseworkers to process applications; and prepare the UK border for our departure from the customs union.</p><p>We will provide more detailed information on this in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/03/2018 14:28:44 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

869360

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Facebook: Data Protection
	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 place the minutes and notes of any meetings held between her Department and representatives of Facebook on the potential security breach of UK citizens' data in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	133874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The allegations concerning Cambridge Analytica are currently under investigation by the Information Commissioner.</p><p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department has not met with representatives of Facebook to discuss the potential security breach of UK citizens’ data.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/03/2018 14:31:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake