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969040

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what progress the Government has made on the implementation of section 36 of the Equality Act 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	171364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2018 answer text In March this year, the Government announced its intention to commence Section 36 of the Equality Act 2010 in its response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report on disability and the built environment. The announcement made clear that further work on identifying and assessing any additional burdens on local authorities is first required before a commencement date can be given. We hope to make an announcement on timing of commencement of Section 36 of the Equality Act 2010 as soon as possible. answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/09/2018 08:43:54 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1346935

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Community Security Trust: 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 the Government has allocated to the Community Security Trust for security at Jewish institutions in the 2021-22 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	33207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2021 answer text <p>£14m has been set aside for the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant for the 2021-22 financial year. This grant provides funding for protective security measures at all Jewish state, free and independent schools, colleges, nurseries and some other Jewish community sites, including a number of synagogues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/07/2021 11:27:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1385731

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to assist offenders to obtain employment after their release from prison.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	88699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>We know that employment reduces reoffending significantly, with prison leavers in employment being nine percentage points less likely to reoffend.</p><p> </p><p>In the Prisons Strategy White Paper published last week, we set out our plans to transform how prisons get offenders into work.</p><p> </p><p>We will open our doors to the private sector to overhaul the opportunities for work offered in prisons and on Release on Temporary Licence. This will improve prison leavers’ job prospects by giving them skills and experience with real employers. We will also drive job outcomes on release, and improve the service we offer employers, by implementing dedicated Employment Advisors in prisons and through the development of a digital tool that will match prisoners to jobs on release.</p><p> </p><p>Employers play a role in providing advice and challenge on how we can make a step-change in prison leaver employment. We are working to establish more local employment boards to link prisons with business networks and provide this support. We also need to ensure that prisons are performing and developing these links so are establishing ‘Employment Hubs’, the equivalent of a ‘jobcentre in a prison’ where prisoners can find out about job opportunities.</p><p> </p><p>This is part of our £200m a year investment by 2024-25 to improve prison leavers’ access to accommodation, employment support and substance misuse treatment and further measures for early intervention to tackle youth offending.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/12/2021 16:18:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1111203

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many non-disclosure agreements his Department has entered into with departmental staff in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	243415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2019 answer text <p>We have checked the records that the department has kept since the introduction of the Cabinet Office guidance on settlement agreements on 1 February 2015 and confirm that we have one record, of using an NDA with a departmental staff member in July 2015.</p><p>The use of this NDA was unintentional i.e. the standard NDA paragraph was accidently left in the template by mistake. We are not aware of the Home Office using NDA for departmental staff other than this since the new guidance was introduced. However, the records examined were cross-matched from several different data sets, assembled for different purposes. As there were some gaps in the data sets, while we are confident this was the only instance, we cannot guarantee that we were able to identify every case.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/06/2019 16:22:23 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1365491

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Drugs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of drugs smuggling into prisons were detected in England in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	68238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2021 answer text <p>We are spending £100 million to bolster prison security and clamp down on the weapons, drugs and mobile phones that fuel violence and crime behind bars. This money fund measures including airport-style security, x-ray body scanners and phone-blocking technology. To date, x-ray body scanners have stopped over 10,000 attempts by prisoners to smuggle contraband into prisons and HMPPS currently has over 500 drug detection dogs working across the estate.</p><p>In the 12-months ending March 2021, there were 20,295 finds of drugs in prisons; a decrease of 6% from the 21,575 in the 12-months to March 2020. These figures are available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1007486/HMPPS-annual-digest-2020-21_vFINAL.pdf" target="_blank">HMPPS Annual Digest</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/11/2021 18:06:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1357946

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Afghan citizens’ resettlement scheme will become operational.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	53882
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2021 answer text <p>Through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), the UK will relocate up to 20,000 people at risk, including women and girls and minority groups, so they can rebuild their lives in safety.</p><p>The scheme is not yet open. However, the first to be resettled through this scheme will be those who arrived in the UK under the evacuation programme, which included individuals who were considered to be at particular risk – including women’s rights activists, prosecutors and journalists.</p><p>We are working urgently to open the scheme, amid the complex and changing picture. We are working closely across government and with NGOs, charities, local authorities and civil society groups to ensure support is provided to people who are resettled through this route.</p><p>Further information on the eligibility, prioritisation and referral of people for the ACRS is set out in the policy statement published on gov.uk on 13 September, available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/afghanistan-resettlement-and-immigration-policy-statement</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/10/2021 16:12:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1537763

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2022
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Mortgages: Tax Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to reintroduce the Mortgage Interest Relief at Source scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	74629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>There are a wide range of factors to consider when introducing a relief. Landlords are also already able to claim tax relief on finance costs for their rental property. For unincorporated landlords, this can be claimed at the basic rate of Income Tax.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no current plans to reintroduce the Mortgage interest relief at Source (MIRAS) scheme. As with all aspects of the tax system, the Government keeps tax reliefs under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken by the Chancellor in the context of the wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/11/2022 16:55:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1125151

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Bullying
	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 number of cases of bullying and harassment that have been recorded against managers in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	251302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>The total number of recorded grievances alleging bullying, harassment or dis-crimination (BHD) raised by Home Office employees in each of the last five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Number of Grievances</td></tr><tr><td>2014-15</td><td>101</td></tr><tr><td>2015-16</td><td>148</td></tr><tr><td>2016-17</td><td>141</td></tr><tr><td>2017-18</td><td>117</td></tr><tr><td>2018-19</td><td>121</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>628</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>These are total figures which do not differentiate between BHD allegations brought against managers acting a management capacity and those brought against other employees. Establishing the figures relating specifically to managers could only be done at disproportionate cost. Not all grievances will be upheld following investigation.</p><p><br>The Home Office makes it clear to employees that bullying, harassment and discrimination are unacceptable behaviours that will not be tolerated. A range of support is available to any employee who has been affected by BHD.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/05/2019 09:34:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1285103

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Convictions
	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 the implications for her policies of the increase in the number of convictions for sexual offences against minors in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	151682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2021 answer text <p>The total number of convictions for contact child sexual abuse offences and indecent images of children offences have fallen from a high of around 7,300 in 2016 to 5,200 in 2019, despite increases in recorded crime. We have a better understanding of child sexual abuse than ever before and, as a result, we have seen steep increases in reporting of child sexual abuse to the police. We want reporting of child sexual abuse to keep rising to continue to bring this heinous crime out of the shadows.</p><p>We know that child sexual abuse is evolving and that perpetrators are increasing utilising technology and the internet to offend. The NCA report that, in the year ending March 2020, arrests relating to online child sexual abuse increased by 50% compared to the previous year, reaching 7,212 arrests, and 8,329 children safeguarded.</p><p>In January 2021, we published the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy. The Strategy sets out our long-term ambition alongside the immediate steps we will take to drive collective action across government, frontline responders and society as a whole to tackle all forms of child sexual abuse and bring offenders to justice, whether it takes place online or in families, institutions or communities, here in this country or overseas.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/02/2021 10:20:15 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1285102

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual offences were committed against minors in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	151681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>The latest published crime stats can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fbulletins%2Fcrimeinenglandandwales%2Fyearendingseptember2020%2Frelateddata&amp;data=04%7C01%7CSophie.Furniss%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C96d8450c827049ee934308d8cdddd936%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637485700019446993%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=93IwHYHJu4LLc5wrX6sS59L%2BFbk206VqWbbLEfhg%2BRM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2020/relateddata</a> (Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables, Table A4) and please see below for a table of recorded CSA offences for the last five financial years, up to March 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence code</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Apr '15 to Mar '16</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Apr '16 to Mar '17</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Apr '17 to Mar '18</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Apr '18 to Mar '19*</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Apr' 19 to Mar' 20*</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19D</p></td><td><p>Rape of a female child under 16</p></td><td><p>5,321</p></td><td><p>5,989</p></td><td><p>7,622</p></td><td><p>7,387</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>6,779</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19E</p></td><td><p>Rape of a female child under 13</p></td><td><p>4,327</p></td><td><p>4,539</p></td><td><p>5,483</p></td><td><p>5,386</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,771</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19G</p></td><td><p>Rape of a male child under 16</p></td><td><p>692</p></td><td><p>839</p></td><td><p>889</p></td><td><p>907</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>923</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19H</p></td><td><p>Rape of a male child under 13</p></td><td><p>1,853</p></td><td><p>2,165</p></td><td><p>2,571</p></td><td><p>2,442</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,143</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17B</p></td><td><p>Sexual assault on a male child under 13</p></td><td><p>2,656</p></td><td><p>3,368</p></td><td><p>3,802</p></td><td><p>3,545</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,519</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20B</p></td><td><p>Sexual assault on a female child under 13</p></td><td><p>7,501</p></td><td><p>8,134</p></td><td><p>9,713</p></td><td><p>9,485</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9,164</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>Sexual activity involving a child under 13</p></td><td><p>5,945</p></td><td><p>7,906</p></td><td><p>8,633</p></td><td><p>9,123</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9,260</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22B</p></td><td><p>Sexual activity involving a child under 16</p></td><td><p>11,515</p></td><td><p>13,335</p></td><td><p>14,763</p></td><td><p>14,752</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>14,217</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>Abuse of children through sexual exploitation (formerly prostitution or pornography)</p></td><td><p>571</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td><td><p>956</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>894</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>Abuse of position of trust of a sexual nature</p></td><td><p>239</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>285</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>340</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>88A</p></td><td><p>Sexual grooming</p></td><td><p>963</p></td><td><p>1,158</p></td><td><p>4,449</p></td><td><p>5,334</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,878</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>Obscene publications, etc and protected sexual material**</p></td><td><p>13,037</p></td><td><p>18,826</p></td><td><p>23,136</p></td><td><p>23,859</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>25,311</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total CSA offences</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>54,620</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67,161</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>82,538</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>83,444</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>83,199</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Figures for Greater Manchester are not included for the years ending March 2019 and 2020 due to data supply issues.</p><p>** Obscene publications is used as a proxy for indecent images of children offences.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 17/02/2021 16:54:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord