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1692067

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: County Durham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has received representations from Durham County Council on the conversion of family homes into houses of multiple occupation for the accommodation of asylum seekers by the Mears Group.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	15874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office hold monthly meetings between asylum accommodation contract providers, Strategic Migration Partnerships and local authorities for each region. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss proposed asylum dispersal properties, allowing the views of local authorities to be aired for Home Office consideration.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 01/03/2024 14:46:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1691533

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Bank Services
	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 ensure banks follow the Banking Protocol to protect vulnerable adults from fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	901629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <ul><li>The government continues to work closely with UK Finance to ensure bank branch staff are trained and follow the Banking Protocol.</li><li>UK Finance figures indicate that since launching in 2016, the initiative has prevented victims from losing £202.8million and led to 1005 arrests.</li><li>The Protocol sits alongside other measures to protect customers from fraud including the recent National Comms Campaign.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 26/02/2024 15:47:28 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689964

	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	Bank Services: Fraud
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to require banks to compensate victims of fraud in circumstances in which anti-fraud banking protocols have not been followed.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	14527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>To protect victims against authorised push payment (APP) scams, ten of the UK’s largest banks are currently signed up to the voluntary Contingent Reimbursement Model (CRM) Code. In 2022, £248m of losses to APP scams were reimbursed to victims under the commitments of this code.</p><p>Further, through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, the government legislated to require the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) to introduce mandatory reimbursement for APP scams within the Faster Payment System, where 98% of APP fraud takes place. The PSR has confirmed that mandatory reimbursement will come into force in October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 05/03/2024 12:15:59 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689965

	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	Fraud: Retail Trade
	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 tackle fraud using gift cards.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	14528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Government is committed to tackling online fraud and holding those who profit from it to account by working closely with industry, regulators and consumer groups to consider legislative and non-legislative solutions.</p><p>This includes continuing work on digital identity and data protection and work with the telecommunications and other sectors to target harden systems and design out key online vulnerabilities.</p><p>We have launched Stop! Think Fraud, a new campaign led by the Home Office in collaboration with many organisations across government, law enforcement, banking, tech firms, and charities to give people the tools and information they need to stay ahead of scams, and help protect themselves against fraud.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 14529 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:39:05 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689966

	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	Fraud: Retail Trade
	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 have discussions with representatives of Apple on potential steps to tackle fraud relating to Apple Gift cards.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	14529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Government is committed to tackling online fraud and holding those who profit from it to account by working closely with industry, regulators and consumer groups to consider legislative and non-legislative solutions.</p><p>This includes continuing work on digital identity and data protection and work with the telecommunications and other sectors to target harden systems and design out key online vulnerabilities.</p><p>We have launched Stop! Think Fraud, a new campaign led by the Home Office in collaboration with many organisations across government, law enforcement, banking, tech firms, and charities to give people the tools and information they need to stay ahead of scams, and help protect themselves against fraud.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 14528 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:39:05 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1683365

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Community Protection Notices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2024 to Question 8727 on Community Protection Notices, what information does his Department hold on the use of Community Protection Warnings by (a) the police, (b) local authorities and (c) other local agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	10444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home office does not routinely collect information on Community Protection Notices used by police, local authorities or other local agencies but research into ASB powers covers a section on Community Protection Notices and warnings in terms of use, effectiveness, any challenges of use and potential solutions.</p><p>This has been published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-perceptions-of-powers-within-the-anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/police-perceptions-of-powers-within-the-anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-perceptions-of-powers-within-the-anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/police-perceptions-of-powers-within-the-anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/01/2024 17:31:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1680794

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Community Protection Notices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Community Protection (a) Warnings and (b) Notices were issued in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	8727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government has provided the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible tools and powers, including Community Protection Warnings and Notices, that can be used for quick an effective response to ASB, through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>Information on the number of Community Protection Warnings or Notices have been issued by such organisations is not held by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/01/2024 12:36:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1678072

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
	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 his Department's transparency release Home Office Procurement card spend over £500: 2003, published in March 2023, what the purpose was of the visit by a Vietnamese delegation; and how many (a) UK and (b) Vietnamese officials attended the lunch paid for in transactions 127-DG - Delivery-65121 and 126-DG - Delivery-500.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	7022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Senior Vietnamese Officials from the Ministry of Public Security attended the Home Office on 21 February to review progress against commitments made at the inaugural UK-Vietnam Migration Dialogue in 2022.</p><p>After the meeting, the delegation attended a working lunch with the Permanent Under Secretary, which was paid for by the Home Office. At this lunch, a number of confidential matters were discussed including enhancing cooperation to tackle illegal migration, a key HMG priority. Seven senior officials from the Vietnamese Government, alongside six UK delegates attended the working lunch.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 6469 question first answered 19/12/2023 15:58:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1677371

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign national offender inductions to immigration prison teams were made within 10 days in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	6464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The information requested about how many and what proportion of foreign national offender inductions to immigration prison teams were made within 10 days in each year since 2015 is not available from published statistics.</p><p>The Home Office publishes information on FNOs in <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration transparency data - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 19/12/2023 12:32:40 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1677372

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	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: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total workforce of UK Border Force was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	6465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The latest published staffing and finance figures for Border Force can be found in the Home Office Annual Report for 2022-2023 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Home Office annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 18/12/2023 17:53:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris