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1713960

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	WEDINOS
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) expansion and (b) potential roll-out across the UK of the WEDINOS laboratory drug-testing service.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has not made a formal assessment of the benefits of drug testing services but it recognises the potential harm reduction benefits of them. The Government facilitates drug testing services provided that the possession and supply of controlled drugs are licensed by the Home Office Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit or, exceptionally, relevant exemptions under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 may apply.</p><p>Ministers are clear that drug testing services must not condone drug use and should only be delivered where licensed and operated responsibly, in line with Government policy to ensure that they discourage drug use and signpost potential users to treatment and support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:11:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713962

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Opioids
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of synthetic opioids; and what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of (a) related crises and (b) governmental responses in (i) the USA and (ii) Canada.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Tackling Class A drugs, including synthetic opioids, is a priority for the Government due to the harm caused to users, society and the economy.</p><p>We assess that the scale of trafficking of synthetic opioids into the UK remains low, including relative to countries like the USA and Canada where they have caused devastation. Sadly, nitazenes have been linked to more than 100 deaths in the UK during the last year, and we are taking action.</p><p>The cross-Government Synthetic Opioids Taskforce is working with partners, such as the NCA, the Department for Health and Social Care and the National Police Chiefs Council to deliver an evidence-based response to the risk posed by synthetic opioids, and to implement effective action to stem the demand and supply of these dangerous substances.</p><p>We regularly meet bilaterally with our partners in the USA and Canada to understand the tragic situation in North America and to learn from their responses. We are key members of the US-led Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats, and I recently attended the UN’s Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna to meet with and learn from partners across the world.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:12:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713585

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Security: Press Freedom
	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 that the police have due regard to protecting the freedom of journalistic (a) photography and (b) other activity when implementing powers under the National Security Act 2023 relating to activity in the vicinity of prohibited places.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The prohibited places measures were included under the National Security Act to safeguard the United Kingdom’s most sensitive sites from hostile activity. The accompanying police powers enable the police to protect these sites by requiring people to not engage in certain conduct and to move away from these places where they have a reasonable belief that doing so is necessary to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Recognised journalists conducting activity on or near prohibited sites – for example, a journalist taking photos from outside a prohibited place – where they do not have a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK and there is nothing to suggest taking photographs is not permitted, such as signage or other distinguishing marker, would not commit an offence.</p><p>The police have access to comprehensive guidance on how officers should use the powers in relation to prohibited places under the National Security Act 2023. We do not routinely publish internal guidance, however, further resources and information on the prohibited places regime are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 23459 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:03:33 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713586

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Security: Press Freedom
	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 publish the guidance his Department issues to the police on the implementation of powers under the National Security Act 2023 with regard to protecting journalistic (a) photography and (b) other activity in the vicinity of prohibited places.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	23459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The prohibited places measures were included under the National Security Act to safeguard the United Kingdom’s most sensitive sites from hostile activity. The accompanying police powers enable the police to protect these sites by requiring people to not engage in certain conduct and to move away from these places where they have a reasonable belief that doing so is necessary to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Recognised journalists conducting activity on or near prohibited sites – for example, a journalist taking photos from outside a prohibited place – where they do not have a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK and there is nothing to suggest taking photographs is not permitted, such as signage or other distinguishing marker, would not commit an offence.</p><p>The police have access to comprehensive guidance on how officers should use the powers in relation to prohibited places under the National Security Act 2023. We do not routinely publish internal guidance, however, further resources and information on the prohibited places regime are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 23458 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:03:33 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1695009

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 12789 on Offences against Children, what steps is he taking to incorporate paragraph 35 of General Comment 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to allow the (a) police and (b) other public authorities to investigate child welfare and safeguarding when an individual is suspected of a violent animal welfare offence.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	17853
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>We believe our existing domestic legislation gives effect to the rights within the UNCRC, without the need for it to be incorporated through an additional Bill. For example, the Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004 sets out a range of duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 14/03/2024 17:55:14 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1694576

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police
	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 make an estimate of the cumulative number of years of experience held by all police officers in (a) 2010 and (b) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	17566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the length of service of police officers employed within the police service in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales.</a></p><p>Information on the length of service of police officers employed in England and Wales has been published since 2016 and can be found in Table JL5 in the data tables accompanying each publication.</p><p>Data for as at 31 March 2024 will be published in July 2024 as part of the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.</p><p>We delivered our commitment to recruit 20,000 additional police officers. There are now over 149,000 officers in England and Wales, higher than the previous peak before the Police Uplift Programme, in March 2010.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/03/2024 14:08:28 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

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