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1131048

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Biometrics
	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 4 June 2017 to Question 257442 on Biometrics: Applications, what the timeframe is for (a) reviewing SSL's performance against its key performance indicators and (b) reporting that performance.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	262238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>UKVI regularly monitor Sopra Steria Limited’s (SSL) performance against set Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).Sopra Steria are required, under the contract, to report on their performance on a monthly basis. These performance reports are reviewed by UKVI and form the basis of monthly performance conversations between the two parties. The information within the reports is used to drive improvements to service standards in line with contractual requirements. <br>. <br>SSL’s performance against these KPIs is commercially sensitive and therefore we are unable to disclose any detailed information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/06/2019 15:55:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1136514

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Disclosure and Barring Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to announce the outcome of his review of the Disclosure and Barring Service.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	272744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Tailored Review of the Disclosure and Barring Service will be taking place in the next financial year – 2020/21, following which the outcome will be published.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/07/2019 13:58:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1139418

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to tackle the domestic operations of Hezbollah since its full proscription.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	277640
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed terrorist organisations are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. The Government does not comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 22/07/2019 15:53:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1145756

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	City of London Police: Action Fraud
	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 effectiveness of the management of Action Fraud by the City of London Police.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	290643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government’s Joint Fraud Taskforce (a coalition between government, industry, law enforcement and the third sector) continues to lead an ambitious programme of work to design out and prevent fraud that occurs both online and offline. This includes the<em>Take Five</em> fraud awareness campaign, designed to urge the public and businesses to take time to consider whether a situation they find themselves in is genuine.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Online personal scams are increasingly perpetrated via cyber-enabled methods. To protect victims, the Government set up the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in October 2016. The NCSC is the UK’s technical authority on cyber security and provides a single, central body for cyber security at a national level. The NCSC works very closely with law enforcement agencies and the intelligence community to help prevent, disrupt and investigate cyber-crime and other online cyber related threats. In 2018 the NCSC took down 22,133 phishing campaigns, including 14,124 UK government-related phishing sites, and the total number of takedowns of fraudulent websites was 192,256, across 2018, with 64% of them down in 24 hours.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The City of London Police undertake a national lead force role for the investigation of serious and complex fraud cases. The Home Office remains committed to improving the law enforcement response to fraud. That is why we requested that Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) conduct a thematic inspection on fraud, including Action Fraud, and set out measures for improving the response to fraud in our Economic Crime Plan, which was published in July. The City of London Police (as the National Lead Force for fraud) is currently implementing recommendations within HMICFRS’ inspection report, which was published on 2<sup>nd</sup> April.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The scale and complexity of the threat from serious and organised crime means that we need to do more to develop our response. The Government therefore recently announced a formal review to identify the powers, capabilities, governance and funding needed in response to this threat.</ins></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/10/2019 14:49:11 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2019 16:18:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 138602 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1179750

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Entertainers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether musicians and artistic performers from the EU will be subject to the Tier 5 (Creative and Sporting visa) temporary worker route from 1 January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	19754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Currently, visiting artists, entertainers and musicians can perform at events, take part in competitions and auditions, make personal appearances and take part in promotional activities for up to 6 months without the need for formal sponsorship or a work visa. They can also receive payment for appearance at permit free festivals for up to 6 months, or for up to one month for a specific engagement, under the Visitor route.</p><p>Artists wishing to come to the UK for longer-term work will need to do so under the points-based system. There will continue to be special arrangements for creative workers, which in future will encompass both EEA and non-EEA citizens.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/03/2020 16:47:28 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1183069

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to undertake a review of the immigration health surcharge for people with leave to remain who are in employment.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	25621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>It is a migrant’s immigration status that determines whether or not they pay the immigration health surcharge, not their tax contributions or their profession.</p><p>As set out in our election manifesto, the Surcharge will be further increased to ensure affected migrants broadly cover the cost of NHS services provided to them. Detailed plans for implementing this will be set out shortly.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/03/2020 17:45:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1187054

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Action Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Action Fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	33406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>We are clear that the law enforcement response to fraud must improve. As the National Lead Force for fraud, the City of London Police (CoLP) are responsible for the performance of the Action Fraud service.</p><p>This includes ensuring that reports are dealt with in a timely and effective manner. We are working closely with law enforcement to ensure the recommendations set out in Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS) report, as well as the independent review led by Sir Craig Mackey into the standards, culture and management of Action Fraud, are implemented effectively in order to improve the response to fraud at the local, regional and national levels, including the support provided to victims of fraud</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2020 14:21:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1204273

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Opioids: Misuse
	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 level of illegal use of (a) fentanyl and (b) other opioids in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	59687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>59687: Information relating to the number of illicit opiate users in England is provided in these data tables, published by Public Health England: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/opiate-and-crack-cocaine-use-prevalence-estimates-for-local-populations. Equivalent data for the other countries of the UK is not available.</p><p> </p><p>No estimate has been made by the Home Office of illegal use of fentanyl in the UK.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2020 14:49:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1226756

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog is for the registration of births.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	77509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>Birth registrations in England and Wales are being completed where they can be safely delivered in line with public health and local authority guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently around 97,400 unregistered births; this includes those within the normal 42 days period for registering a birth.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/09/2020 12:07:15 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1227590

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Taxis: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she had with the Secretary of State for Transport prior to the announcement on changes to the statutory taxi and private hire vehicle standards on 21 July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	78494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The new standards address a number of concerns raised in investigations into child sexual exploitation and abuse, including the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham, about safeguarding in taxis and private hire vehicles. The Home Secretary has made clear that such failures must never be repeated.</p><p>The Department for Transport has worked with Home Office ministers and officials to develop the changes.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 78495 question first answered 07/09/2020 10:18:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar