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810605

	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	Airguns: Licensing
	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 recently announced air weapons review in England and Wales, if he will seek the views of (a) Police Scotland, (b) Police Service of Northern Ireland, (c) the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and (d) animal welfare officers in local councils in Northern Ireland on the effects of their respective air gun licensing legislation on reported incidents of air weapons attacks on people and pets.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	120950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has commenced a review of the regulation of air weapons in England and Wales, and we have asked for the views of interested parties on this. We have also asked that anybody who wishes to share their views on this issue with us do so by 6 February 2018.</p><p>The review will take account of the arrangements in Scotland and Northern Ireland where air weapons are subject to a licensing regime. We will therefore be seeking the views of both Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland. We have not sought the views of the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or animal welfare officers in local councils in Northern Ireland, although it is open to them to write to us about this review.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/01/2018 15:12:32 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

458922

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	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 take steps to increase the proportion of domestic abuse perpetrators who receive specialist intervention to change their behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	30440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government published a new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy on 8 March and committed funding of £80 million between 2016 and 2020 to protect women and girls from violence. This increased funding will help to deliver our goal to work with local commissioners to deliver a secure future for rape support centres, refuges and FGM and Forced Marriage Units, whilst driving a major change across all services which promotes early intervention and prevention.</p><p>The Strategy identifies that some sectors of society can experience multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage or additional barriers to accessing support. These include women and girls from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB&amp;T) victims. The increased funding of £80 million, and our support for local areas to improve local commissioning, will help to ensure that the needs for LGBT and BME victims are met through specialist support.</p><p>The new Strategy also recognises that a sustainable approach to preventing abuse is dependent on changing the attitudes and behaviours of perpetrators. As part our renewed focus on early intervention and breaking the cycle of violence, the Government will work with local areas on changing the attitudes and behaviours of perpetrators, to make sure rehabilitation, mental health interventions and other appropriate perpetrator programmes are in place.</p><p>In recent years there has been a step change in the number of domestic abuse crimes recorded by the police. The new Strategy sets out that we will continue to drive a culture change in the police response to recognise domestic abuse as the serious crime that it is, and encourage more victims, including BME victims of domestic abuse, to report to the police. We will also ensure that women can seek help in a range of settings as they go about their daily lives and have easy access to community based support at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 30480 30481 question first answered 15/03/2016 17:16:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

821468

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to run a consultation on the proposed Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	122386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to seeking the views of experts and practitioners on proposals for the draft domestic abuse Bill and supporting non-legislative measures. We are working with partners across Government on our domestic abuse consultation to ensure it is as robust and thorough as possible, before launching it shortly. The consultation will be accompanied by a number of events taking place around England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/01/2018 15:59:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

458930

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Ethnic Groups
	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 take steps to encourage BAME victims of domestic abuse to report that abuse to the police.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	30481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government published a new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy on 8 March and committed funding of £80 million between 2016 and 2020 to protect women and girls from violence. This increased funding will help to deliver our goal to work with local commissioners to deliver a secure future for rape support centres, refuges and FGM and Forced Marriage Units, whilst driving a major change across all services which promotes early intervention and prevention.</p><p>The Strategy identifies that some sectors of society can experience multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage or additional barriers to accessing support. These include women and girls from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB&amp;T) victims. The increased funding of £80 million, and our support for local areas to improve local commissioning, will help to ensure that the needs for LGBT and BME victims are met through specialist support.</p><p>The new Strategy also recognises that a sustainable approach to preventing abuse is dependent on changing the attitudes and behaviours of perpetrators. As part our renewed focus on early intervention and breaking the cycle of violence, the Government will work with local areas on changing the attitudes and behaviours of perpetrators, to make sure rehabilitation, mental health interventions and other appropriate perpetrator programmes are in place.</p><p>In recent years there has been a step change in the number of domestic abuse crimes recorded by the police. The new Strategy sets out that we will continue to drive a culture change in the police response to recognise domestic abuse as the serious crime that it is, and encourage more victims, including BME victims of domestic abuse, to report to the police. We will also ensure that women can seek help in a range of settings as they go about their daily lives and have easy access to community based support at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 30440 30480 question first answered 15/03/2016 17:16:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

458929

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: LGBT+ People
	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 take steps to improve the provision of support from specialist services for LGBT victims of domestic abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	30480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government published a new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy on 8 March and committed funding of £80 million between 2016 and 2020 to protect women and girls from violence. This increased funding will help to deliver our goal to work with local commissioners to deliver a secure future for rape support centres, refuges and FGM and Forced Marriage Units, whilst driving a major change across all services which promotes early intervention and prevention.</p><p>The Strategy identifies that some sectors of society can experience multiple forms of discrimination and disadvantage or additional barriers to accessing support. These include women and girls from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB&amp;T) victims. The increased funding of £80 million, and our support for local areas to improve local commissioning, will help to ensure that the needs for LGBT and BME victims are met through specialist support.</p><p>The new Strategy also recognises that a sustainable approach to preventing abuse is dependent on changing the attitudes and behaviours of perpetrators. As part our renewed focus on early intervention and breaking the cycle of violence, the Government will work with local areas on changing the attitudes and behaviours of perpetrators, to make sure rehabilitation, mental health interventions and other appropriate perpetrator programmes are in place.</p><p>In recent years there has been a step change in the number of domestic abuse crimes recorded by the police. The new Strategy sets out that we will continue to drive a culture change in the police response to recognise domestic abuse as the serious crime that it is, and encourage more victims, including BME victims of domestic abuse, to report to the police. We will also ensure that women can seek help in a range of settings as they go about their daily lives and have easy access to community based support at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 30440 30481 question first answered 15/03/2016 17:16:38 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

628169

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
	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 make it her policy to allow students involved in out-of-country appeals concerning Test of English for International Communication certificates obtained through the Educational Testing Service to attend and give oral evidence in person when those appeals are heard.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	51793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>In respect of cases involving Educational Testing Service (ETS) appeals from overseas, the Court of Appeal has consistently upheld that the availability of an out of country appeal in respect of a relevant decision in an ETS case is an adequate remedy.</p><p>The operation of out of country appeals is a matter for Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service but they are well established, having been in place for a number of years and successfully used for a number of different appeal types.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/11/2016 16:08:32 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

628170

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: English Language
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of students who have taken the Test of English for International Communication tests administered by the Educational Testing Service; and how many such students have been detained or deported.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	51794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>All published information relating to ETS is in the UKVI Transparency Data which was most recently updated on 25 August 2016. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/temporary-and-permanent-migration-data-august-2016</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 30/11/2016 16:52:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

964096

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: India
	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 Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules, HC1154, published on 15 June 2018, for what reasons India was not included; and what plans he has to include students from India in the future.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	169563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The addition of new countries and competent authorities to Appendix H is based on objective data. As stated in my previous response to UIN 160204 and UIN 157145, the factors which are considered include the volume of students from a country and their Tier 4 immigration compliance risk.</p><p>Information on risk profiles is sensitive and cannot be disclosed.</p><p>We will keep Appendix H under review, adding and removing countries and competent authorities from this list based on objective criteria at each refresh.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 169564 question first answered 06/09/2018 15:46:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

928758

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Overseas Students
	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 change in the number of student visas issued to applicants from India between 2010 and 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	156473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>We welcome Indian students who want to come to the UK to study at our world-leading educational institutions and there remains no limit on the number of genuine international students who can come to study in the UK.</p><p>We issue more visas to students from India than any other country, except China and the USA.</p><p>In the year ending March 2018, the number of Indian student visas granted increased by 30% to 15,171 from the previous year.</p><p>Over 90% of Indian students who apply for a UK visa get one. This is up from 86% in 2014 and 83% the year before that. In addition, the proportion of Indian students coming to study in the UK at a university has increased from around 50% in 2010 to 93% in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/06/2018 16:43:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

964097

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Pakistan
	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 Statement of changes to the Immigration Rules, HC1154, published on 15 June 2018, for what reasons Pakistan was not included, and what plans he has to include students from Pakistan in the future.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	169564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The addition of new countries and competent authorities to Appendix H is based on objective data. As stated in my previous response to UIN 160204 and UIN 157145, the factors which are considered include the volume of students from a country and their Tier 4 immigration compliance risk.</p><p>Information on risk profiles is sensitive and cannot be disclosed.</p><p>We will keep Appendix H under review, adding and removing countries and competent authorities from this list based on objective criteria at each refresh.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 169563 question first answered 06/09/2018 15:46:52 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day