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177742

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	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 vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on 3 Feburary 2015, on the National Crime Agency, when she expects that Agency to be fully operational in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	223348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency operates UK-wide, including in Northern Ireland, and provides support to its partner agencies there in relation to customs and immigration matters whilst continuing to exchange information with the PSNI. The NCA has, to date, been unable fully to target serious and organised crime groups in Northern Ireland involved in activities which require policing powers to tackle them. <br><br>The draft Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, was laid before Parliament on 29 January 2015. It makes provision for the NCA to operate in Northern Ireland with full powers including the ability to recover criminal assets in relation to offences that are devolved, together with the ability to request the recovery of assets overseas in civil recovery cases. This will make Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK a safer place and means the most serious criminals can be pursued wherever they are. The Order details commencement of the provisions, some of which will come into force the day after it is made, including the extension to Northern Ireland of all of the relevant civil recovery provisions relating to freezing and recovery orders. The related civil recovery investigation powers will require further secondary legislation relating to a Code of Practice. <br><br>A number of provisions that relate to the NCA’s operational use of constable powers and covert techniques, which will be subject to a Memorandum of Understanding, which will come into force at the end of two months beginning with the day on which the Order is made. The Order may not be made until it has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/02/2015 17:10:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 43379 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

443306

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	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 make an assessment of the performance of the National Crime Agency in its first year of full operation in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	21537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>Since 20 May 2015, the National Crime Agency has been operating with full powers in Northern Ireland. The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 requires the Northern Ireland Policing Board to monitor the exercise of the functions of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland. The interim Memorandum of Understanding between the National Crime Agency and the Northern Ireland Policing Board states the Board is required, not later than six months after the end of each financial year, to issue a report relating to the policing of Northern Ireland for the next financial year. The report will include an assessment of the exercise of the functions of the NCA in Northern Ireland. It further requires the Director General of the National Crime Agency to attend the Northern Ireland Policing Board and, in order to assist them, the National Crime Agency is to provide, on a quarterly basis, performance reporting on the exercise of the NCA’s functions in Northern Ireland which will be aligned to the key threat areas in the National Control Strategy, as outlined in the NCA’s Annual Plan. The NCA is committed to playing its role in tackling serious and organised crime in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/01/2016 15:41:13 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

172259

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Bail
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change was in the average length of time spent by defendants on bail before charging between 2004 and 2014.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	219949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested. We have specifically requested police forces and other criminal justice agencies to provide us with data on their current use of pre-charge bail in the consultation document &quot;Pre-Charge Bail: A Consultation on the Introduction of Statutory Time Limits and Related Changes&quot;, published on 18 December 2014. This consultation will close on 8 February.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/01/2015 16:55:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 37664 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

65511

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	HM Passport Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change was in number of (a) part-time and (b) full-time staff in passport offices between 1 May 2014 and 1 July 2014.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	203704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>For the period requested, Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) has increased <br>their full-time complement by (a) 8.5 FTE (b) 33 FTE. Since the start of 2014, HMPO <br>has been putting in extra resources to deal with exceptional demand. As a result, over <br>650 staff have been deployed to frontline operations in HMPO.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2014 14:36:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8404 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49197

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the change has been in the number of passports which were (a) issued and (b) reported (i) lost and (ii) stolen between 2008 and 2013, by issuing passport office.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	197287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Passport applications are distributed across Her Majesty's Passport Office <br>estate based on capacity and resources in each office. Data for 2008 to 2013 <br>is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>[INSERT TABLE 1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) figures prior to 2013 do not include UK passports issued by FCO. 2013 was the transistion year. Full repatriation of this activity completed in early 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Lost and Stolen data is collated at national level only and not available <br>separated by issuing office. The following table provides a breakdown of how <br>many passports have been reported (i) lost, and (ii) stolen between 2008 and <br>2013.</p><p> </p><p>[INSERT TABLE 2]</p><p> </p><p>The category &quot;other&quot; is used by Her Majesty's Passport Office predominantly <br>when a passport is declared damaged or destroyed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name TABLE 1 197287.doc title TABLE 1 2 file name TABLE 2 197287.doc title TABLE 2 question first answered 08/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8407 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

93298

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	City of Derry Airport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the time taken for the disembarkation of passengers at Londonderry Airport on 27 August 2014 as a result of the unavailability of Border Force personnel is not repeated.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	210554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>A full investigation was carried out which included a review of the standard operating procedures. Border Force has worked collaboratively with the airport to strengthen Border Force standard operating procedures for deployments, which have been independently reviewed and implemented.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/10/2014 16:42:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 22533 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

174766

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to increase surveillance and resources in Northern Ireland to prevent people from illegally entering the UK from the Republic of Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	221444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Immigration Enforcement and Border Force, the Police Service of Northern Ireland and other UK police forces all work together to counter the risk of illegal entry to the UK through the Republic of Ireland. The Home Office conduct regular intelligence led operations to detect those individualswho abuse the provisions of the Common Travel Area by entering the UK illegally through the Republic of Ireland. The frequency and level of such operations is kept under review to provide a suitable response to this risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/01/2015 14:50:56 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

223336

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations the Government has received on the practices of UK Services and Support Ltd in relation to charges for passport applications; and what steps have been taken in response to those representations.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	225157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>HM Passport Office (HMPO) received 6 complaints during the period 2014 to 2015 relating to the passport services offered on the website provided by UK Services and Support Limited. HMPO, in conjunction with the Cabinet Office Digital Service, is working with the Office of Fair Trading, the Advertising Standards Authority, search engine providers and various trading standard bodies to curtail the activities of websites that advertise their services in a way which may be misleading to the public. HMPO has specifically worked with <br>Google for sponsored adverts from third party websites to be taken down and not to appear above the natural search results.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/03/2015 14:11:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 46955 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

156593

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with hon. Members from Sinn Fein and the SDLP on the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	215221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government continues to fully support the Northern Ireland Justice Minister, who is leading discussions with the parties, to try to secure full operating powers for the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland. Home Office Ministers have regular discussions with Ministerial colleagues and others. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings. <br><br>The Director General of the National Crime Agency has also given his full support to these negotiations and has met with some of the political partiesand appeared before the Northern Ireland Policing Board. <br><br>We are committed to resolving this so that the people and communities of Northern Ireland can benefit from the full range of the National Crime Agency’s capabilities, like the rest of the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 24/11/2014 15:36:25 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

166379

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Wildlife: Smuggling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the National Crime Agency is making on preventing illegal wildlife trade over the internet.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	216121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Wildlife Crime Unit, housed in Hampshire Police leads the UK <br>efforts to tackle wildlife crime. Since 2010, and over the current spending <br>review period, the Government has committed an additional £544,000 of specific <br>funding for the Unit. <br><br>The National Crime Agency focuses on the relentless disruption of serious and <br>organised criminals and those that present the highest risk to the UK and its <br>communities. Where high risk organised criminals are engaged in illegal <br>wildlife trade the NCA will lead, support or coordinate an appropriate level of <br>response. That response could include the NCA’s niche capabilities such as the <br>National Cyber Crime Unit or its global network of liaison officers.<br><br>Border Force also actively contributes to the UK’s multi-agency approach to <br>tackling wildlife crime involving the international trade in endangered species <br>and their derivatives. At an operational level the Border Force CITES team work <br>with Government agencies including the National Wildlife Crime Unit and NCA to <br>target illegal wildlife traffickers. The team also deliver training for NCA <br>Officers, the police and many international law enforcement agencies. Through <br>partnership working a number of successful prosecutions have taken place <br>including for ivory and hard coral smuggling. Since 2010 the number of customs <br>seizures made by Border Force of animals, plants or their derivatives that are <br>prohibited or restricted under the Convention on International Trade in <br>Endangered Species (CITES) have increased from 386 to 501 in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 02/12/2014 17:07:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 30816 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell