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818043

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the protection of human rights in that country.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	903145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign Secretary issued a statement about the death of Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo in July 2017, and called on China to lift restrictions on his widow Liu Xia. I raised human rights, including the case of Liu Xia, in my meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Wang Chao the following month.</p><p>At the most recent UK-China Strategic Dialogue in December 2016, the Foreign Secretary raised a range of human rights issues with his counterpart State Counsellor Yang Jiechi. The most recent UK-China Human Rights Dialogue, covering human rights issues in detail, took place in Beijing on 27 and 28 June 2017.</p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 09/01/2018 14:34:17 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

705666

registered interest
date	27/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is a specified timeframe in which the Disclosure and Barring Service is required to process a certificate renewal application.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	65847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Criminal record certificates issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service do not expire after a specific period of time and do not include a renewal date. A certificate has no set period of validity. Information revealed through a Disclosure and Barring Service check reflects the information that was available at the time of its issue. Disclosure certificates are primarily designed to be used by an employer at the point of recruitment for a particular position.</p><p> </p><p>Some roles and some employers require the person concerned to “renew” their Disclosure and Barring Service check at specific intervals. The person can do that either by applying for a new certificate or by using the Disclosure and Barring Service Update Service.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 02/03/2017 16:56:19 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

682377

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Industry Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Security Industry Authority is required to disclose details of actions taken as a result of an investigation into alleged criminality by licence holders.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	62408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is not under a legal duty to provide complainants with details of any investigations, outcomes or actions relating to the complaints they have made, nor to disclose details of actions taken as a result of an investigation into alleged criminality by licence holders.</p><p> </p><p>Where prosecutions are completed, the outcomes, which are a matter of public record, are published on the SIA website: <a href="http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 62407 question first answered 03/02/2017 10:27:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

682375

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Industry Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role her Department and its agencies play in the oversight of the operation by the Security Industry Authority of its complaints procedures; what regulatory role she plays in connection with that authority; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	62413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is an Executive Non-Departmental Body (NDPB) of the Home Office. The SIA is operationally independent.</p><p>The SIA is accountable for its own complaints procedures and ensuring that these operate effectively. As with other NDPBs, the Home Secretary appoints the Chair and non-executive members of the SIA Board, and the Department ensures the SIA is subject to regular and ongoing oversight in relation to its performance.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2017 14:42:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

748494

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she gives to (a) police forces and (b) West Lancashire police on the necessity for manned telephone services for inquiries about people who have been arrested.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	3186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>PACE Code of Practice C provides that a person with an interest in a detainee’s welfare who enquires about the detainee’s whereabouts may be given this information if:</p><p> </p><p>a) the detainee agrees; and</p><p>b) the rules that allow the information to be withheld do not apply.</p><p> </p><p>When a detainee exercises their right to free legal advice, the solicitor assigned by the Defence Solicitor Call Centre is expected to contact the police station by telephone and speak to the detainee.</p><p> </p><p>Within each individual police force, Chief Officers are responsible for implementing the necessary operational procedures to deal with these telephone enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/07/2017 17:24:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

715091

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what enforcement action the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner is able to take against registered immigration advisors in cases where complaints against that advisor are substantiated.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	69901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The enforcement action that the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC) is able to take against registered advisors is set out in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and the Commissioners Complaints Scheme (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/complain-about-an-oisc-regulated-immigration-adviser" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/complain-about-an-oisc-regulated-immigration-adviser</a>) which states:</p><p> </p><p><em>34. If a complaint is substantiated, in whole or in part, it will be included in the organisation’s and adviser’s regulatory history. </em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>35. The Commissioner may: </em></p><ul><li><em>leave the determination on file for consideration at the next relevant application for registration. Practice points may be issued; </em></li></ul><p><em> </em></p><ul><li><em>consider and conclude that the organisation and/or an adviser should have their authorisation immediately cancelled; or </em></li></ul><p><em> </em></p><ul><li><em>lay a Disciplinary Charge before the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration Services). </em></li></ul> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/04/2017 16:06:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

682376

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Security Industry Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what duty the Security Industry Authority has to provide complainants with the details of any investigations, outcomes or actions relating to the complaints they have made.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	62407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2017 answer text <p>The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is not under a legal duty to provide complainants with details of any investigations, outcomes or actions relating to the complaints they have made, nor to disclose details of actions taken as a result of an investigation into alleged criminality by licence holders.</p><p> </p><p>Where prosecutions are completed, the outcomes, which are a matter of public record, are published on the SIA website: <a href="http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.sia.homeoffice.gov.uk/Pages/enforcement-prosecutions.aspx</a></p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 62408 question first answered 03/02/2017 10:27:03 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

692605

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexting: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of reports that young people are receiving criminal records for sending indecent images without having been charged with an offence.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	64787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>A criminal record for the offence of sending an indecent image will only result where the offender, child or adult, is charged to court (and found guilty) or cautioned by the police. Where the police resolve such cases by other means no criminal record is established.</p><p>The Government is clear that where a crime has been committed it should be recorded as such. This is critical to understand the extent of this issue, to identify any pattern of repeat or high-risk behaviour, and providing transparency and accountability.</p><p>However, the police have wide discretion as to how to address such behaviour. Working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Department for Education new guidance has been issued to police and schools in relation to children sending indecent images and which has a focus on safeguarding. We have introduced a new outcome for police to apply in cases where they consider it appropriate to undertake no criminal investigation and which will highlight that any subsequent disclosure should only be in the most exceptional cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 64788 question first answered 24/02/2017 13:11:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

692607

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexting: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will reconsider the requirement to record as a crime the sending of indecent images by young people while not charging them formally.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	64788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>A criminal record for the offence of sending an indecent image will only result where the offender, child or adult, is charged to court (and found guilty) or cautioned by the police. Where the police resolve such cases by other means no criminal record is established.</p><p>The Government is clear that where a crime has been committed it should be recorded as such. This is critical to understand the extent of this issue, to identify any pattern of repeat or high-risk behaviour, and providing transparency and accountability.</p><p>However, the police have wide discretion as to how to address such behaviour. Working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Department for Education new guidance has been issued to police and schools in relation to children sending indecent images and which has a focus on safeguarding. We have introduced a new outcome for police to apply in cases where they consider it appropriate to undertake no criminal investigation and which will highlight that any subsequent disclosure should only be in the most exceptional cases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 64787 question first answered 24/02/2017 13:11:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

715095

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered immigration advisors have had their registration revoked or rejected for renewal as a result of the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner substantiating a complaint against that advisor.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	69900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The power for the OISC to revoke an immigration advisor’s registration was enforced by the Immigration Act 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, the Commissioner has cancelled or refused the continued registration of 21 organisations where complaints findings formed part of the reason for refusal, or the organisation requested withdrawal from the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/04/2017 16:40:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper