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The offence of membership of a proscribed organisation has had extra-territorial jurisdiction since 2006. The Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 extended extra-territorial jurisdiction-limited to UK nationals and residents-to the offences of inviting support, reckless expressions of support, and displaying in a public place and publishing an image of a flag or logo.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1539", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wyre and Preston North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Ben Wallace"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-05-15T16:54:53.113Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-04-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Proscribed Organisations: British Nationals Abroad"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending Section 63A of the Terrorism Act 2000 to extend extrajudicial jurisdiction to the offence of a UK national supporting a proscribed organisation while overseas.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4006", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hendon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr Matthew Offord"} ], "uin" : "247667"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1122918", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1122918/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

I refer the Noble Lord to the letter sent from the Chairman of Natural England to the Secretary of State www.gov.uk/government/publications/general-licences-for-controlling-wild-birds-letter-from-natural-england-chair-to-environment-secretary<\/a><\/p>

Natural England has issued three new licences.<\/p>

Furthermore, the Secretary of State has now taken over ultimate decision making powers for general licences relating to the purposes covered by the three revoked general licences, recognising the scale of interest and concern that has been generated by the decision by Natural England to revoke the general licences that were in place prior to 25 April.<\/p>

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I refer the Noble Lord to the letter sent from the Chairman of Natural England to the Secretary of State www.gov.uk/government/publications/general-licences-for-controlling-wild-birds-letter-from-natural-england-chair-to-environment-secretary<\/a><\/p>

Natural England has issued three new licences.<\/p>

Furthermore, the Secretary of State has now taken over ultimate decision making powers for general licences relating to the purposes covered by the three revoked general licences, recognising the scale of interest and concern that has been generated by the decision by Natural England to revoke the general licences that were in place prior to 25 April.<\/p>

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Internal figures are provided in the table below from two DWP datasets.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Government recognises the importance of safeguarding the welfare of claimants who have incurred debt. The aim of the deductions policy in Universal Credit is to protect vulnerable claimants from eviction and/or having their gas, electricity and water cut off, by providing a last resort repayment method for arrears of these essential services.<\/p>

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The increase in Universal Credit caseload and activity to increase awareness of advances has had an effect on deductions. Increased awareness has resulted in around 60% of eligible new claims to Universal Credit receiving an advance in October 2018, providing further financial support until their first payment.<\/p>

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Total amount deducted from Universal Credit payments between April 2017 and October 2018<\/p>

Month<\/p><\/td>

Amount deducted [rounded to the nearest million]<\/p><\/td>

Amount of Universal Credit paid [rounded to the nearest million]<\/p><\/td>

Amount deducted as a percentage of Universal Credit paid<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-17<\/p><\/td>

£9,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£140,000,000<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

May-17<\/p><\/td>

£10,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£148,000,000<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jun-17<\/p><\/td>

£10,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£159,000,000<\/p><\/td>

6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jul-17<\/p><\/td>

£11,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£166,000,000<\/p><\/td>

6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Aug-17<\/p><\/td>

£11,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£176,000,000<\/p><\/td>

6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Sep-17<\/p><\/td>

£12,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£186,000,000<\/p><\/td>

6%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Oct-17<\/p><\/td>

£13,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£195,000,000<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Nov-17<\/p><\/td>

£13,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£205,000,000<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Dec-17<\/p><\/td>

£15,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£216,000,000<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jan-18<\/p><\/td>

£17,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£232,000,000<\/p><\/td>

7%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Feb-18<\/p><\/td>

£19,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£243,000,000<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Mar-18<\/p><\/td>

£22,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£257,000,000<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Apr-18<\/p><\/td>

£23,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£266,000,000<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

May-18<\/p><\/td>

£25,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£284,000,000<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jun-18<\/p><\/td>

£27,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£319,000,000<\/p><\/td>

8%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Jul-18<\/p><\/td>

£29,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£335,000,000<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Aug-18<\/p><\/td>

£32,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£360,000,000<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Sep-18<\/p><\/td>

£35,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£380,000,000<\/p><\/td>

9%<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Oct-18<\/p><\/td>

£39,000,000<\/p><\/td>

£410,000,000<\/p><\/td>

10%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Notes:<\/p>

<\/p>

Data sources: Universal Credit Live Service Reference Datasets and Full Service PDM data, UC Analysis Division<\/p>

<\/p>

1. Figures are provided for the total of UC Live Service and Full Service. The data is sourced from two different computer systems and the information available is slightly different on each system.<\/p>

  • Full Service deductions include advance repayments and all other deductions, but exclude sanctions and fraud penalties which are deductions of benefit rather than deductions.<\/li>
  • Live Service deductions do not include sanctions which are reductions of benefit rather than deductions, but may include Fraud Penalties as these could not be removed from the Live Service data.<\/li>
  • The Full and Live Service datasets use slightly different definitions for the month. Full Service data uses the month the UC payment is due, whereas Live Service data uses the month the assessment period related to the payment ends. The 'Total' column sums the figures using these different definitions.<\/li><\/ul>

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    2. Increase in the total deduction amounts by month reflects the effect of Universal Credit (UC) roll out as more people move onto UC.<\/p>

    <\/p>

    3. Amount of Universal Credit paid reflects the amount of money paid to claimants and their landlords as part of their award. It does not include other payments such as advances and hardship payments.<\/p>

    <\/p>

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