Home Office<p>The NCA allocates resources based on priorities in Investigations. Serious and Organised Crime activity in Northern Ireland continues to feature in NCA and PSNI plans.</p>Wyre and Preston NorthMr Ben Wallace2018-11-12false2018-11-12T17:43:47.54Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02National Crime Agency: Northern Ireland1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the workforce size of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland is expected to change in the next six months.falseEast LondonderryMr Gregory Campbell187309Home Office<p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) regularly publishes National Referral Mechanism (NRM) data but does not publish data about the number, proportion and referrals that have been made to the National Referral Mechanism as result of gang involvement. Latest statistics on NRM referrals and decisions are available at the following link: <a href="http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics" target="_blank">http://nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics/2018-nrm-statistics</a></p><p>Further information is also available in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749346/2018_UK_Annual_Report_on_Modern_Slavery.pdf" target="_blank">2018 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery</a> which was published on 18 October 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p>Louth and HorncastleVictoria Atkins2018-11-20false2018-11-20T16:51:49.943Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02Slavery: Gangs1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer to Question 183314 on Children: Death, if he will make an assessment of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) referrals and (ii) successful referrals that have been made to the National Referral Mechanism as a result of gang involvement in each of the past five years.falseWest HamLyn Brown187328Home Office<p>The Mayor of London is a member of the Serious Violence Taskforce, which is chaired by the Home Secretary, and he has spoken about and discussed action being taken on violent crime in London with the Taskforce.</p>Louth and HorncastleVictoria Atkins2018-11-20false2018-11-20T16:59:53.28Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02Crimes of Violence: Greater London1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on levels of violent crime in London.falseHendonDr Matthew Offord187349Home Office<p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to the Hon. Member for Darlington on 22 October, UIN 180695.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-12false2018-11-12T17:27:29.063Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02Agriculture: Seasonal Workers1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department taking to ensure that the agri-food sector is able to access non-UK seasonal workers after the UK leaves the EU.falseHendonDr Matthew Offord187350Home Office<p>I refer the Honourable Member to the response that I gave to a question from the Honourable Member for Darlington on 22 October (180695).</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2019-02-06false2019-02-06T15:16:03.78Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02Agriculture: Migrant Workers1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure access by non-UK non-seasonal workers to the agri-food sector after UK leaves the EU.falseNa h-Eileanan an IarAngus Brendan MacNeil187312Home Office<p>The Government recognises the valuable contribution that overseas workers make to the UK economy and to our society. We are currently developing options for the future system which will be designed to work in the national interest.</p><p>On the 18 September, the Migration Advisory Committee published their final report on the current patterns of EEA migration into the UK. We are carefully considering their fourteen recommendations. We plan to publish a White Paper setting out more detail on the future arrangements later in the Autumn.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-12false2018-11-12T17:41:59.307Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02Entry Clearances: Migrant Workers1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the re-introduction of a Tier 3 visa category to support domestic food and meat production after the UK leaves the EU.falseNa h-Eileanan an IarAngus Brendan MacNeil187313Home Office<p>There are 360 working on the construction of the Immigration Platform Technologies programme. Of the 360 personnel, 8 are civil servants and the remaining 352 are contingent labour.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2019-02-18false2019-02-18T16:10:35.867Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02Home Office: ICT1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November to Question 183259 on Home Office: ICT, how many of the 360 are classed as contingent labour.falseHemsworthJon Trickett187307Home Office<p>The salary cost of ICT staff is part of the wider cost of the service that is delivered by the service provider, and specific salary cost cannot therefore be separated.</p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-12false2018-11-12T17:08:26.027Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02Home Office: ICT1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November to Question 183259 on Home Office: ICT, what the annual salary cost to his Department is of those 360 people.falseHemsworthJon Trickett187316Home Office<p>Data is publicly available on the volume of drug seizures by the Border Force in the publication <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/seizures-of-drugs-in-england-and-wales-financial-year-ending-2017</a> - see Summary Table 2 of the data tables provided. The latest statistics for 2017/18 were published on 8th November 2018. This publication captures seizures made in England and Wales only. Consolidated data for the UK is not available for the last ten years, but is available from 2011/12 onwards in the publications.<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-august-2018" target="_blank"> https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/border-force-transparency-data-august-2018</a></p><p>Information on the total amount of illegal drugs consumed in the UK in each of the last five years is not held by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p>Louth and HorncastleVictoria Atkins2019-02-12false2019-02-12T15:54:27.86Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02Drug Seizures1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the volume was of seizures at points of entry of illegal drugs destined for the UK, in each of the last ten years, and what estimate he has made of those seizures as a proportion of the total amount of illegal drugs consumed in the UK in each of the last five years.falseInverclydeRonnie Cowan187389Home Office<p>Her Majesty’s Passport Office does not hold information on the number of UK residents without a valid passport. However, I can confirm that there were 49,971,015 valid British passports as of 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p>Romsey and Southampton NorthCaroline Nokes2018-11-12false2018-11-12T17:39:52.233Z1Home OfficeHome Office2018-11-02Passports1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of UK residents without a valid passport.falseMiddlesbroughAndy McDonald1873921001101