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102057

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Detainees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were moved between different immigration removal centres in each of the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Teather
uin	212824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested cannot be provided without collation and examination of individual records at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2014 14:28:02 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1170 label Biography information for Sarah Teather

102058

registered interest
date	31/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward proposals for the creation of the Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Board.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	212793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Following the commitment made during the passage of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014, legislation to establish an Independent Privacy and Civil Liberties Board will be brought forward shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/11/2014 15:54:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

101757

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gangmasters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of exploitation have been identified by the Gangmasters Licensing Authority in sectors other than the agriculture sector in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	212649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) do not capture information on exploitation identified purely outside the sector they regulate. Where worker exploitation outside these sectors comes to the attention of the GLA the information is disseminated to appropriate other agencies. If workers contact the GLA to report exploitation they are referred tothe Pay and Worker Rights Helpline operated by the Business, Innovation and Skills Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/11/2014 14:31:35 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 25930 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

101782

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Agency Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what regulatory safeguards are in place to protect agency workers from trafficking; if she will review the effectiveness of those safeguards; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	212708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to stamping out modern slavery in all its forms including labour exploitation involving agency workers. <br><br>The Gangmasters Licensing Authority’s transfer to the Home Office will improve its collaboration with policing agencies for its enforcement activities and maximise the contribution it makes to tackling exploitation of workers.<br><br>The Modern Slavery Bill will give law enforcement the tools to tackle modern slavery by increasing the maximum sentence available for offenders to life imprisonment; creating an independent Anti-slavery Commissioner to drive improvements and a better coordinated law enforcement response, working in the interests of victims; strengthening powers to recover the sizeable profits that traffickers and slave masters make from this appalling crime; introducing vital new tools to restrict the activity of criminals who have been convicted of modern slavery offences; and providing powers to enable police and Border Force to act where it is suspected that human trafficking or forced labour is taking place on board vessels at sea.<br><br>To complement the Bill, the Government has a comprehensive programme of action to tackle modern slavery. This includes publishing a Modern Slavery Strategy which sets out the Government’s comprehensive approach to tackling modern slavery and the contributions we expect from other Government departments, agencies and partners.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 16:36:57 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 25971 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

101925

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training is being offered to local authorities on making referrals to the National Referral Mechanism for victims of human trafficking; and how many local authorities have undertaken such training to date.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
uin	212657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>In 2013, three Non-Government Organisations were awarded total grant funding of approximately £75,000 by the Home Office to provide training <br>to a range of local professionals, including those working in local authorities. In January 2013 the Home Office also published guidance for <br>frontline staff on responding to victims of trafficking, which includes guidance on making referrals to the National Referral Mechanism.<br><br>Home Office funding of £420,000 is being provided to Barnardo’s to fund independent child advocacy service trials for a period of twelve months, <br>September 2014 to September 2015, in 23 local authorities.<br><br>The Review of the National Referral Mechanism has considered training and will make recommendations when it reports shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 16:35:48 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 25958 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

101926

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Sri Lanka
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 the effect of returning failed asylum seekers to Sri Lanka on the ability of the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights to investigate violations of human rights in that country; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	212723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government does not believe that returning unsuccessful asylum applicants to Sri Lanka impacts on the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights ability to investigate human rights abuses in that country. As with any other nationality, all asylum and human rights applications from Sri Lankan nationals are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations and against the background of the latest available country of origin information from a wide range of well-recognised sources. The Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights is entitled to speak to any returnees as well as other individuals, if they chose to do so. Likewise, a decision to co-operate or not should be the choice of the person concerned. The fact that they may have made an unsuccessful asylum application in the UK – or anywhere else – does not affect this process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2014 14:48:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25970 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

101928

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British nationals and (b) other people have had their extradition from the UK under a European arrest warrant blocked under the proportionality test in section 21A of the Extradition Act 2003 since that Act came into force.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	212692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>More than 95% of people surrendered under an Arrest Warrant over the past five years have been foreign citizens. Since the reforms in section 21A of the Extradition Act 2003 came into force on 21 July 2014 no Arrest Warrants have been refused to be certified by the National Crime Agency for British nationals, and 21 Arrest Warrants have been refused to be certified for foreign nationals on thebasis of proportionality. <br>Given the estimated cost of £13,000 for processing an Arrest Warrant, savings in excess of £273,000 are likely to have been made to the taxpayer as a result of those refusals.<br><br>Since 21 July 2014 no Arrest Warrants have been discharged by the courts under charge and try provisions, as set out in section 156 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 which inserts section 12A into the Extradition Act 2003. Given this provision is a decision for the courts and has only been in force for three months, we expect that the position will change as individual cases are appealed to higher courts. <br><br>Since 21 July 2014, 15 British nationals and 287 foreign nationals have been surrendered from the UK to other Member States under an Arrest Warrant. The offences for which British nationals have been surrendered are as follows:<br><br>3 x Fraud<br>2 x Drug trafficking<br>2 x Grievous Bodily Harm <br>1 x Murder/Manslaughter <br>1 x Rape <br>1 x Serious Sexual Assault <br>1 x Immigration &amp; Human Trafficking <br>1 x Evasion of Duty - over £100,000 <br>1 x Fraud - over £100,000 <br>1 x Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm <br>1 x Drugs Offences</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212694 212695 question first answered 13/11/2014 17:56:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25951 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

101929

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British nationals and (b) other people have had their extradition from the UK under a European arrest warrant blocked under the provisions of section 12A of the Extradition Act 2003 since that section came into force.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	212694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>More than 95% of people surrendered under an Arrest Warrant over the past five years have been foreign citizens. Since the reforms in section 21A of the Extradition Act 2003 came into force on 21 July 2014 no Arrest Warrants have been refused to be certified by the National Crime Agency for British nationals, and 21 Arrest Warrants have been refused to be certified for foreign nationals on thebasis of proportionality. <br>Given the estimated cost of £13,000 for processing an Arrest Warrant, savings in excess of £273,000 are likely to have been made to the taxpayer as a result of those refusals.<br><br>Since 21 July 2014 no Arrest Warrants have been discharged by the courts under charge and try provisions, as set out in section 156 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 which inserts section 12A into the Extradition Act 2003. Given this provision is a decision for the courts and has only been in force for three months, we expect that the position will change as individual cases are appealed to higher courts. <br><br>Since 21 July 2014, 15 British nationals and 287 foreign nationals have been surrendered from the UK to other Member States under an Arrest Warrant. The offences for which British nationals have been surrendered are as follows:<br><br>3 x Fraud<br>2 x Drug trafficking<br>2 x Grievous Bodily Harm <br>1 x Murder/Manslaughter <br>1 x Rape <br>1 x Serious Sexual Assault <br>1 x Immigration &amp; Human Trafficking <br>1 x Evasion of Duty - over £100,000 <br>1 x Fraud - over £100,000 <br>1 x Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm <br>1 x Drugs Offences</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212692 212695 question first answered 13/11/2014 17:56:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25953 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

101931

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) the Telegraph Modern Slavery in Britain site, (b) the Modern Slavery advertising campaign and (c) the website www.modernslavery.co.uk; and what assessment she has made of the effects of that expenditure on awareness-raising and prevention of modern slavery.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	212702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>a) The Telegraph Modern Slavery webpages are part of a wider media partnership with the newspaper, which also includes print and online advertorials and digital advertising. The total cost of the partnership with The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph is £125,000. We are unable to give costs of constituent parts of the partnership, including the website, because of commercial confidentiality. <br>b) The Home Office has allocated a communications campaign budget of £2.3 million to raise awareness of Modern Slavery in the UK.<br>c) The Home Office has spent £44,000 on the Modern Slavery website. The campaign is being evaluated to ascertain its success in raising awareness of modern slavery in a number of ways including: reports of potential incidences of slavery via the new helpline and website; a pre and post campaign survey of 2,000 adults to measure shifts in awareness, attitudes and claimed behaviour; visits and activity on the website; evaluation of advertising reach and engagement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 05/11/2014 14:37:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 25936 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

101932

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British nationals and (b) other people have been extradited from the UK under a European arrest warrant since sections 156 and 157 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 came into force.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	212695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>More than 95% of people surrendered under an Arrest Warrant over the past five years have been foreign citizens. Since the reforms in section 21A of the Extradition Act 2003 came into force on 21 July 2014 no Arrest Warrants have been refused to be certified by the National Crime Agency for British nationals, and 21 Arrest Warrants have been refused to be certified for foreign nationals on thebasis of proportionality. <br>Given the estimated cost of £13,000 for processing an Arrest Warrant, savings in excess of £273,000 are likely to have been made to the taxpayer as a result of those refusals.<br><br>Since 21 July 2014 no Arrest Warrants have been discharged by the courts under charge and try provisions, as set out in section 156 of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 which inserts section 12A into the Extradition Act 2003. Given this provision is a decision for the courts and has only been in force for three months, we expect that the position will change as individual cases are appealed to higher courts. <br><br>Since 21 July 2014, 15 British nationals and 287 foreign nationals have been surrendered from the UK to other Member States under an Arrest Warrant. The offences for which British nationals have been surrendered are as follows:<br><br>3 x Fraud<br>2 x Drug trafficking<br>2 x Grievous Bodily Harm <br>1 x Murder/Manslaughter <br>1 x Rape <br>1 x Serious Sexual Assault <br>1 x Immigration &amp; Human Trafficking <br>1 x Evasion of Duty - over £100,000 <br>1 x Fraud - over £100,000 <br>1 x Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily Harm <br>1 x Drugs Offences</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 212692 212694 question first answered 13/11/2014 17:56:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25954 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg