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1345594

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans she has to bring forward proposals to review the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	902522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>This Government currently has no plans to review the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. We keep drug controls under review, in consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.</p><p>Drugs Legislation forms part of our wider approach to preventing drug misuse alongside prevention and education, supporting treatment and recovery, and tackling the supply of illicit drugs.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/07/2021 15:42:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

1345595

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Coastal Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans she has to support police forces in coastal communities.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Glamorgan
tabling member printed	Alun Cairns
uin	902527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is supporting all forces, including those in costal communities, by providing 20,000 extra police officers; with 8,771 already in place.</p><p>We are also providing targeted investment to help high-crime areas. The Safer Streets Fund funds crime prevention activity in a range of areas, including coastal ones.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/07/2021 15:56:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns

1345596

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to help protect police officers from harm in the line of duty.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	902528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to ensuring that our brave police receive the support and protection they deserve.</p><p>The Policing, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will enshrine in law a Police Covenant and double the maximum sentence for assaults on emergency workers.</p><p>We also continue to invest in direct support to police through the National Police Wellbeing Service.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/07/2021 15:57:40 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1345597

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate she has made of the total number of police officers (a) recruited by the Metropolitan Police in 2020 and (b) due to be recruited by that force in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	902529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>We are increasing the number of police officers across England and Wales by 20,000 by March 2023.</p><p>In the calendar year 2020, the Metropolitan police recruited 3,121 police officers. This figure includes officers recruited as part of the Government’s national uplift programme as well as those recruited to backfill leavers. From January to March 2021 the force recruited 598 officers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/07/2021 15:59:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1345598

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress her Department has made on implementing the new National Transfer Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
tabling member printed	David Simmonds
uin	902530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>We are working towards implementing the new, fairer national voluntary rota on 26 July. The package of support we have put in place for local authorities includes £20m of additional funding and expert support on age assessment.</p><p>This will encourage more local authorities to step up and play their part in this shared national responsibility of supporting vulnerable unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/07/2021 16:02:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4872 label Biography information for David Simmonds

1345599

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to meet the UK’s international obligations on refugees and asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Steven Bonnar
uin	902542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those in need. Since 2015, we have resettled more than 25,000 people – more than any other EU country – and we have a new global UK Resettlement Scheme running.</p><p>The Nationality and Borders Bill, which was introduced last week, will fix the broken asylum system in the UK and ensure that access to the UK’s asylum system is based on need, not on the ability to pay people smugglers</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 12/07/2021 16:12:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4748 label Biography information for Steven Bonnar

1345600

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Freedom of Expression
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the effect of the Prevent duty on freedom of speech in (a) higher education, (b) further education and (c) schools.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	902524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Education and the Home Office work closely together to ensure the threat of terrorism is addressed appropriately through our education system.</p><p>The Prevent Duty should not suppress or limit lawful free speech and is only relevant where there is a risk that someone may be drawn into terrorism.</p><p>As a Government, we are committed to protecting freedom of speech. This will be strengthened with the Freedom of Speech in Higher Education Bill that was recently introduced to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/07/2021 15:53:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1345601

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps her Department is taking to reduce levels of burglary and theft.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	902525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>This Government recognises the devastating impact crimes such as burglary and theft have on our communities and businesses.</p><p>That is why we are recruiting 20,000 extra police officers and why we have introduced the Safer Streets Fund to prevent these crimes from happening, supporting the deployment of solutions such as home security and increased street lighting in high crime areas.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/07/2021 15:55:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1345602

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent progress she has made with the Secretary of State for Defence on implementing the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	902531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy was implemented on 1 April this year.</p><p>We are working closely with the Ministry of Defence to accelerate the relocation of locally employed staff, and their families, from Afghanistan. A charter flight carrying 117 individuals arrived safely at the end of June, with more to follow this month.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 12/07/2021 16:03:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1345603

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans she has to bring forward proposals to review the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	902532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>This Government currently has no plans to review the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. We keep drug controls under review, in consultation with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs.</p><p>Drugs Legislation forms part of our wider approach to preventing drug misuse alongside prevention and education, supporting treatment and recovery, and tackling the supply of illicit drugs.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/07/2021 15:50:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley