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1537362

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour: Newcastle-under-Lyme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to help support the police to tackle anti-social behaviour in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	74984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office published statutory guidance to support local policing to make effective use of the powers in the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. The guidance sets out the importance of focusing on the needs of the victim and the local community, as well as ensuring that the relevant legal tests are met. This guidance was updated in June 2022 to ensure a victim-centered approach to tackling ASB as well as stronger use of the powers and tools in the 2014 Act.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives respectively, to decide how best to respond to local priorities and to help ensure the police have the resources they need; we have given them the biggest funding increase in a decade and are enabling policing to recruit 20,000 additional officers over the next three years.</p><p>As at 30 September 2022, Staffordshire Police has recruited 265 additional uplift officers against a total three year allocation of 300 officers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 16:37:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1537382

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to loosen visa restrictions for seasonal temporary workers to tackle labour shortages.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	74650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Seasonal Worker route has been extended until 2024, with 40,000 visas available for 2022, consisting of 38,000 for horticulture and 2,000 for the poultry sector. The route has been extended to support our farmers growing fruit and vegetables as they adapt to changes in the UK labour market. The Government is keeping the position under close review.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/11/2022 15:46:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 32639 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1537485

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime Prevention: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce crime in London.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	74574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is funding a range of initiatives in London to reduce crime. These include money for a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU); targeted police activity to reduce serious violence; investment to prevent neighbourhood crime, violence against women and girls and anti-social behaviour through our Safer Streets Fund; and work to prevent drug related crime through Project ADDER (Addiction, Diversion, Disruption, Enforcement and Recovery).</p><p>These initiatives are in addition to the investment we have made available through the police uplift programme. The Metropolitan Police has recruited 3,109 additional uplift officers and the City of London has recruited 161 additional uplift officers.</p><p>As at 30 September 2022, there are 35,052 police officers (headcount) in the Metropolitan Police Service. This is the highest number of officers on record since comparable records began.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 16:38:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1537489

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Hygiene and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) cleanliness and (b) safety at Manston asylum processing centre.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	74908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>We take the safety and welfare of those in our care extremely seriously.</p><p>We provide for all the basic needs of people who will have arrived tired, cold, in wet clothing and who may not have eaten during their journey.</p><p>We provide suitable welfare provisions including hot food, fresh clothing, toilet facilities, sanitary packs and medical care.</p><p>The safety of our officers and those arriving by small boat is our utmost priority and risk assessments are under constant review as the situation changes.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/11/2022 17:52:49 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 32637 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1537490

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to visit Manston asylum processing centre.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	74909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Secretary continues to be actively engaged with officials both on the ground at Manston and across the Department, prioritising the safety and wellbeing of staff and those people in our care, and pursuing suitable longer-term accommodation options.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/11/2022 16:13:56 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 32634 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1537491

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre
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) women, (b) people aged over 60 and (c) children are in Manston asylum processing centre as of 31 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	74910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The data is not held in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 74911 question first answered 09/11/2022 16:19:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 32633 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1537492

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Manston Asylum Processing Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the average time a person seeking asylum in the UK will spend at Manston processing centre.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	74911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The data is not held in the requested format.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 74910 question first answered 09/11/2022 16:19:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 32631 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1537543

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants who have entered the UK via small boat crossings are currently housed in accommodation within West Yorkshire whilst their asylum claims are being processed.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	74784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation and other support to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum seekers in receipt of support in the ‘<a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fimmigration-statistics-quarterly-release&amp;data=04%7C01%7CASCsecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cbbca91633d114e37808708d88c6e5d7d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637413752926879168%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=yPtOfCFaR8mEFi%2BLnm2ErSaw%2BC%2BRiH7MHIxed9q5Afc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on the number of asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority are published in tables Asy_D11 of the <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fasylum-and-resettlement-datasets&amp;data=04%7C01%7CASCsecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cbbca91633d114e37808708d88c6e5d7d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637413752926909156%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=8cdElaRFOQDGPohGVtUO3Ohjin1KWmDH1USjZmlg2Q8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. Data is published on a quarterly basis, the latest information was published 23 September 2022.</p><p>The Home Office do not publish statistics which disaggregate those claiming asylum support who entered the United Kingdom via channel crossings. This information is not held in a reportable format and would require a manual search of records which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 09/11/2022 17:55:09 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 32630 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1537546

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: West Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce the number of violent crimes committed in West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	74785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government is determined to drive down serious violence. We are doing this through a twin-track approach which combines tough enforcement action with support for those most at risk; so that we can stop young people from becoming trapped in the cycle of violence in the first place.</p><p>Since 2019, the Home Office has invested £170m into the development of 20 Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) in the areas worst affected by serious violence, which includes establishing a VRU in West Yorkshire. VRUs bring together local partners and deliver a range of early intervention and prevention programmes to divert young people away from a life of crime. Since 2019, the West Yorkshire VRU has received c.16m to support delivery of violence reduction activity, including £5.9m in this financial year. The VRU was also successful in bidding for an additional £450k to work alongside the police to deliver targeted youth work to high-risk young people at the point of arrest.</p><p>As at 30 September 2022, West Yorkshire Police has recruited 744 additional uplift officers against a total three year allocation of 852 officers.</p><p>The deployment of officers is an operational decision for Chief Constables.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 16:56:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1537547

registered interest
date	31/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to reduce the number of criminal offences involving the use of drugs committed in West Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	74786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2022 answer text <p>This Government’s ten-year Drug Strategy, <em>From Harm to Hope,</em> sets out a whole system approach to reduce drug-related crime through its three priorities: breaking drug supply chains; delivering a world-class treatment and recovery system; and achieving a significant reduction in demand for illicit drugs.</p><p>The Home Office is investing £300 million over three years to mobilise a robust and innovative end-to-end plan which attacks every phase of the supply chain, and the Department for Health and Social Care a further £780 million over three years to rebuild drug treatment and recovery services.</p><p>Combating Drugs Partnerships have been set up to cover every local area across England and offer a new blueprint for local accountability. Treatment helps reduce crime and local authorities in West Yorkshire have been allocated over £7.3 million for 2022/23 to improve services in line with the ambitions of the drugs strategy.</p><p>Project ADDER, which is supporting the delivery of the strategy outcomes, trail-blazes a whole-system response to drive down drug related offending, drug deaths and drug use in 13 sites across England and Wales. In total, Wakefield’s Project ADDER funding allocation will be £1,670,000 for 2022/23, which includes both health and enforcement funding.</p><p>We have also published a white paper, ‘Swift, Certain, Tough: New Consequences for Drug Possession’ that proposes tougher, escalating penalties for so-called recreational drug users who drive the demand for drugs and fuel criminal markets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 08/11/2022 13:36:24 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns