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748042

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of the Metropolitan Police to handle multiple large-scale terrorist attacks such as that at Borough Market simultaneously.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	2727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the UK’s preparedness for terrorist attack under constant review, and is delivering a £144 million programme to increase numbers of armed police officers in the UK. The first phase of the armed uplift is complete, with an additional 41 Armed Response Vehicles and around 650 armed officers trained. The number of armed response vehicles has more than doubled in London and around a quarter of the national CTSFO capability will also be based in the capital.</p><p>The Home Office also trains and equips specialist fire and ambulance teams to manage casualties in higher risk environments. These capabilities are deployable to a terrorist incident occurring anywhere in the UK, including London. Police’s response to the Borough Markey attack was fast and effective, with at least six armed response vehicles arriving on scene within the first ten minutes.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/07/2017 16:42:11 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

748045

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Greater Manchester Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of Greater Manchester Police to handle multiple large-scale terrorist attacks simultaneously.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	2723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the UK’s preparedness for terrorist attack under constant review, and is delivering a £144 million programme to increase numbers of armed police officers in the UK. The first phase of the armed uplift is complete, with an additional 41 Armed Response Vehicles and around 650 armed officers. The next phase - an increase in Counter-Terrorism Specialist Firearms Officers - is expected to complete in 2018, with a proportion to be based in Manchester.</p><p>The Home Office also trains and equips specialist fire and ambulance teams to manage casualties in higher risk environments. These capabilities are deployable to a terrorist incident occurring anywhere in the UK, including in Greater Manchester. The emergency services’ response to the recent terrorist attack in Manchester was fast and effective, with at least six armed response vehicles arriving at the incident within ten minutes.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/07/2017 16:41:26 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

748217

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Finance
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 publish a report on the funding of extremist activities in the UK by foreign governments, entities or individuals.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	2977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is determined to cut off the funding which fuels the evils of extremism in the UK. In November 2015, the Government commissioned a review into the funding of Islamist extremist activity in the UK, including any overseas sources. The review reported to the Home Secretary and Prime Minister in 2016 and it has improved the Government’s understanding of the nature, scale and sources of funding for Islamist extremism in the UK.</p><p>The Government has updated Parliament on the review’s main findings on Wednesday 12 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/07/2017 12:27:36 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

748224

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Private Rented Housing
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 have contacted the Right to Rent check service in each month since that service has been in operation.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	2778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Landlords Checking Service started on 11<sup>th</sup> November 2014 as a pilot scheme covering the West Midlands. The scheme rolled out to the rest of England on 1<sup>st</sup> February 2016</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/07/2017 08:32:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

748244

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's approved intervention providers for the Channel programme as located in each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	2865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>There are 20 individuals currently undergoing assessment for approval to become intervention providers (IPs) for the Channel programme. Recruitment of IPs is a continuous process and 5 individuals have recently received Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the current regional location breakdown of approved IPs. The majority of IPs work nationally and are frequently commissioned to work outside of their geographical location. We keep the list of IPs under review to ensure that regional distribution is appropriate to the number of Channel cases.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of IPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 2885 question first answered 12/07/2017 12:51:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

748249

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many intervention providers for the Channel Programme are pending approval.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	2885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>There are 20 individuals currently undergoing assessment for approval to become intervention providers (IPs) for the Channel programme. Recruitment of IPs is a continuous process and 5 individuals have recently received Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the current regional location breakdown of approved IPs. The majority of IPs work nationally and are frequently commissioned to work outside of their geographical location. We keep the list of IPs under review to ensure that regional distribution is appropriate to the number of Channel cases.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of IPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 2865 question first answered 12/07/2017 12:51:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

748251

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Government Communications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding was allocated to the Research, Information and Communications Unit in her Department in each of the last three years; and what estimate she has made of the amount of funding that will be allocated to that unit in the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	2841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The funding allocation for the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU) for the past 3 years is as follows, this includes both the administration and programme funding and covers funding for both CT and SOC delivery:</p><ul><li>2014/2015 - £12,487,259</li><li>2015/2016 - £17,127,270</li><li>2016/2017 - £21,087,203</li></ul> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/07/2017 16:56:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne