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99889

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what allegations of child abuse, including investigations into such allegations, were brought to her Department's attention in 1998 and 1999.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	211176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>On 7 July the Home Secretary announced to the House that she had appointed Peter Wanless to lead a Review of an investigation by an independent expert into what information the Home Office had received in relation to child abuse allegations during the period 1979 and 1999.</p><p>The Permanent Secretary appointed Richard Whittam QC to assist in this task. The Review has had access to all material identified which would relate to child abuse and which the Department still holds. The Home Secretary has now received the report of the Review and is considering its findings ahead of the full report being published.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 23/10/2014 16:19:37 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 23879 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

99899

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any meetings took place in her Department between 1980 and 1985 to discuss the alleged involvement of hon. Members in child abuse; and whether minutes of such meetings were given to the then Secretary of State.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	211094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>On 7 July the Home Secretary announced to the House that she had appointed Peter Wanless to lead a Review of an investigation by an independent expert into what information the Home Office had received in relation to child abuse allegations during the period 1979 and 1999. The Permanent Secretary appointed Richard Whittam QC to assist in this task. The Review has had access to all material identified which would relate to child abuse and which the Department still holds. The Home Secretary has now received the report of the Review and is considering its findings ahead of the full report being published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 23/10/2014 16:10:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 23874 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

99900

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether files relating to investigations by her Department of hon. Members and allegations of child abuse between 1980 and 1985 have been made available to the Wanless Review.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	211096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>On 7 July the Home Secretary announced to the House that she had appointed Peter Wanless to lead a Review of an investigation by an independent expert into what information the Home Office had received in relation to child abuse allegations during the period 1979 and 1999.</p><p>The Permanent Secretary appointed Richard Whittam QC to assist in this task. The Review has had access to all material identified which would relate to child abuse and which the Department still holds. The Home Secretary has now received the report of the Review and is considering its findings ahead of the full report being published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 23/10/2014 16:18:17 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 23878 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

99902

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any files were taken from the journalist Don Hale, editor of the Bury Messenger in the 1980s; who authorised the seizure of such files; and whether the material seized included minutes of investigations within the Home Office concerning child abuse and hon. Members.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	211095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>On 7 July the Home Secretary announced to the House that she had appointed Peter Wanless to lead a Review of an investigation by an independent expert into what information the Home Office had received in relation to child abuse allegations during the period 1979 and 1999.</p><p>The Permanent Secretary appointed Richard Whittam QC to assist in this task. The Review has had access to all material identified which would relate to child abuse and which the Department still holds. The Home Secretary has now received the report of the Review and is considering its findings ahead of the full report being published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 23/10/2014 16:16:05 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 23876 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

77666

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children: Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that the review by Peter Wanless will include any actions or discussions of government departments other than the Home Office in respect of the handling of the Geoffrey Dickens files.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	205645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>The Permanent Secretary commissioned an Independent Investigation to determine what material the Department had received in respect of child sexual abuse, including any from Geoffrey Dickens. Copies of the Executive Summary of that review and the Terms of Reference were deposited in the House Library on 31 July 2013. On 7 July the Home Secretary announced that Peter Wanless would lead a review into this investigation under the Terms of Reference that have been agreed, a copy of which is available in the House Library. The review is expected to conclude within 8-10 weeks and a full report of the review report will be published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 205646 question first answered 30/07/2014 12:37:04 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 10959 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

77667

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children: Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds any information indicating that the Geoffrey Dickens files were shared with or seen by any other government department.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	205646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>The Permanent Secretary commissioned an Independent Investigation to determine what material the Department had received in respect of child sexual abuse, including any from Geoffrey Dickens. Copies of the Executive Summary of that review and the Terms of Reference were deposited in the House Library on 31 July 2013. On 7 July the Home Secretary announced that Peter Wanless would lead a review into this investigation under the Terms of Reference that have been agreed, a copy of which is available in the House Library. The review is expected to conclude within 8-10 weeks and a full report of the review report will be published.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 205645 question first answered 30/07/2014 12:37:04 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 10963 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

77427

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on responding to parliamentary questions where the subject file or letter is within the scope of the Official Secrets Act 1989.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	205434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I refer the Member for Bassetlaw to the publicly available guidance on <br>answering Parliamentary Questions available at: <br>www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-g<br>uidance.</p><p><br>The guidance makes clear that Ministers should be as open as possible <br>with Parliament and the public and only withhold information where its <br>disclosure would not be in the public interest. Such public interest would be <br>determined with the relevant legislation in mind (Freedom of Information, Data <br>Protection, and the Official Secrets Acts etc).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 21/07/2014 14:45:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

77428

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children: Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any files on child abuse have been passed to her Department by (a) other parts of the Government or (b) hon. Members; and in what year such files were so passed.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	205428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2014 answer text <p>The Independent investigation commissioned by the Permanent Secretary considered what material this Department had received in respect of child sexual abuse. Copies of the Executive Summary of that review and the Terms of Reference were deposited in the House Library on 31 July 2013. On 7 July the Home Secretary announced that Peter Wanless would lead a review into this investigation. Terms of reference for this review have been placed in the House and we expect the work to conclude within 8-10 weeks. Any files passed to the Home Office, whether by Hon. Members or otherwise, which suggest criminal activity has occurred, are passed to the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 28/07/2014 12:37:17 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

58226

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what performance indicators for the renewal of existing passports have been met by each passport office administrative centre.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	198798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Straightforward passport applications from applicants in the UK have a published expected turnaround of three weeks. For the financial year 2013-14, <br>99.58 percent of customers received their passports within that period. <br><br>Achievement of turnaround times is a national objective and specific targets are not focused on individual offices. This approach allows HM Passport Office <br>to channel resources and distribute applications to meet capacity.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 15:54:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 78 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

58227

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport renewals have been completed within the advertised three week turnaround time from receipt in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	198797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Straightforward passport applications from applicants in the UK have a published expected turnaround of three weeks. For the financial year 2013-14, <br>99.58 percent of customers received their passports within that period. <br><br>Achievement of turnaround times is a national objective and specific targets are not focused on individual offices. This approach allows HM Passport Office <br>to channel resources and distribute applications to meet capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 15:50:29 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 77 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann