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1327694

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle the costs associated with levels of crime.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>According to the most recently published estimates of the overall costs of crime, the total costs of crime in England and Wales in 2015/16, is estimated to be approximately £50 billion for crimes against individuals and £9 billion for crimes against businesses.</p><p>The full report can be accessed at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F732110%2Fthe-economic-and-social-costs-of-crime-horr99.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKatherine.Jones18%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C8c74ff5f00944f4540d508d92051bacd%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637576357653746886%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=I6Yqsg6%2F%2BK6bPwNStJPe5%2BBC%2Ff9FzGgQfCZRUGxLOV8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The economic and social costs of crime (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>This Government remains focused on reducing levels of crime, which is why we are recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers, investing £40 million in our work on county lines, £130.5 million on serious violence, and £70 million on neighbourhood crime. Specifically, these investments intend to target and bring to justice county lines gangs, fund enforcement activity in police force areas that see the highest levels of violent crime; as well as to improve public safety in communities who are disproportionately affected by acquisitive crime.</p><p>Through our targeted activity, we will continue to work with partners to make real progress in reducing levels of crime, and in turn the associated costs it brings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/06/2021 14:42:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1327701

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to reduce the number of single crewed police officers on duty.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	7244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting and protecting our police and we take their welfare very seriously. Every Chief Constable has a responsibility to manage and support their workforce effectively, ensuring the welfare of all officers and staff. Decisions on the deployment of frontline police officers and their duties are for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and this includes decisions on crewing.</p><p>This Government is ensuring the police have the necessary resources, tools and powers they need to keep themselves and the public safe. This includes the recruitment of an additional 20,000 additional police officers to bolster capacity and up to £15.8 billion of funding in 2021/22, an increase of up to £600 million compared to 2020/21. The overall police funding available to PCCs has increased by up to £668 million (5.1% in cash terms) in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/06/2021 15:29:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 4067 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1327702

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
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	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there is an increased risk to police officers or the public in policing situations where police officers are single crewed compared to being partnered.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	7245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting and protecting our police and we take their welfare very seriously. Every Chief Constable has a responsibility to manage and support their workforce effectively, ensuring the welfare of all officers and staff. Decisions on the deployment of frontline police officers and their duties are for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and this includes decisions on crewing.</p><p>This Government is ensuring the police have the necessary resources, tools and powers they need to keep themselves and the public safe. This includes the recruitment of an additional 20,000 additional police officers to bolster capacity and up to £15.8 billion of funding in 2021/22, an increase of up to £600 million compared to 2020/21. The overall police funding available to PCCs has increased by up to £668 million (5.1% in cash terms) in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/06/2021 15:28:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1327709

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
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 take steps to encourage collaboration between (a) Ofcom, (b) the Telecommunications sector and (c) the National Crime Agency on reducing fraud; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	7162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is exploring a range of different measures aimed at tackling the criminal abuse of mobile telecommunications across a range of different crime types including fraud.</p><p>As set out in our Economic Crime Plan (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-plan-2019-to-2022</a>), we are clear that a public- private partnership is essential in tackling fraud. Government, telecommunications providers, law enforcement, regulators, including Ofcom, and consumer groups are in regular conversation with the aim of protecting the public from these crimes. This includes developing a voluntary charter of the actions that telecoms companies will take to prevent fraud.</p><p>The Government will build on this work through our Fraud Action Plan, an ambitious approach grounded in prevention, education, effective enforcement and regulatory reforms that will be published after the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/06/2021 15:26:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1327723

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Visitors: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many travellers have entered the UK from India since 1 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	7285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>Travel to the UK from India is currently subjective to extensive restrictions due to it being on the Red List, this includes a requirement to enter the Managed Quarantine Service on arrival in the UK.</p><p>The Home Office regularly publishes migration statistics including number of visitors to the UK on gov.uk. The latest publication covers up to March 2021 and can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021</a></p><p>Statistics covering the period including April 2021 will be published as part of the next Quarterly Update.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/06/2021 12:18:37 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1327724

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: India
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many visas were granted to allow travellers to enter the UK from India since 1 April 2021, by type of visa.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	7286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>Travel to the UK from India is currently subjective to extensive restrictions due to it being on the Red List, this includes a requirement to enter the Managed Quarantine Service on arrival in the UK.</p><p>Any proposed travel to the UK from India, including any which forms the basis of a visa application, will need to be in line with the prevailing health restrictions.</p><p>Information on numbers of people coming to the UK is routinely published as part of the quarterly and annual Immigration statistics.</p><p>We do not publish data on the number of visas issued by country, our published data is issued by nationality.</p><p>Data for Quarter 1 (January 2021 – March 2021) was published in the most recent data release but will not cover the period requested. Later publications will cover the period requested and can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-march-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 03/06/2021 12:24:13 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1327725

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel: Quarantine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what checks are in place to ensure self-isolation at home is being carried out fully and correctly.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
uin	7287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>Self-isolation following a positive Covid test is one of the most important things we can do to help stop the spread of the virus and protect our friends and family, our community and the NHS. Following a report of non-compliance by a member of the public and if considered appropriate, the police are empowered to issue fixed penalty notices for failure to self-isolate.</p><p> </p><p>Separate isolation requirements also apply to individuals returning to England from an amber-list country. Those self-isolating at home may receive daily phone calls from the Isolation Assurance and Compliance service (IAC), to ensure that they are complying with their duty to self-isolate.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, a service run by my department will through contractors carry out a number of in-person checks on amber-list arrivals to ensure compliance. The service has the capacity to deliver up to 10,000 checks a day.</p><p> </p><p>If an individual is found to be non-compliant with their duty to self-isolate, then staff from the service may refer individuals to the case to the police who have the power to take law enforcement action and issue Fixed Penalty Notices.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/05/2021 16:08:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1327730

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cars: Electronic Equipment
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of making it mandatory for all new cars sold to be fitted with an electronic tracking device.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	7100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is tackling vehicle crime as a priority. We continue to work closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group, established by the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime and overseen by the Government’s Crime and Justice Taskforce. This includes consideration of how we can reduce the number of vehicles being stolen.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/06/2021 14:44:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1327747

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to provide safe and legal routes to the UK for unaccompanied child refugees.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	7231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government committed to review safe and legal routes to the UK, and has a statutory duty to conduct a public consultation on family reunion for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the EU. We are meeting our statutory duty by completing a comprehensive consultation and engagement process as part of the wider consultation on the New Plan for Immigration, which closed on 6 May 2021. We will consider the consultation responses carefully.</p><p>The UK already provides a number of routes for children to reunite with family members in the UK under our Immigration Rules. We have also published guidance that signposts these existing routes at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overview-of-family-reunion-options-in-the-immigration-rules" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overview-of-family-reunion-options-in-the-immigration-rules</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/06/2021 08:55:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1327770

registered interest
date	25/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Hong Kong
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 from Hong Kong have successfully taken up a British National (Overseas) visa since that visa scheme was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	7289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>Information on how many visas for the Hong Kong BN(O) route have been granted between 31 January and 31 March was published in the quarterly migration statistics release on 27 May and can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 07/06/2021 13:10:49 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen