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1190844

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date	27/04/2020
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: Netherlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking in co-operation with the Netherlands Government to ensure the prosecution of people posting online child sexual abuse material that is held in, and distributed from, the Netherlands and available in the UK.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	40520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling child sexual exploitation and abuse wherever and however it occurs. There can be no safe space for paedophiles to operate either here or abroad and we will do all we can to keep children safe. We continue to work closely with law enforcement in the UK and international partners to close down online networks and bring offenders to justice. We announced in the 2019 Spending Round an investment of an £30 million to support UK law enforcement to bear down on child sexual exploitation and abuse.</p><p>The Government is working closely with the Netherlands to tackle online child sexual abuse material that is held in, and distributed from, the Netherlands and available in the UK. The Dutch approach to addressing the threat of online child sexual exploitation and abuse was outlined in a letter from their Ministry of Justice and Security to the European Union. This provided a useful platform for our engagement on how we can work together on this issue, identify areas of common interest, best practice and ways to coordinate our efforts to tackle the threat.</p><p>The Dutch hotline, EOKM, will also be working with the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation to combat the issue of child sexual abuse material. In 1996 when the Internet Watch Foundation was founded, the UK hosted 18% of the global total of online child sexual abuse content; in 2019 this figure was just 0.1%.</p><p>UK police have existing powers under section 72 and Schedule 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 which provides for extra-territorial jurisdiction in relation to certain offences under the 2003 Act where the victim is under the age of 18 years old. We continue to look at what more we can do with our international partners giving due consideration to the findings of the “Children Outside the UK report’ published by the Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse in January 2020.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/05/2020 15:51:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1156272

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports: Republic of Ireland
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 applications from residents of the Republic of Ireland were processed by the passport office in Belfast in each year since April 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	4944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the volume of British passports printed between 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2019 for residents of the Republic of Ireland whose applications were processed by the Belfast passport office.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Volume</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>9,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>9,762</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Seema Kennedy question first answered 05/11/2019 17:03:21 answering member 4455 label Biography information for Seema Kennedy
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1141618

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrests: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many National Crime Agency-led arrests there have been in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months; and how many convictions there have been as a result of those arrests.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	281638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) works in partnership with the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) when operating in Northern Ireland, including through the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF), a multi-agency effort to protect the communities of Northern Ireland by tackling all forms of criminality linked to paramilitarism.</p><p>In the last 12-month period (July 2018 – June 2019) NCA-led activity has led to three arrests and seven convictions in Northern Ireland.</p><p>Convictions are not necessarily linked to arrests in the same period as the individuals convicted may have been arrested in a previous reporting period.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/09/2019 16:09:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1138068

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Northern Ireland
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 been (a) charged and (b) convicted as a result of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	275698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish statistics on request for Operation Gull.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 15/07/2019 12:05:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1131613

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Julian Assange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of the policing and security services operation in relation to the time Julian Assange remained at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	263743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to the Rt. Hon Member for Leicester East; UIN 244020 on the 24th April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/06/2019 14:23:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1130889

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Northern Ireland
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 are employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time by Border Force in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	262266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Border Force does not release location specific statistics on the deployment of its resources as doing so could compromise border security.</p><p>The latest published staffing figures for Border Force can be found in the Home Office Annual Report for 2018– 19 on page 85 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 13/06/2019 11:42:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1078713

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
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 he has made of the adequacy of the number of (a) vessels and (b) personnel patrolling the English Channel in relation to people attempting to enter the country illegally.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>During 2018, over 500 migrants - mostly Iranian - attempted to travel to the UK on small vessels. 80% of them attempted this in the last three months of the year.</p><p><br>As a result, the Home Secretary redeployed two Border Force cutters from overseas to the UK providing four cutters available to operate in channel UK waters. In addition to the four cutters, Border Force has two Coastal Patrol Vessels on operation in the English Channel.</p><p><br>However, this is not an issue that can be resolved by maritime resources alone. Border Force Cutters form part of a layered approach to coastal defence, including on-shore resources and intelligence and surveillance to detect efforts to smuggle guns and drugs or facilitate illegal entry into the country.</p><p><br>But we haven’t been doing this work alone. We have been working closely with French authorities to tackle this issue. Around 40% of the attempts last year were either disrupted by French law enforcement or returned to France via French agencies.</p><p><br>Through these efforts, we reduced the number of individuals attempting the crossing from around 250 in December to around 90 in both January and February.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/03/2019 17:03:27 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1047774

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) people who have been victims of domestic abuse and (b) women and children who have suffered domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	212336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>On 21 January the Government published a draft Domestic Abuse Bill and consultation response on transforming the response to domestic abuse, a ground-breaking series of measures to promote awareness, support victims, tackle perpetrators and improve services.</p><p>We have also published a package of non-legislative actions that will see further support for children affected by domestic abuse, the elderly, disabled, male and migrant victims and those in the LGBTQ community.</p><p>We have pledged funding of £100m to support victims of violence against women and girls, which includes £20m for victims of domestic abuse. £8m has been allocated specifically for children affected by domestic abuse and we have also provided £163,000 to expand the Operation Encompass scheme which supports children at school if they have been affected by a domestic abuse incident.</p><p>Ending domestic abuse remains an absolute priority for this government.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/01/2019 17:04:25 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell