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1625279

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date	02/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Deloitte
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contract awarded by her Department to Deloitte LLP on 1 February (C20345), if she will publish copies of (a) Appendix B - the Service Specification and (b) Annex 4 - the initial Statement of Work agreed for that contract.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	183370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The additional agreement information for the contract awarded to Deloitte LLP awarded on 1 February 2023 is withheld for commercial and operational security reasons.</p><p>A redacted agreement is available on Contract Finder at<ins class="ministerial"> <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/d57f0407-0fe0-47da-a454-9c5dd4bb6ea7" target="_blank">Apply for Things - Contracts Finder</a></ins><del class="ministerial"> <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/c31339c6-393c-41fa-aa98-82d12910f063?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=4" target="_blank">Proc 834 Small Boat Arrivals - Contracts Finder</a></del>.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/05/2023 15:50:22 question first ministerially corrected 22/05/2023 11:11:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 74483 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1601043

registered interest
date	02/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Isabel Vaughan-Spruce
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 9 January 2023 (HL4491), what guidance local authorities are given on the European Convention on Human Rights when using Public Space Protection Orders to ensure that any restrictions on freedom of speech and religion are necessary and proportionate.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL6088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Section 72 of the Antisocial behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 states that when making decisions regarding a Public Spaces Protection Order, a local authority must have particular regard to the rights of freedom of expression and freedom of assembly set out in articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p>The Government issues statutory guidance on the use of antisocial behaviour powers provided under the Antisocial behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1088750/2022_Updated_ASB_Statutory_Guidance-_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Anti-social behaviour powers (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The Local Government Association has also published guidance for councils on the use of Public Spaces Protection Orders, which makes reference to local authorities’ human rights obligations - <a href="https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/10.21%20PSPO%20guidance_06_1.pdf" target="_blank">Public spaces protection orders: guidance for councils (local.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">In 2019, the Court of Appeal upheld the legality of the Public Spaces Protection Order outside the abortion clinic in Ealing. The Court concluded that on balance the provision of that specific designated area with its restrictions allows both the Pro-Life and Pro-Choice groups to exercise their Article 9 (freedom of thought, religion and belief), 10 and 11 rights in a way which protects the rights of others in the locality, particularly the Article 8 rights (respect for private and family life) of clinic service users.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 16/03/2023 15:12:41 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2023 17:36:44 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom previous answer version 62493 answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1580253

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Home Office spent on employing caseworkers to make conclusive grounds decisions in the National Referral Mechanism in financial years (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	131309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Single Competent Authority (SCA) and the Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority (IECA) are currently recruiting a large number of new decision makers across the UK to increase capacity for NRM decision-making and reduce decision making timescales<ins class="ministerial">. </ins><del class="ministerial">; this brings additional resource pressures initially (for training and upskilling) but will have substantial long-term benefits for decision making timescales.</del></p><p>The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) does not publish payments made to victims of modern slavery and this does not currently form part of the published NRM statistics.</p><p>All victims who consent to receiving support will receive this via the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC) in England and Wales which is delivered by The Salvation Army. Details of the MSVC Contract can be found in a redacted version of the contract requirements here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F974794%2FMarch_2021_-_Modern_Slavery_Statutory_Guidance__EW__Non-Statutory_Guidance__SNI__v2.1_.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSCAFOI%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1df98c91565a46b0727408dafebb99ac%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638102378924848126%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JOPE%2B0AOOysTFpdmfUUQEL7UGSWCUoukqsiIuwcLvQo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Modern Slavery: Statutory Guidance for England and Wales (under s49 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015) and Non-Statutory Guidance for Scotland and Northern Ireland (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>All victims who consented to support under the previous Victim Care Contract <del class="ministerial">were also</del> <ins class="ministerial">are</ins> eligible for financial support under the same policy and a redacted version of the previous contract requirements can be found here (<a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e03ceb15-27ad-4bad-b8ae-43dbc1e9481e" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e03ceb15-27ad-4bad-b8ae-43dbc1e9481e</a>).</p><p>As of September 2019, following a CG decision, financial support needs for those in support are considered in a Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA) as part of a holistic assessment of recovery need, as per the published RNA policy.”</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 30/01/2023 13:31:50 question first ministerially corrected 30/01/2023 15:28:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 51058 answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines answering member 4816
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1490071

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Port of Dover
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 list the (a) value and (b) length of the contracts Border Force holds with (i) MITIE, (ii) Interforce and (iii) Definitive PSA in connection with the processing of undocumented migrants arriving in the Port of Dover.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	38479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has a number of arrangements in place to provide security, and custodial staff at the Port of Dover, and at its site in Manston. Details of these arrangements are as follows.</del></p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Mite Care and Custody provide staff at both Port of Dover and Manston under the pre-existing Escorting and Related Services Contract, details of which can be found at the link below.</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857%3Fp%3D1&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKarl.Snell%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce207cb28ff984b62190b08d98e32d146%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637697171216070862%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2p4cIIR6FT0tMRE6GRUJygzwuKFaOdV32M1o2FSCyA0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857?p=1</a></del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing provided at Port of Dover and Manston this contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) 16 general security staff at Port of Dover working shifts over a 24 hour period (8 per shift)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">b) 40 general security staff at Manston working shifts over a 24 hour period (20 per shift)</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">c) A total staffing complement of 335 custodial staff who work across a number of shifts to provide security services 24hrs a day 365 days a year at Manston</del></p><p> </p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Definitive PSA (trading as Interforce) provide security staff at both Port of Dover and Manston. This supplier has provided services under two contracts, one directly with them (August 2021 to March 2022) valued at £3.78m, and one via Bloom Procurement Services (April 2022 to September 2022) valued at £6.84m</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing this is demand lead and has changed over time. The current contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) Up to 130 security staff working shifts over a 24 hour period at Port of Dover</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">b) Up to 30 security staff working shifts over a 24 hour period at Manston</del></p><p> </p><ul><li><del class="ministerial">Management &amp; Training Corporation (UK) Ltd provides security staff at Manston. These services are provided under a 6 month contract (July 2022 to December 2022) valued at £3.92m</del></li></ul><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">In respect of staffing this contract provides for</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">a) A total staffing complement of 65 custodial staff who work across a number of shifts to provide security services 24hrs a day 365 days a year at Manston.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office has a number of arrangements in place to provide security, and custodial staff at the Port of Dover, and at its site in Manston.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">These arrangements include the pre-existing Escorting and Related Services Contract with Mite Care and Custody, a contract with Management &amp; Training Corporation (UK) Ltd, and a contract with Bloom Procurement Services who contracts with Definitive PSA Ltd (trading as Interforce) to deliver services for the Department.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Providing number of staff based at Dover and Manston, would reveal information on the security of our borders. It is not possible to provide the level of detail requested on volumes and patterns without impacting national security.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 25/07/2022 14:40:14 question first ministerially corrected 27/07/2022 09:46:41 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 15532 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

1423213

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Impact Assessments
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’s drug strategy, From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives, published December 2021, was subject to an equality impact assessment.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	125445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The UK Government’s drugs strategy, From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives, sets out commitments across six departments: the Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department of Work and Pensions, Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department for Education. These departments are and will continue to be responsible for considering the Public Sector Equality Duty for each of their policies and developing and maintaining full equality impact assessments for them.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As the cross-government unit responsible for driving, coordinating and overseeing delivery of the strategy, the Joint Combating Drugs Unit prepared an equality statement that considers the overarching impact of the strategy on groups with protected characteristics.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK Government’s drugs strategy, From harm to hope: A 10-year drugs plan to cut crime and save lives, sets out commitments across six departments: the Department of Health and Social Care, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department of Work and Pensions, Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department for Education. These departments are and will continue to be responsible for considering the Public Sector Equality Duty for each of their policies and developing and maintaining full equality impact assessments for them.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As the cross-government unit responsible for driving, coordinating and overseeing delivery of the strategy, the Joint Combating Drugs Unit prepared an overarching statement of the collective impact of the strategy on groups with protected characteristics.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/02/2022 11:39:55 question first ministerially corrected 24/02/2022 16:09:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 52712 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1307968

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter dated 12 February 2021 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on weddings, reference ZA55504.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2021 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Given the cross cutting nature of the subject matter of the item of correspondence from the member, we are working with colleagues across Government to provide a comprehensive response. We apologise for the delay and will update the member on progress with the response shortly.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">This letter has been transferred to the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy to respond.</ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/04/2021 15:14:18 question first ministerially corrected 28/04/2021 10:47:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 98291 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1216082

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals working in the NHS paid the NHS surcharge in each month of 2020.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	62257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has no published data to answer this question.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This information is not readily available nor held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost due to the fact the IHS is payable across multiple application routes.</ins></p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 02/07/2020 07:54:14 question first ministerially corrected 02/07/2020 14:07:56 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 34017 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1179733

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her policy on checks at UK borders has changed since the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	19890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There will be no change to checks at the UK border for the duration of the transition period.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">After the end of the transition period, free movement will end. The Government set out further details of the future immigration system in its policy statement published on 19 February.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There will be no change to checks at the UK border for the duration of the transition period.</ins></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/03/2020 18:41:11 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2020 10:55:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp previous answer version 10685 answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1050440

registered interest
date	29/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality and Visas: Oldham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at which locations the UK Visa and Citizenship Application Service Centres will be based after services are moved out of Oldham Post Office.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	214064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">There is no limit to the number of international students who can come to study in the UK, and as the White Paper ‘The UK’s future skills-based immigration system’ makes clear, there will continue to be no limit on the number of international students who can study here in the future.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The independent Office for National Statistics, who follow best international practice, produce the migration statistics and the Government does not seek to influence this. The Migration Advisory Committee recommended that international students should not be removed from the net migration statistics and the Government has accepted this recommendation.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The MAC also stated that continued discussion of students in the net migration target may be contributing to any perception that the UK is not welcoming to international students. In any event, being included in the net migration target does not act to students’ detriment as there is no limit on the number of international students who can come to study in the UK.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">There are 57 UK Visa and Citzenship Application Service Centres across the UK. The nearest services to Oldham are in: Manchester; Stockport; Burnley; and Preston.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/02/2019 16:28:12 question first ministerially corrected 04/02/2019 17:06:03 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes previous answer version 99436 answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1029525

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, how many Unexplained Wealth Orders have been invoked in each month since they were introduced.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	204624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not comment on particular cases. The SFO investigates and prosecutes only the most serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption cases.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The decision to commence an investigation is that of the Director alone. Government cannot interfere with the operational independence of investigative or prosecutorial agencies. As new tools, it is important that courts and law enforcement establishes the use and process to ensure that they deliver the correct objectives.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Three UWOs have been applied for, and all granted, since the UWO power came into force in January. The UWOs concern two assets under one investigation in relation to an Azerbaijan national. As new tools, it is important that courts and law enforcement establishes the use and process to ensure that they deliver the correct objectives. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 25/01/2019 16:05:32 question first ministerially corrected 28/01/2019 15:29:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace previous answer version 97424 answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds