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1462807

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Ukraine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make available data on individuals arriving in the UK under the Ukraine Family Visa sponsorship route to local authorities to enable them to provide advice on accessing public services.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>The Ukraine Family Scheme is for those Ukraine nationals who have family members in the UK and wish to join them here.</p><p>Whilst there is an expectation they will be looked after by their family sponsor, there is no requirement in the scheme for the sponsor to accommodate and support their family member once in the UK. Those who are issued visas under the Ukraine Family Scheme are issued with access to public funds and services.</p><p>The Home Office does not collect specific data on where Ukraine nationals arriving under this scheme will be living, as this is not part of the requirements for the visa to be issued. Yet we continue to liaise with our colleagues in the Department for Levelling Up Homes and Communities about what information we can supply to local authorities to assist them in their work supporting those who arrive under the Ukraine Family Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/05/2022 09:10:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 1149 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1107831

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) steps he has taken and (b) resources he has allocated to open a public consultation on statutory firearms licensing guidance by July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	238611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government intends to launch a public consultation on the introduction of statutory guidance to the police on firearms licensing before summer re-cess. The statutory guidance will be issued after conclusion of the consulta-tion, and will be informed by it. <br>The consultation will be open to the public, including representatives of the shooting community. The Home Office will absorb the costs of the consultation as part of its responsibility for firearms licensing policy.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 238609 238610 question first answered 05/04/2019 10:36:57 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1136710

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Entry Clearances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to take into account the skills and qualifications of non-EEA nationals applying for entry clearance under Appendix FM; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	272790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>Whilst skills and qualifications of non-EEA nationals applying for entry clearance under Appendix FM to the Immigration Rules are generally not taken into account, there is provision within the Rules that they can be where there are exceptional circumstances.</p><p>Paragraph 21A of Appendix FM-SE, inserted by HC 290, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc290-20-july-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-changes-to-the-immigration-rules-hc290-20-july-2017</a>, sets out objective criteria by which decision makers will in such cases, assess an applicant’s relevant skills and qualifications within the context of previous or prospective employment or self-employment income.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 08/07/2019 14:08:13 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1140232

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Married People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2019 to Question 229177 on visas: married people, if he will collate and publish figures for (a) the number of applications submitted under Appendix FM where the sponsor did not meet the financial requirement but argued that there were exceptional circumstances pertaining to their case and (b) the number of applications that were successful.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	278926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Information collected, collated and published in official statistics is kept under review, balancing user needs against burdens on suppliers, in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, implementing the Statistics and Registration Act 2007 (copy available at <a href="https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice/the-code/" target="_blank">https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice/the-code/</a>).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/07/2019 16:15:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1201769

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme: Au Pairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to introduce a new official au pair status within the Youth Mobility Visa (Tier 5) for EU members states after the end of the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	57394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>We have indicated our desire to negotiate a youth mobility arrangement with the EU, or with individual countries within it, ensuring young people can continue to enjoy the social, cultural and educational benefits of living in the EU and the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to introduce an immigration route specifically for au-pairs.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/06/2020 15:06:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1218878

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Coronavirus
	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 has issued guidance to police forces on the suspension of driver awareness courses during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	66220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The management of driver awareness courses is an operational matter for individual police forces and course providers. Due to the current coronavirus situation, all classroom courses have been cancelled until Monday 3rd August 2020 and have been replaced by Digital Classroom Courses.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2020 16:01:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1361721

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior care worker roles have been recruited through the skilled worker route in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The most recent published data can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2021" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Information relating to Skilled workers (Tier 2) can be found on worksheet VC_01a. However, such information is not broken down further into specific occupations, such as senior care workers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/10/2021 15:35:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1438949

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Norfolk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there (a) were in Norfolk in each year since 2018 and (b) are projected to be in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023, (iii) 2024 and (i) 2025.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area (PFA), on a biannual basis in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police workforce, England and Wales</a>’ statistical bulletin.</p><p>Information on the number of police officers broken down by PFA, back to 2007, can be found in the accompanying Open Data Tables here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods</a></p><p>While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount terms only) in England and Wales, also broken down by PFA. Data are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The latest data from the ‘Police officer uplift’ statistics show that as at 31 December 2021 there were 1,857 officers in Norfolk Police (Table U1). Norfolk Police has recruited 180 additional officers out of an allocated total of 134 additional officers for years one and two of the uplift combined (Table U2). Norfolk Police has been allocated 90 additional officers for year 3 (Table B1).</p><p>On 2 February 2022, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23, an increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to 2021/22. Of this, forces will receive an extra £550 million in government grants, which includes funding to deliver the final 8,000 additional officers as part of the Police Uplift Programme, enabling forces to recruit and maintain the full 20,000 officer uplift.</p><p>We are committed not only to recruiting 20,000 additional officers by March 2023, but also to retaining these officers and ensuring it is a career where all recruits can thrive.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/03/2022 16:49:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1568292

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences
	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 her oral statement of 17 January on Police Conduct and David Carrick, Official Report, column 179, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring that an outside police force investigates the cases involving Metropolitan officers and staff accused of domestic violence or sexual abuse.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Domestic abuse and sexual violence are devastating crimes and victims should have confidence that all reports are taken seriously and cases handled effectively.</p><p>Any allegation of serious assault or sexual offences must, by law, be referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) under the mandatory referral criteria.</p><p>In July 2022, HMICFRS, the IOPC and the College of Policing published their report into a super-complaint about the police response to police-perpetrated domestic abuse (PPDA). The report recommends that all forces ensure PPDA allegations are investigated by someone with no prior connection to any of those involved in the allegations. The NPCC has since confirmed that all forces have accepted relevant recommendations in the report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/01/2023 17:10:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1691790

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Norfolk Constabulary: Demonstrations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers from Norfolk Constabulary have provided mutual aid to the Metropolitan Police for policing protests since 7 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	James Wild
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	15772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not record this information. However, we know that mutual aid has been provided to the Metropolitan Police from all other forces to support the policing efforts linked to wider protest activity since October 2023.</p><p>Mutual aid is a daily occurrence across UK policing and operates at regional and national level.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/03/2024 16:22:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild