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1713960

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	WEDINOS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) expansion and (b) potential roll-out across the UK of the WEDINOS laboratory drug-testing service.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	23722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has not made a formal assessment of the benefits of drug testing services but it recognises the potential harm reduction benefits of them. The Government facilitates drug testing services provided that the possession and supply of controlled drugs are licensed by the Home Office Drugs and Firearms Licensing Unit or, exceptionally, relevant exemptions under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 may apply.</p><p>Ministers are clear that drug testing services must not condone drug use and should only be delivered where licensed and operated responsibly, in line with Government policy to ensure that they discourage drug use and signpost potential users to treatment and support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:11:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1683365

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Community Protection Notices
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 9 January 2024 to Question 8727 on Community Protection Notices, what information does his Department hold on the use of Community Protection Warnings by (a) the police, (b) local authorities and (c) other local agencies.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	10444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home office does not routinely collect information on Community Protection Notices used by police, local authorities or other local agencies but research into ASB powers covers a section on Community Protection Notices and warnings in terms of use, effectiveness, any challenges of use and potential solutions.</p><p>This has been published online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-perceptions-of-powers-within-the-anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/police-perceptions-of-powers-within-the-anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-perceptions-of-powers-within-the-anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/police-perceptions-of-powers-within-the-anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/01/2024 17:31:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1678072

registered interest
date	14/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 his Department's transparency release Home Office Procurement card spend over £500: 2003, published in March 2023, what the purpose was of the visit by a Vietnamese delegation; and how many (a) UK and (b) Vietnamese officials attended the lunch paid for in transactions 127-DG - Delivery-65121 and 126-DG - Delivery-500.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	7022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Senior Vietnamese Officials from the Ministry of Public Security attended the Home Office on 21 February to review progress against commitments made at the inaugural UK-Vietnam Migration Dialogue in 2022.</p><p>After the meeting, the delegation attended a working lunch with the Permanent Under Secretary, which was paid for by the Home Office. At this lunch, a number of confidential matters were discussed including enhancing cooperation to tackle illegal migration, a key HMG priority. Seven senior officials from the Vietnamese Government, alongside six UK delegates attended the working lunch.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 6469 question first answered 19/12/2023 15:58:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1612374

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police National Computer: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time is for a National Criminal Record Deletion Application to be processed; and what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the ACRO cyber security incident on those average processing times.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	181664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>ACRO provides three main services to members of the public: Police Certificates, International Child Protection Certificates, and Subject Access / Record Deletion requests. All of these services continue to be offered to the public at this time with contact details for each product available from the existing URL. The website will be brought back online as soon as possible.</p><p>At this time ACRO has no conclusive evidence that any personal data has been affected by the cyber security incident. There does not appear to be any potential risk to customers’ payment information or to the information / certificates that ACRO sent to individuals following their applications.</p><p>The initial processing time for ACRO to process a Record Deletion application is currently between three and five working days. Applications are referred to the relevant police force which owns the data to make a decision on the application. Timings for these decisions are case-specific and dependent on the individual force.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 181662 181663 question first answered 24/04/2023 16:18:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1170504

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the increase in the National Living Wage announced by the Government on 31 December 2019, what discussions he is having with private sector companies undertaking facility management work for his Department to ensure that the cost of wage increases for their employees are not passed on to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice requires all of its suppliers to comply with the legal minimum standards of pay as set out in the Government’s National Living Wage legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to the National Living Wage are covered by contractual change provisions within our Facility Management (FM) contracts. As a result, the MoJ discuss with each of our FM service providers the potential impact of any such changes in order to assess the financial impact, taking into account the overall contractual terms and conditions.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/01/2020 14:32:41 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris