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1343718

registered interest
date	05/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Primates: Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans for her Department's policy to only allow non-human primates who are the offspring of those bred in captivity or who are sourced from self-sustaining colonies that do not trap monkeys in the wild to be used in scientific research in line with the EU policy due to be implemented in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	27126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2021 answer text <p>The requirement of EU Directive 2010/63/EU that non-human primates cannot be sourced from the wild for breeding within a self-sustaining colony is already implemented for Marmosets, as stated in the UK legislation.</p><p>The UK legislation presently requires that all non-human primates used in research are bred specifically for research, so wild caught animals cannot not be used for procedures.</p><p>Establishments that have a licence to breed other primate species must have a strategy in place to increase the proportion of primates bred from primates bred in captivity.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 12/07/2021 16:36:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1341704

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with respect to Section 18, 2(b) of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986, how many and what proportion of inspection visits carried out by officials of her Department to establishments designated as breeding, supplying or using animals during (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019 were without notice; and whether she has plans to increase those type of inspection visits.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	24154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>Inspections are conducted by the Home Office in accordance with the requirements of ASPA and according to risk. In 2017, 59% of inspection visits were unannounced, 2018 63% and 2019 36%. Full details are published in the Regulator’s annual reports available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/animals-in-science-regulation-unit-annual-reports" target="_blank">Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual reports - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The Home Office inspects establishments at a frequency that is compliant with the requirements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (1986). Both announced and unannounced inspections are undertaken, depending on the regulatory outcomes required. No plans have been made to change the frequency of unannounced visits.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/07/2021 16:34:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1341705

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest interval was between visits made by officials of her Department to any establishment designated as breeding, supplying or using animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in (a) 2017, (b) 2018 and (c) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	24155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office Regulator inspects all establishments at a frequency that is fully compliant with the requirements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act (1986). The Regulator aims to inspect all establishments at least once a year. The Regulator also undertakes a governance review of each establishment on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/07/2021 16:34:38 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1332297

registered interest
date	11/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
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 publish the 2021 Domestic Abuse Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	14187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is determined to tackle domestic abuse.</p><p>Following the landmark Domestic Abuse Act, the Government will be publishing a first-ever, national Domestic Abuse Strategy, as well as a complementary Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls strategy, this year.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/06/2021 14:46:13 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1331429

registered interest
date	09/06/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what legislative and other steps she is proposing to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crimes in the UK ahead of the UK’s Safe To Be Me international LGBT+ conference in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	13174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>All forms of abuse and hatred are unacceptable.</p><p>The UK has a robust legislative framework to respond to hate crimes, which target race, religion, sexual orientation, disability and transgender identity. The Government published the hate crime action plan (Action Against Hate: The UK Government’s plan for tackling hate crime) in 2016 and refreshed this Plan in October 2018.</p><p>The Government has commissioned a Law Commission review of the adequacy of current hate crime legislation. The review will report this year and we will respond to it when it is complete.</p><p>Also, the Home Office has funded multiple projects aimed at tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime including:</p><ul><li>Kick It Out, who produced resources to raise awareness of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic abuse in football stadia;</li><li>Barnardo’s, who worked with schools in East Ridings of Yorkshire to promote understanding of LGBT lives and prevent homophobic, biphobic and transphobic hate crime;</li><li>Galop, who produced and distributed a series of factsheets and research to understand tackle online homophobic, biphobic and transphobic abuse; and</li><li>The Proud Trust who worked with the British Transport Police and rail companies to make public transport safer for LGBT people and encourage the reporting of hate crime.</li></ul><p>Government action to tackle broader discrimination against LGBTIQ+ people includes:</p><ul><li>A commitment to holding an international conference on LGBT rights in 2022.</li><li>Announced a further £3.2 million of UK-funded projects in September 2020 to help Commonwealth Governments and civil society groups reform outdated laws and end the legacy of discrimination and violence.</li><li>The DfE announced £750k of funding in June 2020, including a project for victims of hate-related bullying.</li><li>We will bring forward legislation to ban conversion therapy as soon as parliamentary time allows and we will make new funds available to ensure that victims have better access to the support they need.</li></ul><p>The Government will continue to work with relevant stakeholders, including Galop and Stonewall, to ensure that these actions are having a positive impact on the range of LGBTQ+ communities affected by hate crime and wider discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 13175 question first answered 16/06/2021 16:38:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1328136

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Victim Support Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to set up a redress scheme to ensure that all eligible survivors of trafficking and slavery who were denied subsistence payments are able to receive the back-dated payments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	7833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>We are aware that between 1 April 2015 – 30 November 2019, individuals who were in receipt of financial support payments during their time in the (then) Victim Care Contract (VCC) could have seen their support payments reduced as a result of them receiving alternative sources of income. This was in a way that was not in line with published policy or with the wording of the VCC. When uncovered, this practice was ceased in November 2019.</p><p>As back-payments may be appropriate in some cases, we are currently working on a process to establish individual eligibility and considering back-payment mechanisms.</p><p>We continue to work diligently to finalise these considerations, to provide the most effective remedy to those who could have been affected by incorrect financial support reductions. We will provide further details as our work progresses.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 07/06/2021 16:38:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1328160

registered interest
date	26/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
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 has plans to make changes to prevent spent hospital orders under the Mental Health Act from being recorded on patients' Disclosure and Barring Service records.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	7892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2021 answer text <p>As the question refers to spent hospital orders, we assume you are referring to hospital orders for an individual detained under the Mental Health Act as part of the disposal for a conviction. Spent criminal records are never disclosed on basic criminal record certificates.</p><p>Jobs which require higher levels of trust (such as roles working with children) may be eligible for standard or enhanced criminal record certificates issued by the Disclosure and Barring Service. These checks may also disclose spent convictions and cautions in accordance with disclosure rules. According to the rules, a spent conviction or caution would be disclosed only if: it was imposed within the last 11 years; or it was for a specified offence which is serious, relates to sexual or violent offending or is otherwise relevant for safeguarding purposes; or where a custodial sentence is imposed. Where such convictions are disclosed, the certificates will also include any attached sentences/disposals which could include a hospital order.</p><p>Enhanced certificates may also contain other information held by the police if a Chief Officer of police considers it relevant to the role and proportionate for it to be disclosed. In making such a decision, Chief Officers must have regard to statutory guidance issued by the Secretary of State which makes clear that disclosure of information related to mental health is sensitive and requires careful consideration. Information suggesting a particular risk of harm to others, for example, might be considered appropriate for disclosure. If such information is disclosed, the criminal record certificate should provide sufficient explanation to ensure that the prospective employer will clearly understand the relevance of the information to the application.</p><p>The Government considers that the current approach strikes the right balance between public protection and an individual’s right to private life.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/06/2021 13:56:37 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1327602

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support perpetrator behaviour change programmes to support services to work together to tackle high-harm perpetrators of domestic violence.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	6376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that abusive behaviour is tackled directly with perpetrators of abuse and the root causes of domestic abuse are addressed.</p><p> </p><p>This is why in the financial year 2020/21 we committed £10 million to tackle perpetrators of domestic abuse. From this we awarded over £7 million to Police and Crime Commissioners to support the introduction of innovative approaches to preventing domestic abuse, including the expansion of interventions such as the Drive Project that work with high harm perpetrators of domestic abuse.</p><p> </p><p>For the year 2021/22 we have £25 million - more than doubling the funding for tackling domestic abuse perpetrators. Building on the success of last year’s fund, I am pleased to confirm that on Friday 21st May we launched a new Perpetrator Programme Fund for Police and Crime Commissioners to bid into totalling £11.1m. The purpose of this fund is to support the introduction of more perpetrator programmes. The competition will be live for six weeks, closing on 2nd July.</p><p> </p><p>With the remainder of the £25 million funding, we will be considering how we can best support the projects we funded in 20/21, as well as continuing to build up our evidence base by investing in research, technology and innovation to tackle perpetrators and keep victims safe.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/05/2021 14:02:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1308963

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the (a) performance of the National Referral Mechanism process and (b) effect of that mechanism on people applying for asylum.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	181134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>The National Referral Mechanism (NRM) has lifted thousands of modern slavery victims out of dangerous situations of exploitation, putting them in a position where they can begin to rebuild their lives. We know that the system is currently facing challenges, therefore it is right that we learn lessons and consider how we can continue to support victims in a way that is sustainable and centred on their needs. The Government has established the NRM Transformation Programme, which will address the challenges that the current system faces by resetting the system of identification and support. Building on the successes of recent NRM reforms, the NRM Transformation Programme will make sure genuine victims have their cases settled promptly, receive support tailored to their needs, and are empowered to move on with their lives. We intend the NRM to be a world-class system that effectively identifies and delivers needs-based support for victims of modern slavery.</p><p>Where relevant, individuals are able to claim asylum whilst they are being supported by the NRM. Potential victims and victims of modern slavery are eligible for support through the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract (MSVCC), including accommodation and financial support. Where appropriate, some support services may be delivered by the asylum support system for asylum seeking victims</p><p>Confirmed victims of modern slavery who are also asylum seekers may be eligible for a grant of leave as a confirmed victim of modern slavery, but this usually only needs to be considered if the asylum claim is refused. The published policy can be found on gov.uk (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/941844/dl-for-victims-of-modern-slavery-v4.0ext.pdf" target="_blank">Discretionary leave considerations for victims of modern slavery</a>) and gives a number of examples in which a grant of discretionary leave is appropriate.</p><p>As part of the New Plan for Immigration announced on 24 March 2021, we are consulting on a proposal that would enable confirmed victims with long-term recovery needs linked to their modern slavery exploitation to be considered for a grant of temporary leave to remain to assist their recovery. This builds on our end-to-end needs-based approach to supporting victims. We would also make clear that temporary leave to remain may be available to victims who are helping the police with prosecutions and bringing their exploiters to justice.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/04/2021 16:41:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1309080

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to support women and girls against domestic abuse during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	181024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>There is no place for domestic abuse in our society. Home should be a safe place, but for many people sadly this is not the case. That is why this government is committed to ensuring that those who are experiencing harm or living in fear of abuse at home are able to seek support and refuge.</p><p>We know that victims of domestic abuse may feel particularly vulnerable at this time, which is why last year the Government launched our #YouAreNotAlone awareness raising campaign to signpost support available. The campaign has reached over 30 million UK adults and has been seen by over 130 million followers on social media.</p><p>In January, we also launched the ‘Ask for ANI’ Codeword scheme to enable domestic abuse victims to seek victim focussed support, including engagement with specialist victim support services and the police as necessary. Over 5,000 pharmacies across the nation are now participating in the scheme, and the scheme has been used by over 60 victims and survivors.</p><p>We have provided unprecedented new funding to victim support services to ensure that they have the capacity to provide support to victims and adapt their operational capacity in light of the impacts of the Pandemic. To that end we have awarded £27 million in additional funds to support domestic abuse services last financial year alone, comprising £25 million from the government’s £76 million in emergency funding for the most vulnerable in society, and an extra £2 million from the Home Office in April 2021 to bolster the capacity of domestic abuse organisations affected by the pandemic.</p><p>In November 2020 we announced a further £11 million towards a range of services offering practical and emotional help – allowing domestic abuse and specialist rape organisations to recruit more staff, adapt to remote counselling methods during the pandemic and keep helplines open for longer. This funding extends all the way into March of this year, covering the most recent period of national lockdown restrictions.</p><p>This financial year the Ministry of Justice has also announced in February that victims of rape and domestic abuse will be helped by a major £40m funding boost for specialist support services.</p><p>We continue to work closely with the police, victim support services and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner to better understand the scale of harm and how best to support victims throughout the Pandemic, and our transition out of social distancing measures.</p><p>Our landmark Domestic Abuse Bill - due to achieve Royal Assent this Spring - will further strengthen our response to perpetrators and improve our protection to victims, as will the publication of our domestic abuse strategy and linked violence against women and girls strategy later this year.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/04/2021 15:23:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron