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1027175

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendation made by the British Red Cross in its report Still an ordeal: the move-on period for new refugees, published on 6 December, that the time given to refugees before they become ineligible for asylum support following the granting of refugee status should be extended to 56 days
tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
uin	HL12357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Home Office officials have met the authors of the report. We are considering the recommendations and will respond in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 14:19:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1027183

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that butchery skills are recognised in the future immigration framework.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL12365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) report on the impact of EEA migration in the UK, was published on the 18 September. We are considering these recommendations carefully.</p><p>We will publish a White Paper outlining proposals for the future border and immigration system shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2018 13:39:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1027213

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
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: Patrol Craft
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 increase the number of patrol boats available to Border Force for use in the English Channel.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	202795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Border Force constantly review their maritime capabilities and currently have two coastal patrol vessels and one cutter available for the English Channel. In light of recent events they have stepped up deployments along the South-East coast.</p><p>Clandestine entry to the UK is not an issue that can be solved by coastal patrols alone, so Border Force cooperate closely with their French counterparts to counter clandestine activity at source and continue to encourage maritime communities to report suspicious activity in the English Channel.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2018 10:23:36 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1027215

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what topics were discussed at the most recent meeting of the serious violence taskforce; and if he will publish the minutes of that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	202796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The most recent meeting of the Serious Violence Taskforce took place on 21 November and the discussion focused on Alternative Provision, Pupil Referral Units and Out of Area Placements. The meeting also considered serious violence hotspots, and a case study response to the issue of coun-ty lines. The minutes from the Serious Violence Taskforce meetings are not published, this is to ensure that open and frank discussion can take place at the meetings.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2018 10:16:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1027246

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to programmes aimed at tackling domestic violence in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy set out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybody’s business.</p><p>Over this spending review period, we are providing £100 million of dedicated funding to tackle VAWG. VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level by Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners. The Government’s VAWG National Statement of Expectations encourages such decisions to be taken at a local level and driven by local need.</p><p>We created a £17 million 3-year VAWG Service Transformation Fund, which is funding projects across 41 areas in England and Wales to embed local best practice and ensure that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm. Details of the funding are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-against-women-and-girls-service-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2020</p><p>Through the Police Transformation Fund we are spending £5.8 million to support innovative projects to tackle domestic abuse. More details of the funding are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2018</a></p><p>We have also announced an £8 million fund to support children affected by domestic abuse, which gives charities, local authorities and other organisations the chance to bid for money for projects designed to intervene early to help children who have been directly or indirectly affected by domestic abuse. We will announce successful bids shortly.</p><p>The Home Office also supports the national VAWG Helplines and recently committed funding of up to £1.1m per annum for these services until 2021.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2018 10:10:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1027249

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Nottinghamshire
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 per head of population there were in Nottinghamshire in each of the last two years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	202814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These figures present a picture of the workforce as at the 31 March and as at 30 September each year.</p><p>Data on the number of officers per 100,000 of the resident population, by police force area, are published on an annual basis. The latest available data can be found in Table_H4 of the data tables accompanying the main release, the latest of which can be accessed here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2018 16:11:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1027261

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people who report to immigration reporting centres receive financial support from the Home Office to do so.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	202693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Financial support to enable attendance at a reporting centre is determined on a case by case basis by the Home Office and is dependent on a number of factors including the current status of an individual’s case, proximity to an immigration reporting centre location and any exceptional circumstances.</p><p>An individual who is required to report is able to apply for support and on approval will receive a ticket for their homeward journey and next reporting event.</p><p>This system will be replaced nationally by a pre-loaded debit card system which is part of the ongoing transformation of our reporting centres and it is envisaged that all individuals requiring financial support to report will be provided the necessary funds via this system.</p><p>The exact proportion of the reporting population who receive such support is not available in an accessible format and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/12/2018 12:56:28 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1027298

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Schools: Notice Boards
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 meet with the Chief Fire and Rescue Advisor to discuss issuing strategic advice and guidance for (a) fire and rescue authorities and (b) local education authorities on the installation and inspection of school classroom notice boards to ensure they are legally compliant with respect to fire standards.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	202697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The role of Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser was abolished in 2017.</p><p>The General Product Safety Regulations 2005 places a responsibility on manufacturers to put only safe products on to the market. Products, and their constituent materials, must be safe for any reasonable foreseeable use.</p><p>Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person (usually the owner, employer or managing agent) is required to ensure adequate fire protection measures are in place and maintained appropriately. To help responsible persons identify and mitigate fire risk and comply with the provisions of the Order, Government has made available guidance, including a specific guide for education premises, which is available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-educational-premises." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-risk-assessment-educational-premises.</a></p><p>Additional guidance on design for fire safety in schools, known as Building Bulletin 100, was published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families in 2007 and refers to the safe use of notice boards. The guide is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bulletin-100-design-for-fire-safety-in-schools." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-bulletin-100-design-for-fire-safety-in-schools.</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2018 15:57:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1027305

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pensions
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 oral statement of 13 December 2018 on Police Funding Settlement, Official Report, column 431, for what reason the resource provided to cover unexpected increases in the contribution to public sector pensions will match the £165m identified by police chiefs as being the liability in 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	202836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p><br /><del class="ministerial">The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These figures present a picture of the workforce as at the 31 March and as at 30 September each year. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical publication, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Data on the number of officers per 100,000 of the resident population, by police force area, are published on an annual basis. The latest available data on the number of police officers per 100,000 of the population can be found in Table_H4 of the data tables accompanying the main release, the latest of which can be accessed here:</del><br /><del class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018</a></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Data on the number of police officers are collected at Police Force Area level only, and cannot be broken at local authority level.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold information on response times of the police.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In his Budget, the Chancellor committed to providing funding for the police in 2019/20 to cover additional pensions costs beyond the £165m which was expected at Budget 2016. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The pensions grant announced at the settlement covers the additional pension costs above £165m for the police officer scheme, and the additional pension costs above £11m for police staff. This reflects revised costings following technical changes to how the actuarial estimate of the increase in costs for officers is assessed. Total expected cost pressures arising from the valuations are now £302m for the police officer scheme and £27m for police staff.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is enabling an overall increase in funding of up to £970m in police funding including precept and national priorities. This pensions funding, taken together with the additional grant funding and local precept, provides sufficient means for the police to meet cost increases, while continuing to recruit and invest in the capabilities they need.</ins></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial">Cost pressures, including pensions, beyond 2019/20 will be considered as part of the next Spending Review where decisions on longer term police funding will be made in the round.</ins></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 21/12/2018 16:00:34 question first ministerially corrected 04/01/2019 10:46:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 93551 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1027307

registered interest
date	17/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pensions
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 oral statement 13 December 2018 on Police Funding Settlement, Official Report, column 431, what plans the Government has to meet the unexpected increases in their contribution to public sector pensions in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	202838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p><br>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These figures present a picture of the workforce as at the 31 March and as at 30 September each year. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical publication, which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Data on the number of officers per 100,000 of the resident population, by police force area, are published on an annual basis. The latest available data on the number of police officers per 100,000 of the population can be found in Table_H4 of the data tables accompanying the main release, the latest of which can be accessed here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018</a></p><p>Data on the number of police officers are collected at Police Force Area level only, and cannot be broken at local authority level.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on response times of the police.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 202836 202841 question first answered 21/12/2018 16:00:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh