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748016

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, in the light of figures released by the MPS showing an increase in the number of acid attacks in London from 261 in 2015 to 454 in 2016, what action they are taking to ensure public safety.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is very concerned about the use of acid and other corrosives in violent attacks. The Government and the National Police Chiefs’ Council jointly hosted a meeting on 4 July with medical experts, police officers, retailers, and officials from a number of Government departments and agencies to share understanding about the nature of such attacks and discussed action being taken by the respective agencies. We are currently considering what further action can be taken to ensure public safety.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 18/07/2017 11:30:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

748216

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Corrosive Substances: Sales
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 Answers to the hon. Member for East Ham of 23 March 2017 to Questions 68535 and 68460, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislation to (a) control the sale and purchase of products with high acidic content and (b) restrict by age of consumer the sale and purchase of such products.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office and the National Police Chiefs’ Council jointly hosted a meeting on 4 July with medical experts, police, retailers, and officials from a number of Government departments and agencies to share understanding about the nature of attacks and discussed action being taken by the respective agencies. We are currently considering with retailers what action can be taken to restrict access to the most harmful products used in acid and other corrosive substance attacks.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/07/2017 12:40:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

748220

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the 2017-18 Counter Terrorism Policing and Protective Security Grant budget has been allocated to (a) regional units and (b) national units.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	2787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to the Hon Member for West Ham on the 27th June 2017, UIN 787.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/07/2017 15:22:35 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

748222

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people applied for a visa through the fast track immigration service in the UK since 1 January 2017; and how many of those visa applications were granted on the same day that the application was made.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	2777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Purdah has delayed publication of data for 2017. A link to the most recent available data and that for Q4 of 2016 is therefore provided.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/07/2017 13:12:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

748225

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Public Appointments
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 publish the (a) salary and (b) terms of employment of each of the Director-Generals in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	2779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The salaries of Home Office Director Generals will be published in accordance with the Government’s transparency policy. The salaries are reported in the Home Office Annual Accounts, the 2016/17 Home Office Annual Accounts will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p>The previous Annual Report 2015/16 can be found here</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to publish the individual Director General terms and conditions. The Civil Service Management Code, which contains terms and conditions for all Civil Servants is published here.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-servants-terms-and-conditions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-servants-terms-and-conditions</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/07/2017 16:27:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

748226

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed in (a) UKVI, (b) UKBA and (c) passport services as at 1 July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	2780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>UKBA ceased to exist in 2013 with the work transferred into two new Directorates (a) UKVI and Immigration Enforcement. Figures for these organisations are published quarterly on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/07/2017 13:13:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

748228

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the annual operating cost of IT systems for each police force in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Total ICT costs for each police force in England and Wales are available on GOV.UK within the Value for money profiles published by HMIC<a href="http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmic/our-work/value-for-money-inspections/value-for-money-profiles/" target="_blank">http://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmic/our-work/value-for-money-inspections/value-for-money-profiles/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/07/2017 17:32:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

748233

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle violent sex abuse against women from Asian and Pakistani groups in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises that sexual violence affects women from all communities across the UK. These are devastating crimes, and we are committed to ensuring that every victim has access to the specialist support they need, and that everything is done to bring offenders to justice. We want every report of rape to be treated seriously from the point of disclosure, every victim to be treated with dignity and every investigation and prosecution to be conducted thoroughly and professionally.</p><p> </p><p>Our cross-Government violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy recognises that some sectors of society, such as Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, can experience additional barriers to accessing support.</p><p> </p><p>We have pledged increased funding of £100 million through to 2020 to support our commitment to tackling VAWG, including protecting funding to 85 Rape Support Centres and a new £17m VAWG Service Transformation Fund.</p><p> </p><p>This increased funding and our support for local areas to improve commissioning will help to ensure that the needs of BAME victims are met through specialist support.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/07/2017 16:19:25 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

748235

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many applications her Department has received for special grants and (b) what amount has been given in such grants in each financial year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes the applications and decisions taken on Special Grant. This can be found at the link below. Data relating to 2016/17 will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications</a></p><p> </p><p>Applications for Special Grant from 2007 to 2014 can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-grants-paid-to-the-police-forces-in-england-and-wales-from-2007-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/special-grants-paid-to-the-police-forces-in-england-and-wales-from-2007-to-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/07/2017 17:07:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

748236

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Welfare in Detention of Vulnerable Persons Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when Stephen Shaw will begin his follow-up review into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	2693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The follow up to the review by Stephen Shaw CBE into the welfare in detention of vulnerable persons will start in autumn 2017.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/07/2017 13:10:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield