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1199262

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 14 May 2019 (HL Deb, col 90GC), what steps they have taken to ensure better data on the scale of child sexual abuse; and what progress they have made in establishing a national prevalence survey on child sexual abuse.
tabling member printed	Baroness Cox
uin	HL4942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on crimes recorded by the police, including crimes related to child sexual abuse. These are published quarterly in the Office for National Statistics bulletin “Crime in England and Wales”. The latest data are available here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingdecember2019" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingdecember2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The ONS have recently published additional statistics and commentary on child sex abuse. There are available here <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/childsexualabuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2019" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/childsexualabuseinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2019</a>. The most recent Crime Survey for England and Wales estimates that in the year ending March 2019, approximately 3.1 million adults aged 18 to 74 years experienced child sexual abuse before the age of 16 years. This is equivalent to 7.5% of the population aged 18 to 74 years.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS is currently carrying out a feasibility study to determine whether a new survey could effectively measure the current scale and nature of child abuse and neglect, including child sexual abuse. Findings from the first stage of the research are due to be published later in 2020.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/06/2020 13:51:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3364 label Biography information for Baroness Cox

1199274

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when they plan to issue guidance to local councils regarding the recommencement of birth registrations; and whether all registry offices in England will reopen at the same time.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The local registration service in England has been advised that birth registrations can recommence where these can be safely delivered in line with Public Health and local authority guidelines. It will be for individual local authorities to determine when it is safe for them to open.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/06/2020 11:34:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1199275

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the rule that a baby’s birth must be registered within 42 days has been relaxed due to the closure of registry offices to register births caused by COVID-19.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL4991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The requirement for births to be registered within 42-days of the date of birth is not currently being enforced.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/06/2020 11:37:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1199284

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) whether France has taken effective action to apprehend those who accommodate illegal migration to the UK, and (2) how many arrests and convictions of such people traffickers have been recorded and reported by France over the past two years.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL5037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office liaises directly with the French Interior Ministry on addressing the issue of illegal migration, engaging at an official, diplomatic level and supported at an operational level through regular UK-French Migration Committees.</p><p>Through joint-working with France, the UK has funded the continued deployment of French law enforcement along the coast of northern France, who are patrolling constantly in order to detect attempted crossings by migrants. Funding has been allocated, among other projects, for further security improvements at ports in northern France and on the ground, which includes drones, specialist vehicles and detection equipment to stop small boats leaving European shores.</p><p>Intelligence flows are also key to dismantling the organised crime groups behind crossings. We have restructured and repurposed our approach to support to better inform and direct how and where law enforcement is deployed.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on French arrests and convictions.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/06/2020 11:28:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1199285

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: France
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what financial payments the UK has made to France to assist in the prevention of illegal migration in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
uin	HL5038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK and France maintain a longstanding relationship on tackling illegal migration at the shared border; since 2015 the UK has committed several funding packages to supporting this work. In 2015, both countries signed a Joint Declaration which committed £10 million towards security reviews of the juxtaposed controls and to moving migrants into reception centres across France. This was followed by payments in 2016 (£17 million) and 2017 (£36 million) to further strengthen the border and maintain the operation of the juxtaposed controls.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2018 both countries signed the Sandhurst Treaty. The UK made a commitment of €50 million (£45.5m) to implement the terms of the Treaty, which adopted a “whole of route approach” to tackling illegal migration. This was followed in 2019 by the signature of the Joint Action Plan on Combatting Illegal Migration Involving Small Boats. Under paragraph 11 of this plan, the UK committed €3.6m (approximately £3.25m) to tackling the issue. This was supplemented with a further €2.5m (£2.25m) in the 19/20 Financial Year, which was dedicated to the deployment of gendarme reservists and further strengthening preventive security measures at the French coast.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/06/2020 11:36:13 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

1199286

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Quarantine: Hong Kong
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether the proposed 14-day quarantine for those entering the UK will be adapted to reflect the different levels of COVID-19 infection and mortality in different countries; and whether holders of British Nationals (Overseas) passports, and their families, travelling from Hong Kong will be subject to the quarantine requirements.
tabling member printed	Baroness Meyer
uin	HL5043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is exploring all options to allow us to safely increase travel including international travel corridors. In due course more information will be published on the criteria that must be satisfied to lift these public health measures, or to move to a new approach.</p><p>From 8 June, all passengers arriving in the UK will be required to self-isolate for 14 days and could be contacted throughout this period to ensure compliance. This applies to all nationalities, including holders of British Nationals (Overseas) Passports and their families.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/06/2020 10:42:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4699 label Biography information for Baroness Meyer

1199291

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Baroness Williams of Trafford on 26 May (HL4429), on what basis they are unable to comment on individual cases.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL5062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Right Honorable Lord to my answer of 26 May 2020 on this matter. The position still remains that I am unable to comment on individual cases on the grounds of data protection principles and operational independence of the police and courts.</p><p>The Home Office will however always ensure that cases such as these are handled with extreme professionalism to ensure that decisions are lawfully made in the best interests of the British public.</p><p>This Government makes clear that foreign criminals should be deported from the UK wherever it is legal and practical to do so. Foreign national offenders should be in no doubt of our determination to remove them, and since 2010 we have removed more than 53,000.</p><p>Child sexual abuse is a devastating crime and we are committed to ensuring the protection of victims who have the courage to come forward to report abuse. The Home Office is in contact with the local Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) panel to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.</p><p>We are also developing a first of its kind national Child Sexual Abuse Strategy which will set out our long-term ambition in tackling all forms of child sexual abuse, including how we will work across government, law enforcement, safeguarding partners and industry to root out offending, and protect and help victims and survivors to recover and rebuild their lives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5063 HL5064 question first answered 24/06/2020 10:43:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1199292

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possibility of deporting Abdul Aziz, Adil Khan and Qari Abdul Rauf from the UK; and if they have concluded that this is not possible, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL5063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Right Honorable Lord to my answer of 26 May 2020 on this matter. The position still remains that I am unable to comment on individual cases on the grounds of data protection principles and operational independence of the police and courts.</p><p>The Home Office will however always ensure that cases such as these are handled with extreme professionalism to ensure that decisions are lawfully made in the best interests of the British public.</p><p>This Government makes clear that foreign criminals should be deported from the UK wherever it is legal and practical to do so. Foreign national offenders should be in no doubt of our determination to remove them, and since 2010 we have removed more than 53,000.</p><p>Child sexual abuse is a devastating crime and we are committed to ensuring the protection of victims who have the courage to come forward to report abuse. The Home Office is in contact with the local Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) panel to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.</p><p>We are also developing a first of its kind national Child Sexual Abuse Strategy which will set out our long-term ambition in tackling all forms of child sexual abuse, including how we will work across government, law enforcement, safeguarding partners and industry to root out offending, and protect and help victims and survivors to recover and rebuild their lives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5062 HL5064 question first answered 24/06/2020 10:43:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1199293

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offenders: Pakistan
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there are any connections between Abdul Aziz, Adil Khan and Qari Abdul Rauf and staff in the (1) Home Office, or (2) UK Visas and Immigration.
tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
uin	HL5064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Right Honorable Lord to my answer of 26 May 2020 on this matter. The position still remains that I am unable to comment on individual cases on the grounds of data protection principles and operational independence of the police and courts.</p><p>The Home Office will however always ensure that cases such as these are handled with extreme professionalism to ensure that decisions are lawfully made in the best interests of the British public.</p><p>This Government makes clear that foreign criminals should be deported from the UK wherever it is legal and practical to do so. Foreign national offenders should be in no doubt of our determination to remove them, and since 2010 we have removed more than 53,000.</p><p>Child sexual abuse is a devastating crime and we are committed to ensuring the protection of victims who have the courage to come forward to report abuse. The Home Office is in contact with the local Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) panel to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.</p><p>We are also developing a first of its kind national Child Sexual Abuse Strategy which will set out our long-term ambition in tackling all forms of child sexual abuse, including how we will work across government, law enforcement, safeguarding partners and industry to root out offending, and protect and help victims and survivors to recover and rebuild their lives.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5062 HL5063 question first answered 24/06/2020 10:43:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

1199310

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the scientific evidence behind the decision that certain groups of incoming travellers from abroad, including (1) healthcare, (2) agriculture, (3) transport, and (4) other business, workers should not be subject to a 14 day quarantine, depending on the purpose of their visit and the country of the start of their journey.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>From 8 June, all passengers arriving in the UK without having travelled through another part of the Common Travel Area are required to self-isolate for 14 days, apart from those on a short list of exemptions. Scientific advice and other considerations suggest that imported cases matter most when the UK has a low level of infection. Self isolation of those arriving in the UK helps to reduce the risk of imported cases forming a higher proportion of overall infections.</p><p>A small group of arrivals to the UK will be exempt from the self-isolation measure, in order to allow the UK to maintain essential supply chains and infrastructure and respect our international obligations.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 16/06/2020 11:21:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley