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106185

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people for whom return is not possible have been in receipt of support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 for longer than six months.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Support is provided in some circumstances to failed asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</p><p>Although no specific records are kept, only a small number of people seek support because they claim they are permanently unable to leave the UK. Support is provided because there is a temporary legal or practical obstacle to departure, for example because the person is too sick to travel or needs time to apply for the necessary travel document. The number of people who have been on section 4 support for more than 6 months is 4,395.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 18/11/2014 15:20:07 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

106186

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total amount of unspent credit which has been removed from Azure card users as a result of the card's £5 carry-over limit.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL2657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Approximately £850,000 of credit has not been used since the card was introduced in December 2009 for this reason.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 18/11/2014 15:21:09 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

106197

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Business: Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of business awareness of cyber-crime; and what information her Department holds on financial loss resulting from cyber-attacks.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	213188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government makes no specific assessment of business awareness of Cyber Crime. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills conducts an annual Information Security Breaches Survey which gathers a range of data from businesses. In the 2014 survey 79% of respondents said that company management placed a high or very high priority on security. 68% of large organisations and 54% of small businesses provide ongoing security awareness training to their staff. <br><br>Estimating the costs of cyber crime is challenging. The UK cyber security strategy noted &quot;a truly robust estimate will probably never be established, but it is clear the costs are high and rising&quot;. Research used in the strategy suggested that costs to UK could be in the order of £27 billion per year. The Home Office has been focussing on improving and expanding the data on the prevalence of different types of cyber crime in order to develop more informed estimates of cost of cyber crime. The Home Office has set up a new external working group to improve those estimates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/11/2014 15:57:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

106242

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contribution the National Crime Agency international liaison officers have made to a cohesive international approach to cyber-crime.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	213187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The NCA has a network of around 140 International Liaison Officers (ILOs) which covers over 100 countries. The National Crime Agency's ILOs are available to provide support to all the Agency's investigations, including those for cyber crime led by the National Cyber Crime Unit. The National Cyber Crime Unit has a strong working relationship with international partners. Over the past year the National Cyber Crime Unit has led the UK response in a number of global operations targeting malware.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/11/2014 15:57:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

106267

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department has put in place to assist non-UK minors who are trafficked for sex.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	213215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is clear that where children are found to have been trafficked, regardless of exploitation type, their safety and welfare needs must be addressed as a priority and that child victims require tailored support which addresses their specific needs and vulnerabilities. <br><br>All local agencies including local authorities, police and Border Forcehave statutory duties to safeguard children as part of their local<br>responsibilities, regardless of nationality or immigration status. A child’s welfare is always the overriding consideration. <br><br>Responsibility for the care, protection and accommodation of all child trafficking victims rests with local authorities. local authorities have <br>well-established child support arrangements and a statutory duty under the Children Act 2004 to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children<br>in need of protection, including trafficked children regardless of their nationality or immigration status. Under these arrangements, looked after <br>children are provided with access to all their needs be they in relation to education, accommodation, psychological or health needs.<br>Local authorities co-ordinate the arrangements for each looked after childto ensure they are safeguarded and have their welfare promoted.<br><br>In January 2014 the Government announced proposals to trial specialist independent advocates for trafficked children. The trial, which began on 8 September 2014, will last for a period of 12 months across 23 local authorities in England. <br><br>The Modern Slavery Bill gives these advocates a statutory basis and the status they need to effectively support and represent the child. The Bill commits the Government to lay a report before Parliament setting out the steps the Government will take in relation to advocates for victims of child trafficking under these powers. Lessons learned from the trials will be detailed in the report, at which point we will be in a better position to assess what works best in supporting and protecting these vulnerable children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/11/2014 15:59:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

106325

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexting
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 can take to remove illegal sexting images sent through mobile telephones and other electronic devices; and how many such images have been so removed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Maria Miller
uin	213365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of cases of indecent images of children either self-taken, or possessed, by an under-18 reported to the police or referred to the Crown Prosecution Service.<br><br>I should also be clear that the Department is not able to intercept private communications between mobile phones and other devices to remove self-taken indecent images of children.<br><br>The police are operationally independent and it is not for the Home Office to direct officers how to do their job. The Child Protection and Abuse <br>Investigation Business Area Lead for the police has produced guidance on dealing with young people who share self-taken indecent images, and this is available to all officers.<br><br>We have a responsibility to educate young people to use technology safely and strongly discourage them from sharing self-taken indecent photographs. The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Command of the National Crime Agency has developed a specific educational resource to tackle ‘sexting’, which is designed for use by teachers. In addition, in December 2013 the Government launched the latest ‘This is Abuse’ campaign, which includes messages about the issue of ‘sexting’ as part of radio, online and social media advertising.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone grouped question UIN 213258 213268 question first answered 17/11/2014 17:07:12 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 26778 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

106326

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
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 European Arrest Warrant requests made against UK citizens by other countries were refused in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	213339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>In the financial year 2013-14, ten Arrest Warrants from Member States for British nationals were refused by the courts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Information is not held for the financial years 2011-12 and 2012-13.<br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Financial year 2013-14</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Final court decisions on Arrest Warrants issued by Member States for the surrender of British Nationals</p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrants for British nationals that were refused by the court</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrant for British nationals refused as a proportion of total of final court decisions.</p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br>Of the total number of surrenders from England, Wales and Northern Ireland between April 2009 and March 2014, over 95% (4,855 of 5,072) of people surrendered were foreign nationals and just over 4.3% (217 of 5,072) were British nationals. By way of comparison, in non-Arrest Warrant cases over a similar period 40% of those extradited have been British nationals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 213255 question first answered 10/11/2014 15:56:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

106327

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what target has been set for time taken to process applications from UK citizens waiting to return to the UK with surrogate children from outside the EU; and how many such applications made in the last three years were processed within that time.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
uin	213314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>Entry Clearance applications are divided into settlement and non-settlement categories. The ‘settlement’ category includes applications to bring an adopted non-EU child to the UK. The service standard for processing ‘settlement’ applications is: 95 per cent within 12 weeks of the application date and 100 per cent within 24 weeks of the application date, however, there may be circumstances in complex cases where a decision will take longer. <br>The Home Office does not record whether the adopted child was a surrogate birth or not on the entry clearance case-working system in a way that can be used to produce statistic</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/11/2014 16:06:30 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling

106328

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what average time is taken to process applications from UK citizens waiting to return to the UK with surrogate children from outside the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
uin	213313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information relating to UK citizens wishing to return to the UK with surrogate children from outside the EU. The number of Entry Clearance applications to bring adopted non-EU children to the UK over the past 3 years, along with the average time taken to process such applications is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications processed</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average time taken to process applications (working days)</p></td><td><p>66.5</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>24.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Visa endorsements for adoption and settlement. Source: HO Management Information, Performance, Reporting and Analysis Unit, 05.11.14</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/11/2014 16:38:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling

106329

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Policy
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 strengthen evidence-based policy-making in her Department; and what recent assessment she has made of the performance of evidence-based policies implemented by her Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	213319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office recognises the importance of ensuring policies are supported by a strong evidence-base and are subject to rigorous assessment. As with all government departments, our responsibility for evidenced policy making is set out in ‘The Green Book – Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government’ published by HM Treasury.<br><br>Recognising that there is always room for improvement, we are in the process of implementing a Home Office-wide Impact Assessment Improvement Plan to ensure impact assessments provide a robust appraisal of evidence and options.<br><br>The Home Secretary recently announced the establishment of a Crime and Policing Knowledge Hub in the Home Office. One of the Hub's roles is to develop a better understanding of crime trends and crime drivers, to inform more effective crime prevention policies.<br><br>The College of Policing has been set up to act as the professional body for policing and one of its five core areas of responsibility, set out in statute, is identifying, developing and promoting good practice based on evidence. The College’s role is to seek out best practice, supported by firmly-established evidence, and to ensure officers adopt it. In addition, the College of Policing hosts the What Works Centre for Crime Reduction, one of a national network of six – including health, education, ageing, local growth and early intervention. The Centre is developing an extensive outreach programme to support evidence based decision making across crime reduction. Outreach activities include master classes, research fairs, Evidence Base Camp (engaging practitioners in evidence review) and establishing a network of evidence ‘champions’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 16:45:33 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn