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381729

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to ratify the Istanbul Convention in order to protect women and girls who have suffered sexual violence regardless of their immigration status.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (“the Istanbul Convention”).</p><p>The UK already has some of the most robust protections in the world against violence towards women and we already comply with the vast majority of the articles in the Istanbul Convention. This includes those related to protecting women and girls, whatever type of violence or abuse they may have been subjected to and irrespective of their immigration status.</p><p>The UK Government is liaising with the devolved administrations about ratification, including any further legislative steps necessary.</p><p>Primary legislation will be needed to comply with the extra-territorial jurisdiction provisions in Article 44 of the Convention before it can be ratified.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 24/06/2015 13:50:30 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

381462

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Theft: Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts of dogs occurred in the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office holds statistics on notifiable offences recorded by the police. The police record offences of thefts, in a number of categories and supply this information to the Home Office. Theft of dogs is most likely to be recorded within ‘other theft’, however theft of dogs cannot be separately identified within this category.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 23/06/2015 15:43:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

381530

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners: Norfolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason she has outsourced responsibility for the adjudication of bids for the Child Abuse Inquiry Support Fund and The Child and Adult Victims of Sexual Abuse Support Fund to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	2790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Final decisions on funding were confirmed by an Oversight Group jointly chaired by the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner and the Home Office. Allocating the funding in this way ensured that all victims of child sexual abuse receive the support they need, when they need it. The process recognises both the urgency of supporting victims now, and the need to ensure that a strategic sustainable national response is established. The Chief Constable for Norfolk is the National Policing Lead for Child Protection and Abuse Investigation and the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner is committed to supporting victims of sexual abuse as evidenced through its Police and Crime Plan. It is therefore entirely appropriate to draw on this expertise and commitment in the effective allocation of funding to support survivors of child sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 2789 question first answered 22/06/2015 14:50:19 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

381531

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners: Norfolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process and criteria was for the appointment of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for Norfolk to adjudicate on the disbursement of the Child Abuse Inquiry Support Fund and The Child and Adult Victims of Sexual Abuse Support Fund; and what qualifications the PCC for Norfolk has to carry out that task.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	2789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Final decisions on funding were confirmed by an Oversight Group jointly chaired by the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner and the Home Office. Allocating the funding in this way ensured that all victims of child sexual abuse receive the support they need, when they need it. The process recognises both the urgency of supporting victims now, and the need to ensure that a strategic sustainable national response is established. The Chief Constable for Norfolk is the National Policing Lead for Child Protection and Abuse Investigation and the Norfolk Police and Crime Commissioner is committed to supporting victims of sexual abuse as evidenced through its Police and Crime Plan. It is therefore entirely appropriate to draw on this expertise and commitment in the effective allocation of funding to support survivors of child sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 2790 question first answered 22/06/2015 14:50:19 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

381532

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: British Overseas Territories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 2060, whether the Government is liaising with British Overseas Territories about ratification of the convention.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	2800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>We intend our ratification to apply to Great Britain and Northern Ireland. We will encourage the overseas territories to consider ratification when they are in a position to do so. However, this is a matter for them to decide.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/06/2015 15:22:39 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

381534

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shotgun and firearms permit holders there were in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The table provided below contains statistics on the number of firearm and shotgun certificates on issue in England and Wales as at 31 March each year from 2009/10 to 2013/14.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><strong>Number of firearm and shotgun certificates on issue as at 31 March each year, England and Wales, 2009/10 to 2013/14</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Firearm certificates on issue</td><td>Shotgun certificates on issue</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>141,852</td><td>580,653</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>141,840</td><td>564,269</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>143,166</td><td>562,696</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>147,695</td><td>570,726</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013/14</td><td>151,413</td><td>582,923</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 22/06/2015 15:08:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ1.15 table.xls title copy of table
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

381536

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many decisions were made from outside the UK for (a) entry clearance and (b) extension of stay in relation to non-European Economic Area partner applications in each year since 2008; and how many of those applications were (i) successful, (ii) unsuccessful, (iii) withdrawn and (iv) lapsed.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	2657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The available published information is shown in the following tables,</p><p>TABLE 1</p><p>TABLE 2</p><p>The figures provided relate to partners in the family immigration category.</p><p>Withdrawn and lapsed applications are not available in the published extensions data.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on entry clearance visa decisions by category in table vi_01_q (Entry clearance visas tables volume 1) and extension of stay decisions in table ex_01_q within the ‘Immigration Statistics’ release. The published statistics do not distinguish between applications made and decided under the family Immigration Rules in force before and from 9 July 2012. Grants and other case resolutions do not necessarily correspond to an application made in the same period.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, “Immigration Statistics January to March 2015”, is available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>. A copy will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 2657 and 2658 Table 1.xls title TABLE 1 2 file name PQ 2657 and 2658 Table 2.xls title TABLE 2 grouped question UIN 2658 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:22:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

381537

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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 decisions were made from within the UK for (a) entry clearance and (b) extension of stay in relation to non-European Economic Area partner applications in each year since 2008; and how many of those applications were (i) successful, (ii) unsuccessful, (iii) withdrawn and (iv) lapsed.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	2658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The available published information is shown in the following tables,</p><p>TABLE 1</p><p>TABLE 2</p><p>The figures provided relate to partners in the family immigration category.</p><p>Withdrawn and lapsed applications are not available in the published extensions data.</p><p>The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on entry clearance visa decisions by category in table vi_01_q (Entry clearance visas tables volume 1) and extension of stay decisions in table ex_01_q within the ‘Immigration Statistics’ release. The published statistics do not distinguish between applications made and decided under the family Immigration Rules in force before and from 9 July 2012. Grants and other case resolutions do not necessarily correspond to an application made in the same period.</p><p>A copy of the latest release, “Immigration Statistics January to March 2015”, is available from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>. A copy will be placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ 2657 and 2658 Table 1.xls title TABLE 1 2 file name PQ 2657 and 2658 Table 2.xls title TABLE 2 grouped question UIN 2657 question first answered 22/06/2015 15:22:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

381538

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
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 address the rise in far-right organisations in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes very seriously the need to respond to the threat from all types of extremism. Our new counter-extremism strategy will create a new partnership to protect people from extremism in all its forms: non-violent and violent, neo-Nazi and Islamist. The strategy will also introduce a comprehensive range of additional measures including additional legislation to tackle extremist individuals, groups and to close premises used for extremist activity.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/06/2015 15:37:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

381539

registered interest
date	16/06/2015
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, if she will ensure that compensation payments are granted to people affected by passport processing delays in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	2672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Passport Office and its predecessor bodies have never guaranteed that standard passport applications will be delivered within certain turnaround times. A passport will never be issued until the necessary security and other checks have been satisfactorily completed. The turnaround times are intended as guidance only, as is made clear.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 23/06/2015 15:39:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon