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1717185

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Delivery Services
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 make an assessment of the the potential merits of updating the Licensing Act 2003 to regulate online alcohol delivery services.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	25653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the way in which people purchase alcohol has changed in recent years, with sales increasingly being made online.</p><p>Accordingly, we recently ran a consultation that closed on 30 March this year that requested views on whether the Licensing Act 2003 should be amended to include a requirement for age verification to occur when alcohol purchased remotely is delivered. We also asked for views on whether the Act should be amended to specify that it is an offence to deliver alcohol to someone who is already intoxicated.</p><p>We are currently analysing the responses to this consultation and will publish a response in due course.</p><p>Home Office officials meet regularly with Alcohol Change UK to discuss the licensing framework in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 25654 question first answered 20/05/2024 15:36:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1717186

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Delivery Services
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 hold discussions with Alcohol Change UK on their research entitled The need for responsible alcohol delivery, published on 8 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	25654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the way in which people purchase alcohol has changed in recent years, with sales increasingly being made online.</p><p>Accordingly, we recently ran a consultation that closed on 30 March this year that requested views on whether the Licensing Act 2003 should be amended to include a requirement for age verification to occur when alcohol purchased remotely is delivered. We also asked for views on whether the Act should be amended to specify that it is an offence to deliver alcohol to someone who is already intoxicated.</p><p>We are currently analysing the responses to this consultation and will publish a response in due course.</p><p>Home Office officials meet regularly with Alcohol Change UK to discuss the licensing framework in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 25653 question first answered 20/05/2024 15:36:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1716405

registered interest
date	08/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Wildlife: Crime
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 bring forward legislative proposals to increase the range of wildlife crimes which have notifiable status.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	25256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>This Government recognises the importance of tackling wildlife crime, which is why, along with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Home Office directly funds the National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) to help tackle these crimes.</p><p>The NWCU provides intelligence, analysis and investigative assistance to the police and other law enforcement agencies across the UK to support them in investigating wildlife crime. This includes supporting cases referred by Border Force to the National Crime Agency or to individual forces. The NWCU is also the UK policing focal point for EUROPOL and INTERPOL wildlife crime activity.</p><p>The NWCU uses this information to produce strategic and tactical assessments of wildlife crime across the UK. These assessments also take into consideration the views of the Wildlife Crime Conservation Advisory Group, which highlight priorities based on the conservation status of specific species and review all other non-priority intelligence to identify any emerging threats. It is these assessments which ultimately drive the operational response to tackling wildlife crime in the UK.</p><p>We will keep under review any legislative proposals to increase the range of wildlife crimes that have notifiable status. If a non-notifiable wildlife crime is reported to police it can still be investigated. Chief Constables have operational independence to tackle the crimes that matter most to their communities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/05/2024 13:59:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1715229

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to announce whether he plans to extend the seasonal agricultural workers scheme beyond December 2024.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	24490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government keeps the Seasonal Worker route under close review, and we will say more in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 13/05/2024 14:27:24 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1671474

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process (a) student visa and (b) student sponsor license applications.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	2610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has continually remained within published service standard for straightforward applications within the Student route. We work closely with the education sector and through public communications campaigns to encourage students to apply as early as possible and to check they have submitted the right documents, to reduce delays. Customers applying to the Student route from overseas can apply up to six months ahead of the course start date, once their education sponsor has provided the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies (CAS). We continue to review internal processes to identify opportunities to improve the customer journey.</p><p>Student Sponsor license applications have an eight-week service standard which includes a pre-licence visit. To reduce processing times, the pre-licence visits are now undertaken by dedicated Study Compliance officers. Applications may take longer to decide where further information is required from the prospective sponsor following the visit, to confirm the licence requirements are met.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/11/2023 15:29:34 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1671477

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of student visa applications have not been renewed since 1 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	2611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>Information on how many people extend their permission within the Student or Graduate route can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-june-2023" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Where eligible, students may also apply to switch into an alternative appropriate category. We do not routinely publish data on how many students switch into other immigration categories.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/11/2023 15:27:29 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1671478

registered interest
date	20/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UK Visas and Immigration is meeting its service standard for processing student visa applications as of November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	2612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>We have remained continually within service standard for straightforward standard, priority, and super priority Student visa applications. Where applications are complex and we require further information or checks, we may take to take longer to reach a decision. This is to ensure the applicant meets the requirements of the immigration rules and prevent abuse of our immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 28/11/2023 15:28:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1665564

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were rejected on the grounds of a false claim of LGB in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	203032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on LGB asylum claims in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on initial decisions (including refusals) on asylum applications where sexual orientation formed part of the basis for the claim is published in table SOC_02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#experimental-statistics-asylum-claims-on-the-basis-of-sexual-orientation" target="_blank">asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Please note that information on the reason for refusal is not published and therefore the statistics do not separately identify refusals on the grounds of false claims from refusals for other reasons.</p><p> </p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to 2022. Data prior to 2015 is not published.</p><p> </p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2023 08:42:01 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1665570

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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: Resignations
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 left employment in the Border Force in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	203034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Border Force has grown over this time, so it does mean the percentage has decreased. For example, FTE in 2015/16 was c7400 and is currently 11918.</p><p>&quot;<strong>Headcount of Border Force Leavers who have also left the Home Office (only available from 2014)&quot;</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Person Type</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Information not available</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>351</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>693</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>709</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>547</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>398</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>403</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/10/2023 14:00:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1665573

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Science
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of capacity in UKAS accredited forensic science police laboratories; and whether there is a backlog in cases as of 17 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	203035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on capacity at police laboratories and the deployment of resources on forensic science activities is for individual forces and Police and Crime Commissioners to determine. However, the Forensics Reform Programme Board has oversight of strategic capacity issues. Through this Board we have assessed that there are capacity shortfalls in some areas of forensics, including digital.</p><p>The Home Office has invested £4.33m in 2022/23 and £3.2m for 2023/24 to the police-led Forensic Capability Network which provides ongoing support to over 4,000 forensics professionals by coordinating a wide range of national activities. BlueLight Commercial works with the National Police Chief’s Council and the Forensics Capability Network to manages forensic science contracts and other commercial functions in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/10/2023 11:20:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith