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1695923

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Internet: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the regulation of online (a) ordering and (b) delivery of (i) age-restricted products and (ii) bladed items to self-service lockers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	18546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>Under the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 it is the legal responsibility of sellers to ensure that age-restricted bladed articles are not delivered or arranged to be delivered to a self-service locker.</p><p>The law requires (set out what is expected of online sales of knives and age verification and the requirements on those who deliver) This legislation is enforced by the police and Trading Standards.</p><p>We keep the law in this area under close review and the Government has recently taken action to prohibit the sale, manufacture, supply and possession of zombie style knives and machetes, subject to the relevant Statutory Instrument being approved by Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/03/2024 15:27:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1689454

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Hospitals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the number of total hours police have spent accompanying patients in hospitals in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	14353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect information on the total number of hours police have spent accompanying patients in hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2024 16:56:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1673646

registered interest
date	28/11/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Seized Articles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) e-cigarette and vaping and (b) tobacco products were seized at UK borders in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	4231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>On point a, Border Force does not hold data on eCigarettes and vaping in an easily accessible format.</p><p>Border Force regularly publishes data on tobacco products seized at the UK border.</p><p>The latest transparency returns can be found at the link here; Border Force transparency data: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBFSecretariat%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cee9c7fad26944220b9f608dbf0e4e6ff%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638368638135483044%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=CVp4HAMcf2VGQgTMYoYzqTx87uUhxthJyN1taMKB5Wc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 04/12/2023 16:55:55 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1651889

registered interest
date	11/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Hotels
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 review her Department’s use of hotel accommodation to help improve the suitability of accommodation offered to asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	193421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and other support whilst their application for asylum is being considered as set out in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The United Kingdom has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and other support whilst their application for asylum is being considered as set out in the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The enduring solution is to stop the illegal, dangerous, and unnecessary small boat crossings that are overwhelming our asylum system. The Home Office is working tirelessly, alongside other government departments, to reduce the Government’s dependency on hotels for contingency accommodation through a package of long-term and short-term measures.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Asylum Accommodation service providers identify suitable accommodation and ensure that it conforms to the accommodation standards and provision set out in Schedule 2 of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts (AASC). The Statement of Requirements, available via the link below, sets out the full details of our contractual obligations:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdata.parliament.uk%2FDepositedPapers%2FFiles%2FDEP2018-1112%2FAASC_-_Schedule_2_-_Statement_of_Requirements.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CASRA-briefingcorrespondence%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C5e6d5c5bfb44494ab67908db52093aed%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638193971807310448%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=bMVyR1sTTK8B9OqTMGxv90cXfwX%2BMMdYHD%2BEmROCTS0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2018-1112/AASC_-_Schedule_2_-_Statement_of_Requirements.pdf(opens in a new tab)</a>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/07/2023 15:45:44 question first ministerially corrected 20/07/2023 10:30:51 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 88809 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1648483

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
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 awaiting an initial decision were lodged one year or longer ago; and how many asylum applications had not received an initial decision at the end of each month of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	191633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum applications awaiting initial decision can be found in table Asy_D03 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-applications-decisions-and-resettlement" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement detailed datasets</a>’. Please note that data is broken down by duration awaiting decision of ‘6 months or less’ and ‘more than 6 months’. Additionally, data is published quarterly and reflect the number of people awaiting a decision as at the end of the period, rather than the total throughout the period.</p><p>Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks. The latest data relate to the year ending March 2023.</p><p>Data for the year ending June 2023 is scheduled to be published on 24 August 2023. 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><p>Alternatively, operational data on the total awaiting asylum initial decision WIP can be found in table ASY_02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-and-protection-data-q1-2023" target="_blank">Immigration and protection data</a>’ published as part of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data" target="_blank">Migration transparency data</a>’ release. This data includes further breakdown of duration awaiting decision (less than 3 months, 3-6 months, 6-12 months and 12 months+) and refers to applications made after 1<sup>st</sup> October 2006.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/07/2023 16:40:27 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1648241

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Rwanda
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 funding of the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda she plans to report as Official Development Assistance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	191443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The funding for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda is separate from, and additional to, the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/07/2023 16:38:43 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1645754

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Quad Bikes: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) powers and (b) resources available to the police to deal with the illegal use of quad bikes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	190221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The police have adequate powers under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Police Reform Act 2002 to seize vehicles being driven illegally without a valid driving licence or insurance or in an anti-social manner.</p><p>Decisions on when to use these powers and deploy available resources are operational matters for individual Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables in conjunction with local policing plans. They are best placed to understand how to meet the needs of local communities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/06/2023 10:10:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1645755

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Quad Bikes: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent people who have been found to have used quad bikes illegally from purchasing another quad bike.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	190222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The licensing and regulatory framework for quad bikes and other forms of transport is a matter for the Department for Transport.</p><p>The Home Office does not have a role in relation to the buying and selling of privately owned vehicles such as quad bikes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/06/2023 13:49:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1643871

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June to Question 188086 on Asylum: Applications, how many of these applicants (a) have received support from the Overseas Development Aid budget and (b) continue to receive support from the Overseas Development Aid budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	189064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not categorise data on ODA spend in such a way that is possible to answer this question. All ODA spend is calculated in line with the OECD DAC rules.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 15/06/2023 15:24:19 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1642391

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
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 and what proportion of asylum claims made before the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 came into force have been decided on.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	188086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on asylum claims before and after the Nationality and Borders act came into force are published in table Asy_10 of the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1157139%2Fasylum-summary-mar-2023-tables.ods&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSamantha.Fulton%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C7c90001e7fd54d584b6a08db673bdb06%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638217279003129824%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VZUZfCjvQKQ5UY7dZ5bdg25KaR8aJbInGPLln8GDkd8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Asylum and resettlement summary tables</a>.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to snapshot data as at the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2023. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</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 12/06/2023 14:50:14 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill