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1306840

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 22 January 2021 on Ajmal Waziri.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	178530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of MPs written correspondence within 20 working days. Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>The Department recognises that it has not been able to meet service standard in some cases but have implemented an action plan to clear backlogs and drive up performance.</p><p>We regret that The Hon. Member’s office has declined several offers to regularly discuss these and other cases in detail with Home Office officials. This offer remains open.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded as detailed below.</p><p><strong>PQ 178530 – </strong>MPAM reference 0130533/21 – 25 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179503 – </strong>MPAM reference 0128323/21 – 31 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179507 – </strong>MPAM reference 0133230/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179504 – </strong>MPAM reference 0128306/21 – 31 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 178532 – </strong>MPAM reference 0131823/21 – 31 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179505 – </strong>MPAM reference 0128684/21 – 27 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179501 – </strong>MPAM reference 0125432/21 – 6 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179502 – </strong>MPAM reference 0128279/21 – 30 March 2021</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 178532 179501 179502 179503 179504 179505 179507 question first answered 15/04/2021 08:30:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1306841

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 2 February 2021 on Mitra Oloufi.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	178532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of MPs written correspondence within 20 working days. Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>The Department recognises that it has not been able to meet service standard in some cases but have implemented an action plan to clear backlogs and drive up performance.</p><p>We regret that The Hon. Member’s office has declined several offers to regularly discuss these and other cases in detail with Home Office officials. This offer remains open.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded as detailed below.</p><p><strong>PQ 178530 – </strong>MPAM reference 0130533/21 – 25 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179503 – </strong>MPAM reference 0128323/21 – 31 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179507 – </strong>MPAM reference 0133230/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179504 – </strong>MPAM reference 0128306/21 – 31 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 178532 – </strong>MPAM reference 0131823/21 – 31 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179505 – </strong>MPAM reference 0128684/21 – 27 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179501 – </strong>MPAM reference 0125432/21 – 6 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179502 – </strong>MPAM reference 0128279/21 – 30 March 2021</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 178530 179501 179502 179503 179504 179505 179507 question first answered 15/04/2021 08:30:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1306842

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 3 February 2021 on Maziyar Salehi.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	178533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of MPs written correspondence within 20 working days. Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>The Department recognises that it has not been able to meet service standard in some cases but have implemented an action plan to clear backlogs and drive up performance.</p><p>We regret that The Hon. Member’s office has declined several offers to regularly discuss these and other cases in detail with Home Office officials. This offer remains open.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded as detailed below.</p><p><strong>PQ 178535 – </strong>MPAM reference 0133128/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 178538 – </strong>MPAM reference 0133374/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179495 – </strong>MPAM reference 0125756/21 – 30 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179499 – </strong>MPAM reference B3461/11 – 10 December 2020</p><p><strong>PQ 179496</strong> – MPAM reference B4171/11 – 13 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179506 – </strong>MPAM reference 031333/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179500 – </strong>MPAM reference B4978/11 – 13 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 178533 – </strong>There is no trace of this correspondence being received. UKVI MP Engagement team will contact you to acquire a copy of the correspondence and apply priority</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 178535 178538 179495 179496 179499 179500 179506 question first answered 15/04/2021 08:47:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1306844

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 9 February 2021 on Matarr Touray.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	178535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of MPs written correspondence within 20 working days. Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>The Department recognises that it has not been able to meet service standard in some cases but have implemented an action plan to clear backlogs and drive up performance.</p><p>We regret that The Hon. Member’s office has declined several offers to regularly discuss these and other cases in detail with Home Office officials. This offer remains open.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded as detailed below.</p><p><strong>PQ 178535 – </strong>MPAM reference 0133128/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 178538 – </strong>MPAM reference 0133374/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179495 – </strong>MPAM reference 0125756/21 – 30 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179499 – </strong>MPAM reference B3461/11 – 10 December 2020</p><p><strong>PQ 179496</strong> – MPAM reference B4171/11 – 13 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179506 – </strong>MPAM reference 031333/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179500 – </strong>MPAM reference B4978/11 – 13 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 178533 – </strong>There is no trace of this correspondence being received. UKVI MP Engagement team will contact you to acquire a copy of the correspondence and apply priority</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 178533 178538 179495 179496 179499 179500 179506 question first answered 15/04/2021 08:47:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1306846

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Manchester Gorton of 9 February 2021 on Amir Hasan-Zada.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	178538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department works to a target of responding to 95% of MPs written correspondence within 20 working days. Performance has been impacted by a very significant increase in the volume of correspondence received, alongside the need for Ministers and officials to instigate a remote process for drafting and signing correspondence during the period of COVID-19 restrictions.</p><p>The Department recognises that it has not been able to meet service standard in some cases but have implemented an action plan to clear backlogs and drive up performance.</p><p>We regret that The Hon. Member’s office has declined several offers to regularly discuss these and other cases in detail with Home Office officials. This offer remains open.</p><p>UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded as detailed below.</p><p><strong>PQ 178535 – </strong>MPAM reference 0133128/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 178538 – </strong>MPAM reference 0133374/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179495 – </strong>MPAM reference 0125756/21 – 30 March 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179499 – </strong>MPAM reference B3461/11 – 10 December 2020</p><p><strong>PQ 179496</strong> – MPAM reference B4171/11 – 13 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179506 – </strong>MPAM reference 031333/21 – 1 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 179500 – </strong>MPAM reference B4978/11 – 13 April 2021</p><p><strong>PQ 178533 – </strong>There is no trace of this correspondence being received. UKVI MP Engagement team will contact you to acquire a copy of the correspondence and apply priority</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 178533 178535 179495 179496 179499 179500 179506 question first answered 15/04/2021 08:47:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1306880

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
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 improve the condition of housing offered to asylum seekers as part of Operation Oak.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	178604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>We expect the highest standards from our providers, who are expected to conduct regular checks across the accommodation estate. The Home Office have access to providers’ systems to monitor compliance.</p><p>The Asylum Accommodation and Support Services contracts (AASC) have a robust performance management system, against which providers are expected to deliver.</p><p>This is supplemented by a formal governance process which includes quarterly Strategic Review Management Boards and monthly Contract Management Groups. Service credits and subsequent improvement plans are discussed and monitored as part of this process. Service Delivery Managers speak daily with providers about service delivery and performance.</p><p>In response to the global pandemic, officials also have formal meetings on a weekly basis to ensure individuals are housed safely, services are delivered in line with their contractual obligations and adherence to guidance from Public Health England (PHE) is followed.</p><p>Asylum seekers can also raise specific issues or concerns about their accommodation through the 24/7 Advice, Issue Reporting and Eligibility (AIRE) service operated by Migrant Help. The Home Office and our providers receive feedback on complaints raised through our regular dialogue with Migrant Help, which enables attention to be focussed on particular areas of concern.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/04/2021 16:17:09 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1306922

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking towards the full replacement of procedures on live animals for scientific and educational purposes.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	178568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to maintaining high standards of animal welfare where procedures are undertaken on live animals for scientific or educational purposes. It champions the work of the National Centre for the Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) in supporting the research community to develop and use science and technology in the creation of new approaches to replace studies that require animals.</p><p>Central to any decision to use animals in research is the need for robust scientific evidence to justify the use of animals. The UK’s rigorous regulatory system requires that no testing takes place if there is a validated non-animal alternative that would achieve the scientific outcomes sought. Project licence proposals for research on animals for which there is no non-animal alternative must comply fully with the principles of the 3Rs: replacement, reduction and refinement.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 20/04/2021 16:19:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1306952

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to ensure that changes brought in by the Coronavirus Act 2020 which have digitised the death registration process are retained after March 2022.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	178629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>No such plans have been made as the changes brought in by the Coronavirus Act 2020 have not digitised the death registration process.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 20/04/2021 09:56:30 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1306955

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Graffiti
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 implications for her policies of far-right graffiti and stickers in public places; and what steps she is taking to tackle that graffiti.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	178635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Addressing visible signs of crime and anti-social behaviour such as graffiti helps to improve public perceptions of local environmental quality. In 2018, the Government almost doubled the maximum fixed penalty that local authorities can issue for offences related to graffiti to £150 and increased the default to £100. For more serious offences, such as racist or otherwise abusive graffiti, prosecution may be more suitable. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs set out in its recent guidance on enforcement against littering and related offences that enforcement action must be proportionate and in the public interest.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 also introduced a range of flexible tools and powers that the police, local authorities and other local agencies can use to respond quickly and effectively to anti-social behaviour, including graffiti. It is for local agencies to determine whether their use is appropriate in the specific circumstances as those who work within, and for, local communities will be best placed to understand what is driving the behaviour in question, the impact that it is having, and to determine the most appropriate response.</p><p>We are clear that the far right has absolutely no place in Britain, and the British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric and against our values of decency, tolerance and respect. We are committed to tackling those who, based on extreme right wing or any other ideology, promote violence and hatred against individuals and communities in our society, and that radicalise others into terrorism.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/04/2021 14:58:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1306974

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Strathconon
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 1 March 2021 to Question 157144 on Emergency Services Network: Strathconon, for what reason the activation of extended area service sites cannot be accelerated on sites where both the passive infrastructure and electricity are already in place.
tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
uin	178675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>We expect the contract for connecting all 292 EAS masts to the network to be awarded in Autumn 2021. We do need to follow government procurement processes fully in this award and are unable to accelerate this aspect of the process. Each site has to be individually designed, with planning approval granted, built and then integrated into the EE/ESN network. By default, EAS masts are in the most remote and rural areas of the country, situated in difficult terrain and with accessibility issues. After the award of the contract we anticipate that a survey of each site will result in activation timelines varying depending on the work involved. We will then complete the physical work to connect the mast to the network and, separately, activate the mast. Although we cannot give firm dates for the final activation of masts at this stage, we expect this work to commence in 2022 and complete towards the end 2024.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/04/2021 13:03:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara