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1660944

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Online Capability Centre: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled new tech partnership to stop the boats, published 6 August 2023, whether social media companies are providing funding for Online Capability Centre.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	199698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>Officials and law enforcement work alongside social media companies in the OCC to identify harmful OIC content on their platforms and remove it as quickly as possible. Social media companies are not providing any funding for the centre. Funding for the Online Capability Centre is provided as part of Project Invigor. In December 2023, as part of the Prime Minister's Ten Point Plan, it was announced that the funding available for Project Invigor was to be doubled for the next two financial years (2023-24 and 2024-25) Officials and law enforcement will work alongside social media companies in the OCC and continue with engagement (similar to the Social Media Action Plan) to identify harmful OIC content on the companies platforms and work together to proactively remove it as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/09/2023 15:02:15 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1660946

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with her French counterpart on the potential merits of preventing small boats from crossing the Channel by intercepting them mid-journey.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	199757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and I engage regularly with our French counterparts on the issue of small boat crossings.</p><p>Our joint work with France saw nearly 33,000 crossings prevented in 2022, 40% more than in 2021, and so far in 2023 a further 15,000 migrants have failed to reach our shores on small boats. Alongside this, since July 2020, the UK-France Joint Intelligence Cell (JIC) and French law enforcement partners have dismantled 82 organised crime groups linked to small boats. In 2022 alone, the JIC and French law enforcement partners secured the arrest of around 400 people smugglers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/09/2023 15:03:54 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1660947

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Crime Prevention
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 plans to use artificial intelligence to help (a) predict and (b) prevent incidents of (i) rape and (ii) other sexual assaults.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	199758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>Rape and sexual violence are devastating crimes that can have a long-lasting impact on victims. Protecting women and girls from violence and supporting victims and survivors of sexual violence is a key priority for this Government.</p><p>The Home Office is working across government and with operational partners to develop our understanding of the threats and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence. The Home Office is also actively exploring and investigating options to use AI to both prevent and detect crime, including rape and sexual assault.</p><p>To help improve the police response to these crimes, we invested £9.4 million (2021-23) in Operation Soteria to develop a new National Operating Model for the investigation of rape. Frontline policing and academics across 19 forces were bought together to test new tools and techniques which form this new approach, and all forces in England and Wales are now implementing it.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/09/2023 14:24:50 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1660948

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Artificial Intelligence: Crime Prevention
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 plans to use artificial intelligence to help (a) predict and (b) prevent violent attacks involving (i) machetes and (ii) zombie knives.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	199759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is working across government and with operational partners to develop our understanding of the threats and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence. The Home Office has already convened and will be convening further meetings to identify the best opportunities to use artificial intelligence to prevent and detect crime of various types. The use of artificial intelligence to predict and prevent serious violence is an operational matter for Chief Constables.</p><p>Knife crime is below its pre-pandemic level and the Home Office is investing over £110m to tackle serious violence in 2023/24. This includes:</p><ul><li>Violence Reduction Units and hotspot policing in the 20 areas worst affected by serious violence;</li><li>A Serious Violence Duty which legally requires specified agencies to work together to reduce serious violence locally;</li><li>Piloting Serious Violence Reduction Orders to give the police the power to stop and search adults already convicted of knife or offensive weapons offences; and</li><li>The Homicide Prevention Fund to help national policing organisations and local forces trial new initiatives and approaches.</li></ul><p>We are also banning certain types of large knives (such as zombie style knives and machetes), giving the police more powers to seize dangerous weapons, creating a new offence of possession of a bladed weapon with an intent to harm, and increasing sentences for those who import, manufacture or sell dangerous weapons to under 18s.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/09/2023 10:12:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1660969

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Minister for Immigration has visited an immigration detention centre since 20 July 2023.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	199812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Minister for Immigration conducts visits, and host meetings, on the whole spectrum of Immigration business regularly.Information on Ministers’ meetings is released quarterly as part of Government transparency and accountability data and is available at: Home Office: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, January to March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Minister for Immigration conducts visits, and host meetings, on the whole spectrum of Immigration business regularly.Information on Ministers’ meetings is released quarterly as part of Government transparency and accountability data and is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-january-to-march-2023" target="_blank">Home Office: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, January to March 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/09/2023 14:45:27 question first ministerially corrected 16/10/2023 13:42:31 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 96792 answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1660993

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether new British citizens receive a letter congratulating them on obtaining British citizenship.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2023 answer text <p>All individuals who attend a citizenship ceremony to become a British Citizen receive a welcome pack which includes a letter from the Secretary of State for the Home Department welcoming them into our national community.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/09/2023 09:11:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1660996

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cybersecurity and Data Protection
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 (a) cyber security and (b) security of personal data in police forces.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	199821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government Cyber Security Strategy sets out how we will ensure that all government organisations - across the whole public sector - are resilient to the cyber threats we face.</p><p>While individual Chief Constables are responsible for their own cyber security and the security of personal data in their own force, the Home Office is taking action to support them.</p><p>This includes supporting Police Digital Service (PDS) through the National Management Centre, which provides dedicated cyber protection to police forces across the UK against cybercrime, and its Cyber Security Services, to manage the risk and impact of cyber security and information security threats for UK policing<em>.</em> Following recent data breach incidents, I have written recently to Chief Constable, Jo Farrell, Chair of the NPCC DDaT Co-ordination Committee, to seek assurance that all Chief Constables have sufficiently robust processes and systems in place to address any further cases of data breach.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/10/2023 11:02:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1661004

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 14 September 2023 to Question 198599, if her Department will collect the data not held within the quarterly Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	199700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>The data requested on arrival dates is not anticipated to be publicly released in future iterations of the quarterly Immigration system statistics. It is collected for internal and operational use only.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 16/10/2023 16:12:53 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1661007

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Eritrea
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 help ensure the safety of Eritrean refugees.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	199746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights state that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, assembly and association. This Government fully supports these rights, including the right of individuals to protest peacefully.</p><p>There is a long tradition in this country of people being free to assemble and demonstrate their views, however uncomfortable they may make others, provided they do so within the law.</p><p>Of course, there is a balance to be struck. The right to peaceful protest does not extend to violent behaviour. The police have powers to deal with such behaviour and we expect them to use them where appropriate.</p><p>The management of protests is an operational matter for the police. The police have a duty to ensure the protection and safety of all individuals, regardless of their background, origin or views and will take appropriate steps to do so.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/10/2023 11:15:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1661009

registered interest
date	15/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Eritrea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to help ensure that the rights of Eritrean refugees in the UK to protest against acts of the Eritrean Government are protected.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	199748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights state that everyone has the right to freedom of expression, assembly and association. This Government fully supports these rights, including the right of individuals to protest peacefully.</p><p>There is a long tradition in this country of people being free to assemble and demonstrate their views, provided they do so within the law.</p><p>Therefore, should Eritrean refugees in the UK wish to protest against the Eritrean government they are well within their right to do so, as long as such protests are conducted peacefully and in accordance with the law.</p><p>The management of demonstrations is an operational matter for the police. In certain circumstances, the police have a duty to take reasonable steps to protect those wishing to exercise their rights peacefully and to consider any potential risk to public safety.</p><p>Similarly, the management of community events, including decisions on their approval, is a matter for the relevant local authority.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/10/2023 11:10:12 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin