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58342

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps officials in her Department have taken with their Northern Ireland counterparts to ensure that best practice on the prevention of hate crime is shared across all administrations of the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	199387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Policing and criminal justice issues in Northern Ireland and Scotland are <br>devolved matters. However, the Home Office works closely with departments and <br>the police across all devolved administrations, to ensure that best practice, <br>including criminal legislation, guidance for police officers and reporting <br>facilities for victims, is shared to help prevent and tackle hate crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 10/06/2014 12:43:45 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

58475

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
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 has taken to ensure proper support and welfare is available to asylum seekers accommodated in hotels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	199174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office has a rigorous contract compliance regime in place including <br>monthly meetings with providers, quarterly and biannual strategic meetings. <br>These aim to ensure the required performance standards expected of all <br>providers as defined in the contracts is met. In addition, the COMPASS <br>contracts contain minimum standards of welfare that the provider must ensure is <br>provided to asylum applicants, this includes briefing applicants on services to <br>which they are entitled. For example giving details of how to use facilities in <br>the accommodation, access to essential services in the local area and contact <br>details for the provider and department so any concerns can be addressed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:53:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

58476

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
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 seekers were accommodated in (a) hotels and (b) bed and breakfasts, hostels and other establishments that provide lodging paid on a short-term basis in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Yorkshire and Humberside and (iii) the UK in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	199171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The department does not collect specific data on asylum applicants accommodated <br>in contingency accommodation. COMPASS providers have a responsibility to <br>provide suitable accommodation to asylum applicants. The COMPASS contracts <br>allow providers to use alternative or temporary initial accommodation (IA) as <br>contingency in exceptional circumstances, for example when the existing <br>nominated IA is full. This may include the use of hotels for a short term <br>period until such time as the asylum seeker is accommodated in the IA or <br>provided with dispersal accommodation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:54:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

58478

registered interest
date	05/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Compass Contracts
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 ensure oversight and scrutiny of private contractors responsible for the accommodation of asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	199173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The providers are contractually required to provide safe, habitable, fit for <br>purpose and correctly equipped accommodation to comply with the Housing Act <br>2004 and the Decent Homes Standard. The COMPASS contracts contain high <br>standards and requirements to be met by providers in the services they provide <br>to asylum applicants. The contracts also contain robust monitoring mechanism <br>including regular meetings and inspection of services. Where standards are not <br>met, Providers reimburse the department in the form of service credits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:54:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

57618

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 66W, on asylum: children, which local authorities have been granted extra funding because of their special circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	198606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following local authorities receive additional funding due to special <br>circumstances:<br><br>Croydon, Kent, and Hillingdon local authorities have been granted additional <br>funding which in the past was part of the &quot;Gateway&quot; arrangements, that has been <br>superseded by enhanced rates. This is due to the larger than normal volumes of <br>care leavers received in those local authorities, in comparison to other local <br>authorities.<br><br>Solihull local authority were not part of the &quot;Gateway&quot; arrangements but have <br>since been granted additional enhanced payments for the same reasons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:55:20 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57619

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
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 the Answer of 6 May 2014, Official Report, column 66W, on asylum: children, which local authorities have used the fund and how much to support asylum seekers who are care leavers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	198605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The total amount of funding provided in each of the 5 years is set out below:<br><br>Year £million<br>2013/14 - 11.9<br>2012/13 - 12.9<br>2011/12 - 15.3<br>2010/11 - 20.3<br>2009/10 - 11.0<br><br>The figures for 2009-13 inclusive are taken from the audited accounts of the UK <br>Border Agency. Figures for 2013-14 are provisional and subject to audit and <br>possible adjustment.<br><br>The following lists the local authorities that receive the leaving care <br>funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/06/2014 16:56:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name Worksheet for PQ198605 - response 6-6-14.xls title Table - PQ 198605
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57620

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
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 the Answer of 7 May 2014, Official Report, column 222W, on teachers: guidance, if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance her Department provides to police services as to whether or not to notify arrests to regulators.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	198603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The guidance to police services on the Notifiable Occupations Scheme is <br>contained in &quot;Home Office circular 6 / 2006 The notifiable occupations scheme: <br>revised guidance for police forces&quot;. This guidance is available on the <br>Government website gov.uk.</p><p><br>The scheme is currently under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 10/06/2014 13:00:01 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57621

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions British passport holders were questioned on return to the UK in regard to problems with their child's name on documentation in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	198584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Border Force does not record the occasions when British parents have been <br>questioned about their child's name on their return to the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:57:06 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57622

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department gives on appropriate action to be taken by border staff dealing with a parent with a British passport entering the UK with their child who has a different surname.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	198583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Checks are conducted on passengers arriving in the UK in accordance with the <br>Border Force Operating Mandate, regardless of nationality. Border Force staff <br>also undergo mandatory training to ensure they are aware of their statutory <br>duty to safeguard the welfare of children. Where a child is encountered at the <br>border, and it is not immediately apparent that the accompanying adult is their <br>parent or guardian, officers will ask questions to satisfy themselves of the <br>child's welfare and to discharge their statutory duty. This will be done as <br>quickly and as sensitively as possible to avoid unnecessary delay to the <br>passengers' journey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 10/06/2014 12:56:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

57632

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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, for what scientific purposes she has licensed procedures on animals that were likely to cause severe suffering since 2010; and what steps the Government is taking to reduce the number of animals experiencing severe suffering in scientific procedures.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	198600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information asked for is not held centrally and could only be obtained at <br>disproportionate cost.<br><br>The Government only authorises procedures on animals after rigorous checks. <br>Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 there is a statutory <br>requirement for scrutiny by, in the first instance, the Animal Welfare Ethical <br>Review Body at the Establishment where the work will be performed, and then an <br>assessment is made by the Home Office Inspectorate. In addition, projects are <br>referred to the Animals in Science Committee for scrutiny where they propose <br>the use of non-human primates in severe protocols and other projects that ministers <br>consider require further consideration. <br><br>One of the key factors in the assessment of licence applications is the <br>harm-benefit analysis, which has been part of our assessment process since <br>1986. The parameters considered in this analysis are described in Appendix I of <br>the Operational Guidance to the 1986 Act. A harm-benefit analysis determines <br>whether the proposed harms to the animals are justified by the likely benefits to be <br>delivered from the project. Inspectors give advice on minimising harms during <br>their assessment of project licence applications. Licensees have a legal <br>responsibility to ensure that work is undertaken on animals in the least severe <br>manner possible whilst delivering their scientific objectives. This year we <br>are undertaking a review of the harm-benefit analysis process, with advice from <br>the Animals in Science Committee, to determine if there are further refinements <br>we can make to the process.<br><br>I am committed to working to reduce the number of animals used in scientific <br>procedures. The Coalition Commitment delivery plan &quot;Working to reduce the use <br>of animals in research&quot; was published in February 2014. In particular, the Home <br>Office Inspectorate is working with the Royal Society for the Prevention of <br>Cruelty to Animals on methods of refinement of the most severe models to avoid <br>or reduce animal suffering. This has included careful consideration of models <br>of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, seizures, rheumatoid arthritis <br>and sepsis. Inspectors are actively promulgating the recommendations from each <br>of these reports.<br><br>In addition, the Home Office has published advisory notes on recording and <br>reporting actual severity, as required by the transposed European Directive <br>from 2013. From data collected we will provide clarity on the burden of harm <br>and, over time, should give an indication of the effectiveness of refinement <br>methods, particularly for the most severe procedures.<br><br>It is imporant to note that procedures classified as severe represent only a <br>small percentage of total procedures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 10/06/2014 12:51:22 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith