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1349039

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Government’s policy on deportations.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	37575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>We expect those with no legal right to be in the UK to leave voluntarily but make no apologies for enforcing their removal if necessary.</p><p>The Home Office only seeks to remove people to Zimbabwe when they have no right to remain in the UK and there are no obstacles to their safe return.</p><p>Those who have asked for protection will have had their claims carefully considered on their merits, taking into account up-to-date and reliable country information including, where relevant, the impact of the humanitarian situation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 37576 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:33:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1349040

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Deportation
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 potential effect of deporting Zimbabwean citizens to Zimbabwe in the context of the humanitarian situation in that country.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	37576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>We expect those with no legal right to be in the UK to leave voluntarily but make no apologies for enforcing their removal if necessary.</p><p>The Home Office only seeks to remove people to Zimbabwe when they have no right to remain in the UK and there are no obstacles to their safe return.</p><p>Those who have asked for protection will have had their claims carefully considered on their merits, taking into account up-to-date and reliable country information including, where relevant, the impact of the humanitarian situation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 37575 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:33:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1349053

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how information is passed between police services on people who have been accused but not convicted of (a) sexual, (b) physical and (c) coercive behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	37448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>If a suspect has been accused but not convicted (pending a court appearance), then this information will be placed on the Police National Computer (PNC).</p><p>If the victim is not willing to pursue a prosecution, or if there is insufficient evidence to prosecute at this time, then the information will be retained within an intelligence log or crime report. Both are uploaded onto the Police National Database (PND) daily and kept for as long as it is needed for a policing purpose.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/09/2021 12:11:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1349057

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	People Smuggling: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of people-smuggling gangs operating to smuggle people into UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	37349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) threat to the UK is exceptionally complex, spanning multiple countries, nationalities and criminal methodologies. The Organised Crime Groups (OCGs) behind this crime range from large, sophisticated, poly-criminality networks to individuals in a single area who provide smuggling services as an extension to an otherwise legitimate business. There is therefore no comprehensive estimate of the total number of gangs involved in people smuggling to the UK over the last five years.</p><p>The Government and law enforcement agencies work tirelessly to tackle the criminal networks who facilitate people smuggling from source countries to Europe and then the UK, knowingly putting people in life-threatening situations. The National Crime Agency alone has around 50 ongoing investigations into networks or individuals involved in the highest harm of OIC or human trafficking; and is supporting partner agencies in more than 40 other cases.</p><p>Since the inception of the multi-agency UK OIC Taskforce in 2015, the UK government’s multi-agency response to tackling people smuggling, it has been involved in more than 1000 arrests, both in the UK and overseas, with suspects convicted sentenced to more than 720 years in prison. It takes a whole of route approach, deploying over 150 officers to operate in 17 countries, with Crown Prosecution Service prosecutors placed in key source and transit countries to disrupt OCGs profiting from people smuggling.</p><p>In March 2021, the Government published the New Plan for Immigration containing provisions to establish legislation to deter illegal entry into the UK, thereby breaking the business model of criminal people smuggling networks and protecting the lives of those they endanger. In July 2021, the Government introduced this legislation through the Nationality and Borders Bill.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/09/2021 09:12:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1349139

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nationality and Borders Bill
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 has taken to engage people with lived experience of (a) being refugees and (b) seeking asylum in the UK in the development of the Nationality and Borders Bill.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	37492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government undertook a 6 week consultation, including on those areas set out in the Nationality and Borders Bill. That consultation included engagement with those with lived experiences of the asylum system<em>. </em></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/09/2021 10:32:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1349142

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of girls aged (a) 11 to 14 and (b) 15 to 18 who have been referred to the police with sexual exploitation and/or sexual violence assessed as a factor in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	37561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>All forms of sexual violence against children are terrible crimes, which have devastating consequences on young lives. The Government is determined to protect and support those who are targeted, exploited and harmed by criminals. We are working to improve our understanding of the scale and nature of child sexual abuse, to enable us to better prevent and disrupt offending. We use data gathered through the Office of National Statistics England and Wales Crime Survey to understand the number of victims and their ages. We also draw on the research and insight produced by the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse, which we established in 2017, and the insight of other experts including the Independent Inquiry on Child Sexual Abuse.</p><p>The Home Office does not receive data on cases referred to the police, but instead collects data on offences recorded by police.</p><p>In 2021, the Office for National Statistics published data on the gender and age of victims of all sexual offences between March 2019 and March 2020, excluding image offences, in the records of 24 police forces. This data shows that 24.1% of female victims of sexual offences were aged 10 to 14 and 21.0% of female victims of sexual offences were aged 15 to 19.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/09/2021 12:03:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

1349154

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Zimbabwe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what impact the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's advice to avoid all but essential travel to Zimbabwe will have on her policies on the deportation of asylum seekers to that country.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	37493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s travel advice to British nationals is not the correct legal test for determining whether or not a person qualifies for international protection or whether to remove a foreign national from the UK who has no right to remain here.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 06/09/2021 10:30:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1349191

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
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, what financial support is available to people relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	37358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) launched on 1 April 2021. Under the policy, any current or former locally employed staff who are assessed to be under serious threat to life are offered priority relocation to the UK regardless of their employment status, rank or role, or length of time served. Since 1 April, the Home Office has relocated former Afghan staff and their families in the UK, including those relocated as part of HMG’s evacuation from Afghanistan. The overwhelming majority of those approved by the ARAP scheme have now been evacuated and the scheme remains open for anyone who is eligible.</p><p>We are working closely with local authorities to ensure that those relocated to the UK under ARAP are fully supported.</p><p>The ARAP programme provides a funding package to resource local authorities who come forward with offers of housing to resettle Afghan staff and their families, enabling delivery of integration support for families and further support on employment, welfare benefits, and access to health, education, and other local services. This is to the value of £10,500 for every Afghan welcomed for up to a year, and also includes their family members who make the journey with them.    MHCLG have recently announced a new Afghan LES Housing Costs Fund of £5 million, to support.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 37359 question first answered 06/09/2021 11:49:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1349192

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
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, what support for housing the Government is providing to those relocated to the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	37359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) launched on 1 April 2021. Under the policy, any current or former locally employed staff who are assessed to be under serious threat to life are offered priority relocation to the UK regardless of their employment status, rank or role, or length of time served. Since 1 April, the Home Office has relocated former Afghan staff and their families in the UK, including those relocated as part of HMG’s evacuation from Afghanistan. The overwhelming majority of those approved by the ARAP scheme have now been evacuated and the scheme remains open for anyone who is eligible.</p><p>We are working closely with local authorities to ensure that those relocated to the UK under ARAP are fully supported.</p><p>The ARAP programme provides a funding package to resource local authorities who come forward with offers of housing to resettle Afghan staff and their families, enabling delivery of integration support for families and further support on employment, welfare benefits, and access to health, education, and other local services. This is to the value of £10,500 for every Afghan welcomed for up to a year, and also includes their family members who make the journey with them.    MHCLG have recently announced a new Afghan LES Housing Costs Fund of £5 million, to support.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 37358 question first answered 06/09/2021 11:49:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1349229

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hezbollah: Drugs
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 Hezbollah's potential involvement in the illegal drug trade in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	37489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to comment further.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 10/09/2021 10:58:49 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green