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1699954

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Travel Authorisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a revised impact assessment for Electronic Travel Authorisation to include an assessment of the impact of that scheme on airside transit passengers.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	20984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Electronic Travel Authorisations deliver important security benefits. A blanket exemption to the ETA requirement for passengers transiting airside would fundamentally undermine the rationale of the scheme by creating a permission free route of travel into the UK which would be open to abuse.</p><p>We will keep our position under review to monitor the impact on transit as the scheme is rolled out.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 22/04/2024 11:45:13 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1698991

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Travel Authorisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of Electronic Travel Authorisation on transit passenger volumes.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	20601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Electronic Travel Authorisations deliver important security benefits. A blanket exemption to the ETA requirement for passengers transiting airside would fundamentally undermine the rationale of the scheme by creating a permission free route of travel into the UK which would be open to abuse.</p><p>The process for obtaining an ETA is quick and light touch, and the cost (£10 per application) is minimal compared to the overall cost of international travel. An ETA will be valid for two years, or until the expiry of the passport used to apply, and can be used for multiple trips during this period.</p><p>We will keep our position under review to monitor the impact on transit as the scheme is rolled out.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 20602 question first answered 19/04/2024 09:24:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1698992

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electronic Travel Authorisations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reconsider the requirement for airside transit passengers to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation to travel through UK airports.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	20602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Electronic Travel Authorisations deliver important security benefits. A blanket exemption to the ETA requirement for passengers transiting airside would fundamentally undermine the rationale of the scheme by creating a permission free route of travel into the UK which would be open to abuse.</p><p>The process for obtaining an ETA is quick and light touch, and the cost (£10 per application) is minimal compared to the overall cost of international travel. An ETA will be valid for two years, or until the expiry of the passport used to apply, and can be used for multiple trips during this period.</p><p>We will keep our position under review to monitor the impact on transit as the scheme is rolled out.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 20601 question first answered 19/04/2024 09:24:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1693305

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the level of activity of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	16751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>While we do not routinely comment on the detail of operational or intelligence matters, the UK will always stand up to threats from foreign nations.</p><p>The UK Government has long been clear about our concerns over the malign activity of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and we will continue to hold Iran and the IRGC to account. The UK has sanctioned the IRGC in its entirety and on the 29<sup>th</sup> January 2024 the UK and US announced new sanctions to tackle the domestic threat posed by the Iranian regime. The UK sanctioned 7 individuals and 1 organisation, including senior Iranian officials and members of organised criminal gangs who collaborate with the regime, in order to expose and disrupt Iran’s activities in the UK and overseas.</p><p>We continually assess potential threats in the UK and use all tools at our disposal to protect the UK and our interests from Iran-linked threats.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 14/03/2024 12:17:20 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689889

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to extend section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 so that it applies to the environs and up to 500m of the curtilage of hon. Members' residential properties.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that for democracy to be conducted properly, those who participate must feel safe to express their views, and the views of their constituents, without fear of harm.</p><p>The right to peaceful protest is fundamental, but this right does not extend to behaviour which causes harassment, alarm or distress to individuals in their own home.</p><p>The police have a wide range of powers to tackle those who seek to cause harassment, alarm and distress by protesting outside MPs homes. This includes, but is not limited to, the power to direct individuals away from the vicinity of the property if they are present for the purpose of persuading someone not to do something within their rights or obligations, or to do something they are not obliged to do. The police can issue any direction as is necessary to prevent harassment, alarm or distress to the resident.</p><p>It is also unlawful for any person to trespass on another person’s property, and aggravated trespass is a criminal offence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/02/2024 15:49:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name 20240216 Sec Min Policing Min letter to Chief Constables - MP security_FINAL.pdf title Policing and Sec Minister - Letter to Chief Con.
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689892

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of fixed speed enforcement cameras in (a) the UK, (b) England and (c) Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not centrally collect data on the number of fixed speed enforcement cameras in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2024 16:51:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689960

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many raids were carried out by Border Force in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London and (c) Hendon constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Immigration have carried out the following intelligence led enforcement visits from 01/10/2022 to 30/09/2023 to:</p><ol start="1"><li><p>The UK – 13,032</p></li></ol><ol start="2"><li><p>Greater London – 3,100</p></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p>Hendon constituency - 92</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/02/2024 17:08:49 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1689962

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery: Hendon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he has taken to tackle modern slavery in Hendon constituency in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK response is underpinned by the Modern Slavery Strategy 2014 and the Modern Slavery Act 2015, which has given law enforcement agencies the tools to tackle modern slavery, including maximum life sentences for perpetrators and enhanced protection for victims.</p><p>In addition to core police funding, since 2016 we have invested £17.8 million in the Modern Slavery and Organised Immigration Crime Unit - a specialist police unit which supports all police forces in England and Wales, including the Metropolitan Police Service, to improve their response to modern slavery by increasing forces’ capability to identify and prosecute modern slavery crimes.</p><p>The Metropolitan Police Service also operates a dedicated Modern Slavery and Child Exploitation Team staffed by specialist officers, which plays a vital role in tackling modern slavery across London.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 27/02/2024 17:14:40 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1690009

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much his Department spent on equality, diversity and inclusion (a) events and (b) training in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) activities, through the review of EDI spending announced last June.</p><p>As stated in the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister for Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 27/02/2024 17:51:04 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1688994

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	Metropolitan Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help increase public trust in the Metropolitan Police.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	14007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office and police leaders are delivering a series of measures to improve police standards and culture. These include forthcoming changes to regulations to strengthen the police vetting process and police discipline system. These changes will make it easier for the Commissioner to remove officers who do not meet the standards expected of them by Londoners.</p><p>The Government welcomes the commitment made within the Metropolitan Police’s New Met for London plan which seeks to understand the diverse needs of Londoners and address recommendations which HMICFRS have highlighted. This must ultimately include cutting crime and rebuilding trust with communities where the Metropolitan police has committed to putting more officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) into local neighbourhoods.</p><p>The Mayor of London is ultimately responsible for overseeing the work of the Metropolitan Police Service and holding the Met Commissioner to account for delivering a professional, efficient and effective service to Londoners.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 26/02/2024 17:00:51 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord