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923986

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many FTSE 100 companies did not comply with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	153740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not monitor compliance with section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The legislation was designed to harness pressure from civil society and we are pleased that NGOs are using company statements to hold businesses to account. Two independent repository websites have been set up to collate these statements. The Government is not involved in running or funding either website. Both websites make different estimates of the total number of statements published so far. The latest estimates can be accessed online at <a href="http://www.modernslaveryregistry.org" target="_blank">http://www.modernslaveryregistry.org</a> and <a href="https://tiscreport.org" target="_blank">https://tiscreport.org</a></p><p>The Government is committed to working with businesses and civil society to drive greater compliance and higher quality reporting. The Home Secretary has established the ‘Business Against Slavery Forum’ with CEOs of 13 large multi-national corporations, which aims to accelerate progress in tackling modern slavery, by sharing best practice and offering support to smaller businesses. In October 2017 we wrote to over 10,000 businesses reminding them of their obligations to report and will be undertaking more direct communication activity this year.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/06/2018 16:36:33 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

923999

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Commonwealth: The Gambia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to amend Schedule 3 of the British nationality Act 1981 to include The Gambia as a Commonwealth nation following its readmission to that body in February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	153921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>An Order reinstating The Gambia to Schedule 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 was laid on 30 May.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 21/06/2018 16:40:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

924002

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) children and (b) adults referred to the National Referral Mechanism are currently waiting for a (a) reasonable grounds and (b) conclusive grounds decision.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	153741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>Data on the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) are published regularly by the National Crime Agency, available via the following link:<br> <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a> The 2017 Annual Report of NRM statistics includes data on the outcomes of NRM decisions.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/06/2018 11:25:24 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

924020

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of modern slavery have had their weekly allowance reduced from (a) £65 to £37.75 and (b) £65 to £17.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	153742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>Currently, potential victims of modern slavery who are supported through the Adult Victims of Modern Slavery Care Contract usually receive £65 per week to cover their subsistence needs.</p><p>Some modern slavery victims are also asylum seekers and in normal circumstances, this group is supported under separate arrangements provided for in Part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. Asylum seekers receiving support under these arrangements usually receive £37.75 per week to cover their essential needs, the amount provided for in the Asylum Support Regulations 2000.</p><p>No published figures are available, but a single person with no dependants, previously supported under the Care Contract but who has transferred to support under Part 6 of the 1999 Act, is likely to be receiving £37.75 per week. Lower amounts are provided only if the person has access to other income or assets liable to be taken into consideration under the 2000 Regulations.</p><p>Plans to fully harmonise the subsistence rates provided to modern slavery victims with the rates provided to asylum seekers were announced in October last year and the implementation plans are currently being developed. The changes will result in reductions to the rates for adults, but increases for their dependent children and additional support for those leaving the support system after final confirmation of whether they are victim of modern slavery.</p><p>Victims will also continue to receive other support separately, including legal aid, counselling, NHS medical and dental service.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/06/2018 11:23:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

924021

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is that a victim of modern slavery has to wait for a (a) reasonable grounds decision and (b) conclusive grounds decision.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	153743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) regularly publishes National Referral Mechanism data but does not collect data about the timescales for reaching reasonable grounds or conclusive grounds decisions by either UKVI or the Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Unit in the NCA.</p><p>Between August 2015 and March 2017, the Home Office ran a pilot to test a new decision-making process. The evaluation of that pilot considered the time taken to reach reasonable and conclusive grounds decisions and this information is detailed in table B6 of the evaluation report, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-evaluation-of-the-national-referral-mechanism-pilot" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/an-evaluation-of-the-national-referral-mechanism-pilot</a>.</p><p>The Government has announced reforms to the National Referral Mechanism, which includes measures aimed at improving decision-making timescales, such as the introduction of a new digital system.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/06/2018 16:34:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

924022

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Slavery
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many confirmed victims of modern slavery following a positive conclusive grounds decision have not been granted discretionary leave to remain and face deportation.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	153744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>Any potential decisions to refuse applications for discretionary leave to remain for confirmed victims of modern slavery are currently on hold pending further guidance and consideration of the Court of Appeal judgment in the case of (PK (Ghana) v SSHD) on 13 February 2018.</p><p>No data is available on the number of people who might be subject to deportation if their discretionary leave applications are refused once decision making is resumed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/06/2018 10:50:48 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

924049

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
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 list in descending ranked order the 100 Parliamentary constituencies with the largest increases in incidences of reported crimes of violence in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	153771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes police recorded crime data broken down by Community Safety Partnership (CSP) level but the data held centrally cannot be broken down by Parliamentary constituency. CSP level data is available in the most recent police recorded crime open data tables and can be found in the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/06/2018 15:49:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

924051

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU citizens who have been resident in the UK for five years or more but have not been in employment or in receipt of benefits are eligible for settled status after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	153905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>We​ ​have​ ​agreed​ ​with​ ​the​ ​EU​ ​that​ ​the​ ​eligibility​ ​criteria for UK settled status​ ​will​ ​be​ ​the​ ​same as,​ ​or​ ​more​ ​favourable than,​ ​​those​ ​set​ ​out​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Free​ ​Movement​ ​Directive​ ​for​ ​acquiring permanent​ ​residence after five years.​ The criteria will include those EU citizens who have resided here as self sufficient persons and so have never worked or been in receipt of benefits.</p><p>As a matter of domestic policy, we have decided that the main requirement for eligibility under the settlement scheme will be continuous residence in the UK. Applicants will not need to demonstrate that they met the relevant requirements in the Free Movement Directive as to permitted activity.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/06/2018 10:46:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

924074

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metals: Theft
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 break the link between commercial squatting and metal theft.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	153803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 provides a strong legislative basis for tackling all forms of metal theft by making it more difficult for criminals to dispose of stolen metal through scrap metal yards.</p><p>The police can take action against commercial squatters who commit other crimes, including thefts of metal or other commodities, when entering or staying in a property. Enforcement is a matter for chief constables and Police and Crime Commissioners who must decide how best to deploy their resources to respond to the crimes affecting their local communities.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/06/2018 15:52:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

924085

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average wait time has been for a person who has lost their UK residency permit abroad to receive a replacement over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	153712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>When the holder of a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP) loses their BRP abroad they are required to report it as lost, stolen or damaged via the <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/lost-stolen-damaged" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/lost-stolen-damaged</a>. They are then required to obtain a ‘replacement BRP visa’ from a Visa Application Centre abroad before returning to the UK. The data requested in relation to average processing times for this type of visa application is not held in the format specified in the questions. However, the service standard for the ‘replacement BRP visa’ application is 15 days from date of application, although this may vary at individual Visa Application Centres.</p><p>Once the BRP holder has obtained their ‘replacement BRP visa’ and been able to return to the UK they will be required to apply for a replacement BRP. Further information on how to do this can be obtained from: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/replace" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence-permits/replace</a>. The data requested in relation to average processing times for the BRP RC applications is not held in the format specified in the questions.</p><p>For those individuals who have limited leave to remain in the UK the service level agreement is to process all BRP RC applications within 8 weeks of receipt. For those with indefinite leave to remain in the UK the service level agreement is to process all BRP RC applications within 6 months of receipt.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 153713 153714 question first answered 19/06/2018 10:55:40 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms