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1603380

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the legal routes to the UK for citizens of Somalia, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Eritrea, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Myanmar or the Democratic Republic of the Congo who are applying for asylum.
tabling member printed	Lord Strasburger
uin	HL6423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The UK does not accept asylum claims from abroad. Whilst we sympathise with people in many difficult situations around the world, we are not bound to consider asylum claims from the very large numbers of people overseas who might like to come here. Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach which is the fastest route to safety, in line with the 1951 UN Convention.</p><p>Our resettlement schemes have provided safe and legal routes for tens of thousands of people including global schemes to start new lives in the UK. The UK welcomes people from all over the world through the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Mandate Resettlement Scheme, Community Sponsorship as well as country specific routes such as Afghan Citizens’ Resettlement Scheme as well as Ukraine and BNO schemes. This commitment, alongside a fair and firm asylum system, will ensure we continue to offer safe and legal routes to the UK for those in need of protection.</p><p>There are additional global safe and legal routes for people to come to the UK should they wish to join family members here, work or study. They would need to meet the requirements of the relevant Immigration Rule under which they were applying to qualify for a visa. Details about the criteria and how to apply are available on GOV.UK at: http://www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 27/03/2023 15:14:45 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4204 label Biography information for Lord Strasburger

1603458

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Missing Persons: Ethnic Groups
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 implications for her policies of the findings of The Ethnicity of Missing People report, published 7 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	163908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is determined that missing people and their families receive the best possible protection and support from Government, statutory agencies, and the voluntary sector.</p><p>The Government acknowledges that the most recent data published by the National Crime Agency, covering the period 2020-21, indicated that Black people are disproportionately affected by missing incidents: <a href="http://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/resources/downloads/missing-persons-statistical-bulletins" target="_blank">http://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/resources/downloads/missing-persons-statistical-bulletins</a>. This aligns with the findings from The Ethnicity of Missing People report, which also indicates the over-representation of Black children in care in missing reports.</p><p>To improve the police response to missing people from all backgrounds and address racial and ethnic disparities, the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) works with police forces across England and Wales, the charity Missing People and the NCA Missing Persons Unit to consider these issues and what action is needed.</p><p>To ensure the response to all missing people is prioritised by all relevant agencies and that existing resources and processes are adapted to improve that response, the NPCC published the Missing from Care Framework (February 2022), which the previous Safeguarding Minister endorsed. This provides a blueprint for how to respond to those who go missing from health and care settings. Protecting and supporting all vulnerable missing people is also a key element of our action to tackle exploitation and abuse, including sexual abuse and county lines exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/03/2023 17:55:19 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1603459

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
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 is taking to tackle hate crime directed towards LGBT+ people.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	163909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>Hate crime is a scourge on communities across the country. It does not reflect the values of modern Britain.</p><p>All forms of hate crime, including those crimes that target individuals based on their sexual orientation or transgender identity, are completely unacceptable. We expect the police to fully investigate these hateful attacks and make sure the cowards who commit them feel the full force of the law.</p><p>We also fund the National Online Hate Crime Hub, a central police capability designed to support forces in dealing with online hate crime. It includes a public reporting portal and provides expert advice to forces to support them in investigating these abhorrent offences.</p><p>Our absolute priority is to get more police onto our streets, cut crime, protect the public and bring more criminals to justice. We are supporting the police by providing them with the resources they need, including recruiting 20,000 extra police officers.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 16/03/2023 09:51:47 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1603498

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
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 has provided funding for the development of (a) technologies and (b) training to help tackle fraud.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	163788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>We are providing over £30 million to City of London Police over the next three years to refresh and upgrade the Action Fraud service.</p><p>Improvements are being made on an ongoing basis, with the new service expected to be fully operational by 2024. The upgrade will improve the support services and reporting tools for victims, provide greater intelligence to policing for investigations, and allow for greater proactive disruption of fraudsters at scale.</p><p>The Government is also increasing law enforcement investigative capacity to tackle fraud. The Spending Review has allocated £400 million to tackle economic crime, including fraud.</p><p>This is in addition to the funding that the Home Office commits each year to the National Economic Crime Centre in the NCA, and police forces.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 20/03/2023 15:37:47 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1603511

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support young people via the expansion of shared visa schemes.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	163801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Rules were laid in parliament to extend the YMS arrangements with New Zealand from 29 June. The eligible age range for the scheme will increase from 18-30 to 18-35. In addition, the scheme for New Zealand nationals will be extended from two years to three years through the ability for YMS visa holders to make a one-year in-country extension. Similar provisions will be afforded to young British nationals through New Zealand’s Working Holiday scheme.</p><p>Further, The UK and Australia signed a side letter on mobility in December 2021 alongside the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement, setting out commitments on their respective Youth Mobility Scheme and Working Holiday Maker programmes.</p><p>The UK and Australia will make changes to these schemes so that they are available to people aged 18 to 35 years for a total stay of up to 3 years. Australia will also remove the requirement for UK nationals on their programme to undertake specific types of work.</p><p>Both sides agreed to implement these changes within two years of entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement and will jointly decide on a date for these commitments to come into effect.</p><p>The Government remains open to negotiating YMS arrangements with other countries and territories. However, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur. Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 21/03/2023 14:56:50 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1603512

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: 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 recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of police operations in tackling county lines.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	163802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>This Government is determined to crack down on the county lines gangs who are exploiting our children and have a devastating impact on our communities. This is why, through the 10-year Drug Strategy, we are bolstering our County Lines Programme, investing up to £145m over three years to tackle the most violent and exploitative distribution model yet seen. By 2025, we expect this to result in over 2,000 more county lines closed, through a sustained attack on the distribution model.</p><p>We know our County Lines Programme is delivering. Since the County Lines Programme was launched in 2019, police activity has resulted in over 3,500 lines closed, 10,000 arrests, and 5,600 safeguarding referrals. This includes over 1,000 line closures since April 2022 against the Drugs Strategy commitment. The latest National County Lines Co-ordination Centre (NCLCC) assessment of County Lines also shows a reduction in the total number of potentially active lines per month, with numbers reported to have fallen from between 800-1,100 in 2019/20 to 600 in 2020/21.</p><p>As part of our County Lines Programme, the NCLCC also regularly coordinates weeks of intensive action against county lines gangs, which all police forces take part in. The most recent of these took place 27 February - 5 March and resulted in 276 lines closed (68% increase on the last Intensification Week), as well as 1,658 arrests and over 30kg worth of Class A drugs, £2m in cash and 404 weapons seized.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/03/2023 15:39:45 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1603533

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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: LGBT+ People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to collect data on the number of LGBTQI people held in immigration detention.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	163934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Published Detention Services Orders (DSOs) <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flesbian-gay-and-bisexual-detainees&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEmily.Jarvis2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cef1bc34e17324ed5740008db2a179092%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638150052908502028%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Vt0A4CpjnwvvZmwcrFnrI3%2FcDUSDcO23eRgE9FJ0cWA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">2/2016</a> and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcaring-for-and-managing-transsexual-detainees&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEmily.Jarvis2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cef1bc34e17324ed5740008db2a179092%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638150052908502028%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VZqnOpsxVmQjpoNgOqIc4Z%2B2ZYqKC8c55qL6kOlwF6I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">11/2012</a> set out how individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual should be safeguarded and treated in detention.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to publish data on LGBTQI detained individuals. The identification of an LGBTQI individual detained under immigration powers, is entirely at the discretion of the individual. Consequently, even a manual trawl of cases of individuals detained will not necessarily be representative of the true number of LGBTQI individuals detained during any period. The fact that an individual detained under immigration powers within an IRC or prison is transsexual will always be recorded in a manner sensitive to the needs of that individual, not for statistical purposes. As it is rare for the detention of a trans or intersex person to occur, any reporting would risk the identification of individuals.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 163935 question first answered 21/03/2023 15:58:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1603534

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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: LGBT+ People
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 implications for her Department's immigration policies of the report entitled LGBTQI+ people’s experiences of immigration detention: A pilot study, published in February 2023.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	163935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>Published Detention Services Orders (DSOs) <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flesbian-gay-and-bisexual-detainees&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEmily.Jarvis2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cef1bc34e17324ed5740008db2a179092%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638150052908502028%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Vt0A4CpjnwvvZmwcrFnrI3%2FcDUSDcO23eRgE9FJ0cWA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">2/2016</a> and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcaring-for-and-managing-transsexual-detainees&amp;data=05%7C01%7CEmily.Jarvis2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cef1bc34e17324ed5740008db2a179092%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638150052908502028%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VZqnOpsxVmQjpoNgOqIc4Z%2B2ZYqKC8c55qL6kOlwF6I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">11/2012</a> set out how individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual should be safeguarded and treated in detention.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to publish data on LGBTQI detained individuals. The identification of an LGBTQI individual detained under immigration powers, is entirely at the discretion of the individual. Consequently, even a manual trawl of cases of individuals detained will not necessarily be representative of the true number of LGBTQI individuals detained during any period. The fact that an individual detained under immigration powers within an IRC or prison is transsexual will always be recorded in a manner sensitive to the needs of that individual, not for statistical purposes. As it is rare for the detention of a trans or intersex person to occur, any reporting would risk the identification of individuals.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 163934 question first answered 21/03/2023 15:58:39 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1603548

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
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 10 March 2023 to Question 160288 on Asylum, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of trends in the number of people claiming asylum after arriving on land-based transport.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	163816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>On 7 March 2023 the Government introduced the new Illegal Migration Bill in Parliament. The new legislation will build on and strengthen measures in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 to tackle illegal migration. The purpose of the legislation is to deter people from making dangerous and unnecessary journeys to the UK and break the model of criminals exploiting people by facilitating this route.</p><p>Anyone who enters or arrives in the UK illegally having passed through a safe country, including those who arrive clandestinely through land-based transport, will be subject to the duty.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/03/2023 12:49:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1603549

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2023 to Question 156970 on Asylum: Children, whether she plans to meet the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	163817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>There are no planned meetings between the Home Secretary and UNHCR in the diary at the moment.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/03/2023 12:38:57 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra