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1716928

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
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 number of refugees that will be deported to Rwanda (a) on the first flight and (b) in each of the 12 months following the first flight.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	25593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>This is operationally sensitive information.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that the scheme is uncapped.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 17/05/2024 09:51:12 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1716951

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Patrol Craft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many maritime boarding actions Border Force performed on (a) recreational and (b) commercial vessels in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Border Force does not hold the data requested in an easily accessible format.</p><p>Border Force enhance UK maritime border security through intelligence-led and proactive maritime operations to deliver the right law enforcement effect in the right place, at the right time. This is in order to:</p><ul><li>Detect and prevent the smuggling of people and prohibited and restricted goods into the UK.</li><li>Deter those who use commercial and general maritime to pose a threat to the UK.</li><li>Prevent and interdict in criminal activity and preserve and secure evidence to support prosecutions where appropriate.</li></ul><p>Reassure the public and wider maritime community whilst minimising interference into the lawful passage of people and goods within UK Territorial Waters.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 09:50:15 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1716955

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
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 days e-gates were not in use in airports in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information in an accessible format.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 16/05/2024 14:51:19 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1716956

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish a response to the consultation entitled Abortion clinic safe access zones: non-statutory guidance, published on 11 December 2023.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	25404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>We anticipate commencing Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 17/05/2024 10:24:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1716968

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Patrol Craft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sea-faring vessels are under the command of the Border Force.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Border Force Maritime Command operate a fleet of vessels including five offshore Cutters, six inshore Coastal Patrol Vessels (CPV), and a range of smaller crafts to secure the UK maritime border.</p><p>Since April 2022, Border Force Maritime have deployed five dedicated rescue vessels to the Channel, formerly in support of the Ministry of Defence and currently Small Boats Operational Command. These five vessels work on rotation to provide 24 hours support to rescue operations in the Channel.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 09:47:17 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1716970

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Border Force: Patrol Craft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Border Force sea-fairing vessels have been out of service in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Border Force Maritime Command operate a fleet of vessels including five offshore Cutters, six inshore Coastal Patrol Vessels (CPV), and a range of smaller craft to secure the UK maritime border. Routine maintenance on these vessels is an essential part of ensuring operational availability.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 09:49:25 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1716976

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency measures are in place to mitigate delays when eGates are not in use.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	25483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>It has never been Government practice, for reasons of law enforcement, to comment on operational issues relating to border security and immigration controls. This includes offering commentary on the performance of border systems and of ePassport Gates data specifically.</p><p>The Home Office has a number of contingency arrangements in the event of a single system failure, including technical and business contingency measures.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 17/05/2024 09:48:28 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1716990

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Rwanda
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 number of individuals deemed eligible for removal to Rwanda that (a) have (i) partners and (ii) spouses and (b) are a dependent of an individual who has been granted (A) asylum and (B) other leave to remain.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	25486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>It would be inappropriate to start giving out numbers. This is operationally sensitive information.</p><p>Everyone considered for relocation will be screened and have access to legal advice. Decisions will be taken on a case-by-case basis, and nobody will be relocated if it is unsafe or inappropriate for them.</p><p>For those with family links in the UK, who want to be considered for entry to the UK, they should seek to do so via legal and safe routes. Nobody should put their lives into the hands of criminal people smuggling gangs by making dangerous and irregular journeys.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 14/05/2024 14:25:32 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1717009

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Public Order Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 8 May (HL4028), why they do not keep records on individuals who are not British citizens who have had their visitor or other visas rescinded because of criminal activities associated with public order offences since 7 October 2023.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Hereford
uin	HL4509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office cannot provide a breakdown of the reasons why a British citizen would have their visa rescinded without conducting a manual review of all case files where a visa has been cancelled.</p><p>Undertaking such a review would incur a disproportionate cost to the public purse.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 23/05/2024 16:10:51 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	5003 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Hereford

1717018

registered interest
date	09/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Balkans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of cocaine that arrived in the UK in (1) 2023, and (2) 2024 to date, as a result of Balkan drug gangs and their criminal networks; and what steps they are taking, together with European partners, to (a) end the illegal activities associated with Balkan drug dealers, and (b) disrupt the supply of cocaine across Europe.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL4518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Illegal drugs devastate lives, ruin families and damage communities. The Government is committed to tackling these harms, including drug-related gang activity.</p><p>a) Reducing the threat posed by transnational Western Balkans organised crime groups (WBOCGs) is a government priority. We intensified the cooperation with our international partners to maximise the impact of our interventions WBOCGs wherever they are. Our engagements have already resulted in strategic partnerships with countries such as France, Germany, Italy, and Albania. In addition, the National Crime Agency (NCA) has well established relationships with law enforcement partners across Europe, as well as with Europol and Interpol, which include regular exchanges on organised crime with links to the Western Balkans. We are also seeking to improve criminal records sharing arrangements and law enforcement cooperation between the UK and the Western Balkan countries.</p><p>b) Our ten-year Drug Strategy, From Harm to Hope, sets out a whole system approach to combat illicit drugs. As part of this the Home Office has committed £300m of dedicated investment over three years (April 2022 – March 2025) to tackle every phase of the drug supply chain and make it considerably harder for criminal gangs to operate. With this funding we are supporting intelligence-led approaches to interdict and seize drugs as they cross the UK border and prevent criminal groups from bringing drugs to our streets. Across the whole of the UK, the NCA, Border Force, and local police are working in partnership, using intelligence and technology to secure our borders against drug trafficking. We are also funding upstream activity to tackle overseas drug supply, which is aimed at disrupting the criminal networks seeking to traffic illegal drugs to the UK. This includes building close enforcement partnerships with law enforcement agencies in mainland Europe.</p><p>The NCA has estimated that the UK consumes 117 tonnes of cocaine each year. We do not hold data on the amount of cocaine arriving in the UK as a result of Balkan OCGs. In the financial year ending 2023, police and Border Force seized 18.58 tonnes of powder cocaine, the second largest quantity of the substance since records began.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 23/05/2024 15:50:25 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian