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43728

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) accommodation provision, (b) employment programmes and (c) other resettlement provision has been made for Syrian refugees who come to the UK as part of the resettlement deal.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	192649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The first beneficiaries of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) <br>scheme arrived in the UK on 25 March. This is the result of excellent <br>co-operation with UNHCR, the International Organisation for Migration and local <br>authority services, which has allowed us to identify vulnerable individuals in <br>need of evacuation and ensure that the support they need is in place in the <br>UK. These support packages are tailored on a case by case basis to ensure that <br>specific requirements for those relocated under the scheme are met and include <br>health, education and integration support.<br><br>Those admitted under the VPR scheme will be granted five years' Humanitarian <br>Protection, with all the rights and benefits that go with that status. This <br>includes access to public funds, access to the labour market and the <br>possibility of family reunion. If the situation in Syria stabilises, they may <br>choose to return home. However, at the end of the five years, if they have not <br>been able to return to Syria, they may be eligible to apply for settlement in <br>the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 192656 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

43800

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what strategic priorities her Department has given to the National Wildlife Crime Unit in each of the last five years; and on what key areas her Department has instructed that unit to focus until 2016.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	192538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office recognises the importance of wildlife crime, and is providing specific funding of £136,000 for the National Wildlife Crime Unit in each of the next two financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not set specific priorities for the National Wildlife Crime Unit, other than to tackle wildlife crime. The Unit produces a tactical assessment of wildlife crime across the UK every six months. This assessment is then considered by the UK Tasking and Co-ordinating Group, which includes the Home Office and Defra.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

43801

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Declaration of the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade, what consideration her Department has given to ensuring that wildlife crime offences are made recordable offences.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	192539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>Offences relating to the illegal purchase and sale of the world's most highly endangered species are already included in the Home Office Counting Rules for police recorded crime, with the specific crime recording code of 99/3. This includes the illegal trade in iconic species such as elephants, rhinoceroses and tigers, which provided the focus to the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

43805

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made regarding the 2014 opt-out pursuant to Article 10(4) of Protocol 36 of the Lisbon Treaty; and what timetable she has set for the UK opting back in to the measures to which that decision relates.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	192623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>On 24 July 2013 the Prime Minister wrote to the President of the Council of Ministers exercising the UK's opt-out from all police and criminal justice measures agreed before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also announced 35 measures that it will seek to rejoin in the national interest. These are contained in Command Paper 8671</p><p>(https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/235912/8671.pdf).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

43807

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when someone, held at a Border Force checkpoint, is officially considered a detainee.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
uin	192474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>For immigration purposes, a person is considered detained on service of an IS81 form, pending examination or further examination for a decision on a grant, refusal or cancellation of leave.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

43808

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances all members of a group of travellers are detained following the retention of one member of the group at a Border Force checkpoint.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
uin	192475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>All members of a group of adult travellers are assessed individually on arrival to ensure that they qualify for admission in line with immigration legislation. If one member of the group is detained for further enquiries but the rest of the group are granted admission then they are free to proceed without the detained person if they so wish.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 192476 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

43809

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on dealing with people who have had one member of their group detained at a Border Force checkpoint.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
uin	192476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>All members of a group of adult travellers are assessed individually on arrival to ensure that they qualify for admission in line with immigration legislation. If one member of the group is detained for further enquiries but the rest of the group are granted admission then they are free to proceed without the detained person if they so wish.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 192475 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

43889

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long the UK plans to host Syrian refugees who come as part of the resettlement deal; and whether such refugees will be issued with a visa for a specified time period.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	192656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The first beneficiaries of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) <br>scheme arrived in the UK on 25 March. This is the result of excellent <br>co-operation with UNHCR, the International Organisation for Migration and local <br>authority services, which has allowed us to identify vulnerable individuals in <br>need of evacuation and ensure that the support they need is in place in the <br>UK. These support packages are tailored on a case by case basis to ensure that <br>specific requirements for those relocated under the scheme are met and include <br>health, education and integration support.<br><br>Those admitted under the VPR scheme will be granted five years' Humanitarian <br>Protection, with all the rights and benefits that go with that status. This <br>includes access to public funds, access to the labour market and the <br>possibility of family reunion. If the situation in Syria stabilises, they may <br>choose to return home. However, at the end of the five years, if they have not <br>been able to return to Syria, they may be eligible to apply for settlement in <br>the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 192649 question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

43906

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the outcome of the recent Illegal Wildlife Trade conference and the resulting London Declaration; and what steps she plans to take to ensure that animal welfare is a key element of her Department's response to that declaration.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	192662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office recognises that the illegal wildlife trade is not only a serious threat to our environment, but is also a transnational criminal industry worth billions of pounds every year, and one which drives corruption and insecurity and undermines efforts to cut poverty and develop sustainable economic opportunities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I was therefore pleased that world leaders from over forty nations, including key states such as Botswana, Chad, China, Gabon, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Vietnam, alongside the United States and Russia, gathered in London on 13 February 2014 and made a political commitment to take actions to eradicate the demand for illegal wildlife products, strengthen law enforcement, ensure effective legal frameworks, and to reduce the incentive for communities in source countries to get involved in the trade by supporting the development of alternative, sustainable livelihoods. I co-chaired part of the proceedings to underline the Home Office's commitment to this issue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will continue to work with other departments to ensure that the Government delivers on the UK Commitment to Action on the Illegal Wildlife Trade.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

43426

registered interest
date	17/03/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
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 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 325W, on the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, how many NCA employees who work in Child Exploitation and Online Protection Command have arrest powers.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	192070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>[holding answer 20 March 2014]</p><p>I refer the Honourable Member to my reply of 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 326W.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Command is fully integrated within the National Crime Agency (NCA). As part of the NCA, the CEOP Command is able to draw on the whole of the NCA's resources. The NCA works as a flexible organisation and as such there will be NCA officers whose work covers a range of serious and organised crime threats.</p><p> </p><p>In total the NCA has 1,900 officers who currently hold arrest powers who can be called upon to tackle child exploitation. This number is for NCA permanent officers and does not include secondees or those attached to the NCA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest