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710869

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts procured by her Department and its arms-length bodies are covered by TUPE regulations in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	67757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Department does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/03/2017 14:33:04 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

710870

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many contracts procured by her Department and its arms-length bodies require that the contractor pays those of its employees undertaking the work contracted for the real living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	67772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Home Office requires all of its suppliers to comply with the legal minimum standards of pay as set out in the Government’s National Living Wage legislation. This is a contractual obligation on the supplier and is monitored through contract compliance mechanisms. We do not require or stipulate in our contractual arrangements a requirement to meet the Living Wage Foundation’s real living wage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government believes that people have the right to a higher wage and not to be punished by higher taxes. As part of this, from April 2016, we introduced a new mandatory National Living Wage (NLW) for workers aged 25 and above, and this will rise to £7.50 an hour in April 2017. We insist that employers pay at least the National Minimum Wage.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/03/2017 14:49:44 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

710871

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Officers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional training is provided to officials who deal with asylum claimants who are survivors of torture.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	67718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office are working closely with Freedom from Torture and other key partners to review and make further improvements to the process and training relating to claims involving survivors of torture.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/03/2017 14:55:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

710872

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been seconded to her Department from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Accenture, (d) McKinsey & Co, (f) Ernst and Young and (g) Bain & Company since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	67741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has not seconded in any staff from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Accenture, (d) McKinsey &amp; Co, (f) Ernst and Young and (g) Bain &amp; Company since July 2016.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/03/2017 15:15:57 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

711002

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which countries the UK has a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate enforced deportation to a third country.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	67970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK has a number of agreements with other countries to facilitate the removal and deportation of those with no right to remain in the UK. The Dublin III Regulation is EU law that enables transfer of asylum seekers to other participating States in Europe who are responsible for examining the claim. The UK participates in 14 EU Readmission Agreements, some of which contain clauses to return third country nationals, meaning individuals who are not a national of that country. Returns to other countries may also be on a case by case basis with the consent of the third country.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/03/2017 14:52:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

711013

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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: Females
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 paragraph 5.13 of the Spring Budget 2017, what estimate she has made of how much of £100 million funding for implementing the Government's Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy will be allocated to (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds and (c) Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	67834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government's Violence against Women and Girls Strategy (VAWG) published in March 2016 committed increased funding of £80 million for VAWG services. A further £20 million was announced in the March 2017 Budget to support organisations that tackle domestic violence and abuse and work is ongoing to integrate this with the already announced funding.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided approximately £2 million of central funding for VAWG services in Yorkshire which has supported refuge provision, Independent Domestic Violence Advisers, Independent Sexual Violence Advisers and Rape Support Centres.</p><p> </p><p>We have also set out a clear blueprint for local action though our new National Statement of Expectations (NSE) and Commissioning Toolkit, which is available to local commissioning bodies and groups. Our move to support through the VAWG Service Transformation Fund will encourage better collaboration and new, joined-up approaches between local commissioners, and with specialist VAWG service providers. This will help promote better collaboration and joint leadership, encourage new approaches incorporating early intervention, and establish and embed the best ways to help victims, survivors and their families.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we will shortly be announcing successful bids in our three year £15 million VAWG Service Transformation Fund.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/03/2017 15:16:47 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

711040

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
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 ensure that those people subject to disability hate crime have the confidence to report offences.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	67912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that disabled people who have experienced hate crime have the confidence to report it.</p><p> </p><p>On 26 July last year the Government published a new Hate Crime Action Plan. This outlines the work we will do over the next four years to drive forward action against hate crime in all its forms. The action plan focuses on 5 key areas, one of which is to increase the confidence of victims to report hate crime.</p><p> </p><p>2,508 disability hate crimes were reported to the police in 2014/15 and this increased by 69% to 3,629, in 2015/16. The number of prosecutions for disability hate crimes has also increased by 41% compared with 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Government have undertaken, supported and funded a number of activities to increase the confidence of disabled people to report hate crime.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 22/03/2017 14:32:22 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

711041

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the introduction of safe return reviews on (a) the resources needed by her Department to implement that policy and (b) the integration of refugees into the UK.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	67904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>UK Visas &amp; Immigration already have a dedicated resource in place to undertake safe return reviews when considering settlement applications from those granted refugee status or humanitarian protection. Caseworkers must consider whether there have been significant changes in country conditions or personal circumstances which means that an individual no longer needs our protection.</p><p> </p><p>Those who need protection are normally granted 5 years’ limited leave after which they are able to apply for permanent settlement. This policy has been in place since 2005 when automatic settlement for refugees was abolished, so this Government has never operated a policy of automatic settlement for refugees. All applications are carefully considered on their individual merits and we have always been clear that protection will be granted for as long as it is needed.</p><p> </p><p>Refugees have and will continue to make a valuable contribution to British society but those who want to remain in the UK permanently need to complete a qualifying period of leave before obtaining the benefits of settlement. Refugees have immediate and unrestricted access to the labour market and where it is clear that they continue to face persecution or serious harm on return to their country they are normally granted settlement. Those who are no longer at risk due to significant change in the country situation are able to return home or can choose to apply to remain here under other provisions of the Immigration Rules.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/03/2017 15:14:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

711042

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dog Fighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to make the offence of dog fighting a specific recordable offence by police to enable more accurate recording and help target resources.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	67929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to make dog fighting a specific recordable offence. Animal fighting is already an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, and this includes fighting by dogs.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 22/03/2017 14:33:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

711043

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Media: Crime
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) Facebook, (b) Twitter, (c) Google+, (d) YouTube, (e) Snapchat and (f) WhatsApp accounts have been closed or suspended on request of the Government due to involvement in (i) terrorism, (ii) hate crime and (iii) targeted harassment in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	67847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>This Government takes seriously the issue of online terrorist content, hate crime, and abuse.</p><p> </p><p>We work in partnership with major technology firms across the spectrum of online harms, identifying ways to tackle threats.</p><p>In the UK our dedicated police Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) refers content that they assess as contravening UK terrorism legislation to industry. If industry agree that it breaches their terms and conditions, they remove it voluntarily. Through this process, in 2016 CTIRU secured the removal of over 120,000 pieces of terrorist material. The Home Office can only obtain the specific data requested on terrorism at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Last year we published a new Hate Crime Action Plan which focuses on reducing hate crime both on and offline, increasing reporting and improving support for victims.</p><p>As part of this, we agreed with internet service providers including Google, Facebook and Twitter that they would remove illegal content within 24 hours of it being posted, meaning people are better protected online. Snapchat and Whatsapp both contain end to end encryption on their messages, which means the content sent between their users is not publically viewable.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/03/2017 14:52:56 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty