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1361721

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior care worker roles have been recruited through the skilled worker route in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	59984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The most recent published data can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visas-and-citizenship-data-q2-2021" target="_blank">Visas and Citizenship data: Q2 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Information relating to Skilled workers (Tier 2) can be found on worksheet VC_01a. However, such information is not broken down further into specific occupations, such as senior care workers.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/10/2021 15:35:21 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1361749

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cosmetics
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 publish a response to the open letter from Cruelty Free International and eighty cosmetics industry organisations dated 19 August 2021 asking that no changes are made to the UK ban on cosmetics testing on animals.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government can confirm, there has been no change to, and there is no plan to change, any of the legislation related to regulatory testing using animals in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/10/2021 15:54:40 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361750

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Chemicals
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 publish the reasons for her Department’s decision to align its approach to regulatory chemical testing with the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency in the 2020 Symrise ruling.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The approach outlined in Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency in the 2020 Symrise ruling reflects the approach already taken within the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/10/2021 15:56:23 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361751

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Chemicals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the additional number of animal tests that will be required to be carried out in the UK as a result of the decision to align with the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency in the 2020 Symrise ruling and its approach to regulatory chemical testing.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>There will be no increase in animal testing carried out in the UK because the Board of Appeal of the European Chemicals Agency in the 2020 Symrise ruling and its approach to regulatory chemical testing reflects the approach already taken in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/10/2021 15:52:52 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1361767

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which cities Afghan refugees are being resettled to in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
uin	59991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>We continue to work with local authorities to source appropriate accommodation as quickly as possible for Afghan families who were evacuated to the UK. So far, over 300 local authorities across the UK have offered to house Afghan families. There are more than 11,000 individuals accommodated temporarily in bridging hotels across the UK, who were evacuated as part of Operation Pitting.</p><p>Children who have recently arrived from Afghanistan are entitled to a full time education and one of our priorities is to ensure they receive it. The duty to provide sufficient education for all school-age children rests with local authorities and the government is working closely with local authorities in whose areas Afghan families are resident to ensure they can access education as soon as possible.</p><p>In addition, we are urgently making available additional funds to support local authorities to provide educational support and help Afghan children and young people settle into their local schools and communities.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 28/10/2021 15:18:35 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1361768

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional financial support her Department is making available to (a) Liverpool and (b) other cities that are accommodating asylum seekers to ensure that they can provide adequate (i) health, (ii) schooling, (iii) housing and (iv) other support services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
uin	59992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the important work Liverpool and Local Authorities across the UK undertake to support asylum seekers.</p><p>We have established working groups with Local Authorities to determine best practice, one of which relates to defining potential additional funding requirements.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 28/10/2021 11:42:47 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1361777

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Afghans evacuated under Operation Pitting who remain in (a) temporary accommodation and (b) hotels.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	59945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>We can confirm that on 19 October, there were more than 11,000 individuals accommodated in bridging hotels across the UK who had been evacuated as part of Operation Pitting.</p><p>The information provided is from provisional locally held data, subject to change and is not assured to the standard of official statistics.</p><p>It should be noted that individuals evacuated under Operation Pitting which concluded overnight on 28/29 August, included families relocated under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), British Nationals and their families, and Third Country Nationals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/11/2021 16:23:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1361778

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) longest and (b) median length of stay is of Afghans evacuated under Operation Pitting who remain in hotel accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	59946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>A significant cross Government effort is underway to ensure the thousands of Afghans who were evacuated to the UK receive the support they need to rebuild their lives, find work, pursue education, and integrate into local communities.</p><p>We continue to work with local authorities to source appropriate accommodation as quickly as possible, although we have had to use hotels as a temporary measure due to unprecedented demand. In the meantime, we are providing wrap around support to enable families to build successful lives in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/10/2021 16:45:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins previous answer version 27214 answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1361808

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Spiking: Alcoholic Drinks
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 tackle the spiking of women and girls' drinks' with illegal substances in nightclubs.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	59799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The reports of the spiking of drinks with illegal substances, and of other attacks on individuals in night time venues, are of course concerning. This is an ongoing matter which the police are investigating. The Home Secretary has asked the police for an urgent update on the issues reported, including what steps they are taking to prevent the offences and apprehend the perpetrators. We would encourage anyone who is a victim or a witness of the offences to report the information to the police.</p><p>The Government is supporting the rollout of pilot initiatives to improve the safety of women in public spaces at night, including in the night-time economy. We have committed to delivering a £5 million ‘Safety of Women at Night’ fund, in addition to the £25 million Safer Streets Fund Round 3. These funds will support projects that target potential perpetrators, seek to protect potential victims, or deliver programmes intended to address offending behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/10/2021 16:57:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1361841

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was spent by police forces on security and policing costs at each HS2 site since 2019.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	59869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not centrally collect information on the cost to the public purse for each police force involved in policing the route of HS2.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/10/2021 15:51:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey