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1715759

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Pay
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 in his Department are on a maximum payscale below (a) £34,500 and (b) £38,700.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	24774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>Within the Home Office, as of March 2024, there are 31,936 staff that have a maximum payscale below (a) £34,500 and 37,096 staff that have a maximum payscale below (b) £38,700.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/05/2024 16:42:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1715764

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been given entry clearance to the UK on the basis of family life as (a) a partner, (b) a parent and (c) exceptional circumstances in compliance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	24775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of applications for Entry Clearance and to stay in the UK that are made on the basis of family life as a partner or parent and any exceptional circumstances in compliance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the number of applicants granted access to public funds following a successful entry clearance or leave to remain change of conditions application, do not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p> </p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.ThomasPursglove%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1815114e997c4f637ead08dc7422add1%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638512939489818508%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Axdumn6jNwImz%2F2mH3JvDPvzkKwKN75J%2BQ5ZYumqIL4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 24776 24777 question first answered 14/05/2024 15:13:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1715767

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been given leave to remain on the basis of (a) family life as a (i) partner and (ii) parent and (b) exceptional circumstances in compliance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	24776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of applications for Entry Clearance and to stay in the UK that are made on the basis of family life as a partner or parent and any exceptional circumstances in compliance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the number of applicants granted access to public funds following a successful entry clearance or leave to remain change of conditions application, do not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p> </p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.ThomasPursglove%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1815114e997c4f637ead08dc7422add1%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638512939489818508%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Axdumn6jNwImz%2F2mH3JvDPvzkKwKN75J%2BQ5ZYumqIL4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 24775 24777 question first answered 14/05/2024 15:13:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1715768

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were given (a) entry clearance and (b) leave to remain on the grounds of family life as a partner under Immigration Rules Appendix FM were granted access to public funds following a successful change of conditions application in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	24777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The number of applications for Entry Clearance and to stay in the UK that are made on the basis of family life as a partner or parent and any exceptional circumstances in compliance with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the number of applicants granted access to public funds following a successful entry clearance or leave to remain change of conditions application, do not form part of any current transparency data or migration statistics and is not published.</p><p> </p><p>The transparency data does, however, include a range of processing data and the latest data can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fmigration-transparency-data%23uk-visas-and-immigration&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.ThomasPursglove%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1815114e997c4f637ead08dc7422add1%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638512939489818508%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Axdumn6jNwImz%2F2mH3JvDPvzkKwKN75J%2BQ5ZYumqIL4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data#uk-visas-and-immigration</a>.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 24775 24776 question first answered 14/05/2024 15:13:35 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1715816

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution: Internet
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 29 April 2024 to Question 23443 on Prostitution: Internet, whether his Department has received legal advice on the legality of the operations of adult services websites.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	24749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The acts of buying and selling sex are not in themselves illegal in England and Wales. Adult Service Websites are online advertising directories that provide a platform on which legitimate sex workers and escorts can advertise their services and are legal under current prostitution legislation.</p><p>Ministers responsible for the Safeguarding portfolio have met the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for sex work five times since 2017; at least two of those meetings were conducted virtually. The Home Office works closely with the police to cut crime and protect vulnerable people. Officials regularly meet representatives of NPCC portfolios as part of their routine engagement with the police.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 24750 question first answered 09/05/2024 15:48:55 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715821

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Police Chiefs' Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials have met the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for sex work (i) online and (ii) in person in each year since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	24750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The acts of buying and selling sex are not in themselves illegal in England and Wales. Adult Service Websites are online advertising directories that provide a platform on which legitimate sex workers and escorts can advertise their services and are legal under current prostitution legislation.</p><p>Ministers responsible for the Safeguarding portfolio have met the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for sex work five times since 2017; at least two of those meetings were conducted virtually. The Home Office works closely with the police to cut crime and protect vulnerable people. Officials regularly meet representatives of NPCC portfolios as part of their routine engagement with the police.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris grouped question UIN 24749 question first answered 09/05/2024 15:48:55 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1715835

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences were active that authorise use of the forced swim test as of 3 May 2024; and how many licences were amended to no longer authorise use of this test since the letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State to the Animals in Science Committee on 1 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	24752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office committed to review all licences authorising the use of the forced swim test (FST) under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 by the end of March 2024 and has subsequently liaised with licence holders where necessary to implement the recommendations of the Animals in Science Committee.</p><p>Since 1 March 2024, three project licences have been amended to remove authorisation of the FST, one project licence that authorised the FST has expired, and two project licences that authorised the FST have been revoked.</p><p>As of today, three project licences authorise the use of the FST. The Home Office is engaging with the relevant licence holders to ensure the recommendations of the Animals in Science Committee are implemented in full for those licences.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 14/05/2024 16:08:06 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1715842

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
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, which private companies have been contracted by his Department to provide services to the (a) UK government and (b) Rwandan government, to assist in the delivery of the processes outlined in the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024.
tabling member constituency	Falkirk
tabling member printed	John McNally
uin	24781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department uses a number of suppliers to undertake detention and returns activity, MEDP being a workstream within this area. The key suppliers that will be involved with MEDP will be:</p><p>Mitie Care and Custody Ltd – via the immigration escorting contract <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857?p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8e94f338-6049-48f7-8b82-9dea24af8857?p=1</a>.</p><p>CWT – via the immigration travel service contract. <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/36f67d6d-2b26-4ecb-88c6-41291aa8af37?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/36f67d6d-2b26-4ecb-88c6-41291aa8af37?origin=SearchResults&amp;p=1</a>.</p><p>Services provided to the Rwandan Government by private companies are for the Government of Rwanda to procure.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 14/05/2024 14:22:25 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

1715846

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many biometric residence permits were delayed due to technical issues in each of the last three years, broken down by month.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	24782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>At the point that a decision is made to grant permission to remain, a BRP is automatically requested by the case working system and data is sent to the DVLA for the BRP to be produced. Any automatic requests that become &quot;stuck&quot; when sent to the DVLA are targeted and proactive reporting is being developed to identify such cases earlier.</p><p> </p><p>During 2024, DVLA produced 100% of BRPs within 24 hours of this automatic request process.</p><p>During 2023, DVLA produced 99.6% of BRPs within 24 hours of this automatic request process and 100% within 48 hours.</p><p>During 2022, DVLA produced 97.2% of BRPs within 24 hours of this automatic request process and 100% within 48 hours.</p><p>During 2021, DVLA produced 75.1% of BRPs within 24 hours of this automatic request process and 100% within 48 hours.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 09/05/2024 15:47:05 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1715856

registered interest
date	03/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	West Midlands Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding to West Midlands Police for the policing of road traffic collisions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Mrs Paulette Hamilton
uin	24843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>West Midlands Police’s funding will be up to £790.4m in 2024/25, an increase of up to £51.1m when compared to 2023/24.</p><p>The policing of fatal and serious injury road collisions and how available resources are deployed in the West Midlands is the responsibility of the West Midlands Police Constable and Police and Crime Commissioner, taking into account the specific local problems and demands with which they are faced.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/05/2024 15:47:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4938 label Biography information for Mrs Paulette Hamilton