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822841

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of a minimum unit price for alcohol in England on rates of alcohol-related crime.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	122524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>We have noted the ruling of the UK Supreme Court in favour of the Scottish Government. Minimum unit pricing will continue to remain under review pending the impact of its implementation in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/01/2018 16:53:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

822872

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the closure of illegal immigrants' bank accounts will not affect people with a legal right to reside in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2016 bank account measures only apply to disqualified persons. These are known illegal migrants who are liable for removal or deportation from the UK, and the Secretary of State for the Home Department considers that they should be denied access to banking services.</p><p>Legal migrants who satisfy commercial requirements for opening and operating an account will continue to have access to services.</p><p>The accuracy of the disqualified person data is subject to rigorous checks by the Home Office before it is shared with banks and building societies, and a current account will only be reported to the Home Office if there is a clear data match based on the customer’s name, address and date of birth.</p><p>Banks and building societies are obliged to report any matches to the Home Office. The Home Office will then carry out a secondary immigration status check and, only when instructed by the Home Office, will the bank or building society be required to take steps to prevent continued access to existing accounts.</p><p>If despite all the checks a person considers they are lawfully present in the UK and that incorrect information has been provided, they can contact the Home Office so that any error in the Home Office’s records can be immediately rectified.</p><p>The 2016 Act measures came into force on 30 October. As detailed in secondary legislation regulations, banks and building societies are legally required to conduct their first immigration check on all existing personal current accounts in the first calendar quarter of 2018.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/01/2018 13:55:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

822873

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has plans for local authorities to provide independent oversight housing for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	122556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office and its Providers are committed to working closely with local authorities and communities to ensure the sustainability of asylum accommodation contracts. We engage with local authorities on a regular basis and welcome their involvement in ensuring that asylum accommodation is of the required standard. The Home Office and its Providers have undertaken inspections jointly with local authorities where the local authority feels this is necessary and would be happy to continue that practice in future.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/01/2018 13:53:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

822907

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken by the Government in response to the recommendation in paragraph 6.2. of the Council of Europe Resolution 2036 (2015) on promoting reasonable accommodation within the principle of indirect discrimination; and what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing a formal mechanism of reasonable accommodation for religious belief in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	122590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government greatly values the vital role that Christian organisations – and individual Christians - have in our society and the part they play in national life, inspiring a great number of people to get involved in public service and providing help to those in need</p><p>A report published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in December 2016, ‘Religion or Belief: Is the law working?’, concluded that the existing legal framework provided sufficient protection for people manifesting their religion or belief and recommended that:</p><p><br /><em>‘A duty of reasonable accommodation should not be introduced into law’</em></p><p><br />We have no plans, therefore, to change to law in that way. However, subsequent to the Council of Europe’s Resolution from 2015, the EHRC has also published a suite of guidance for employers covering issues of religion or belief in the workplace, including how to handle requests from employees to accommodate their religious beliefs while at work.</p><p><br />We believe that the Equality Act 2010 strikes the right balance between the rights of people to manifest their religion or beliefs and the rights of others not to be discriminated against or harassed due to other protected characteristics.</p><p><br />We also do consider that current legislation allows people from expressing their religious beliefs in a legitimate and proportionate way.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/01/2018 17:42:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

822908

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Freedom: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps have been taken by the Government in response to the recommendation in paragraph 6.2.2 of the Council of Europe Resolution 2036 (2015) on upholding freedom of conscience in the workplace while ensuring that access to services provided by law is maintained and the right of others to be free from discrimination is protected.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	122591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government greatly values the vital role that Christian organisations – and individual Christians - have in our society and the part they play in national life, inspiring a great number of people to get involved in public service and providing help to those in need</p><p>A report published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in December 2016, ‘Religion or Belief: Is the law working?’, concluded that the existing legal framework provided sufficient protection for people manifesting their religion or belief and recommended that:</p><p><br /><em>‘A duty of reasonable accommodation should not be introduced into law’</em></p><p><br />We have no plans, therefore, to change to law in that way. However, subsequent to the Council of Europe’s Resolution from 2015, the EHRC has also published a suite of guidance for employers covering issues of religion or belief in the workplace, including how to handle requests from employees to accommodate their religious beliefs while at work.</p><p><br />We believe that the Equality Act 2010 strikes the right balance between the rights of people to manifest their religion or beliefs and the rights of others not to be discriminated against or harassed due to other protected characteristics.</p><p><br />We also do consider that current legislation allows people from expressing their religious beliefs in a legitimate and proportionate way.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/01/2018 17:42:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

822911

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government has taken in response to the recommendation in paragraph 6.4. of the Council of Europe Resolution 2036 (2015) on upholding the fundamental right to freedom of expression by ensuring national legislation does not unduly limit religiously motivated speech.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	122594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government greatly values the vital role that Christian organisations – and individual Christians - have in our society and the part they play in national life, inspiring a great number of people to get involved in public service and providing help to those in need</p><p>A report published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in December 2016, ‘Religion or Belief: Is the law working?’, concluded that the existing legal framework provided sufficient protection for people manifesting their religion or belief and recommended that:</p><p><br /><em>‘A duty of reasonable accommodation should not be introduced into law’</em></p><p><br />We have no plans, therefore, to change to law in that way. However, subsequent to the Council of Europe’s Resolution from 2015, the EHRC has also published a suite of guidance for employers covering issues of religion or belief in the workplace, including how to handle requests from employees to accommodate their religious beliefs while at work.</p><p><br />We believe that the Equality Act 2010 strikes the right balance between the rights of people to manifest their religion or beliefs and the rights of others not to be discriminated against or harassed due to other protected characteristics.</p><p><br />We also do consider that current legislation allows people from expressing their religious beliefs in a legitimate and proportionate way.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/01/2018 17:42:28 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

822923

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable and process is for appointing new members to the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs; and by when the Government plans to have filled existing vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	122606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>A recruitment campaign to appoint new members to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs commenced in 2017. The recruitment process has been conducted in accordance with Cabinet Office Governance Code for Public Appointment which was published in December 2016 (see link below). <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-code-for-public-appointments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/governance-code-for-public-appointments </a><br>The new members have been selected for appointment and will be an-nounced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/01/2018 16:06:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

822948

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Money Laundering
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 19 December 2017 to Question 118851, on Money Laundering, what steps he is taking within the reform to the SARs regime to drive up engagement with (a) Trust or Company Service Providers and (b) other reporting sectors on improvements to SAR reporting.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	122631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office and the National Crime Agency have initiated a SARs Reform Programme to deliver end-to-end improvements to the SARs regime. This will include improving the quality of SARs reporting, addressing concerns of defensive-reporting and under-reporting, enhancing the capabilities of the UK Financial Intelligence Unit, and increasing the use, exploitation and analysis of SARs by law enforcement bodies. The regulated sector have been extensively consulted and engaged in the design of the Reform Programme.</p><p>In addition, the Home Office’s ‘Flag It Up’ campaign works with the National Crime Agency and regulatory bodies in relevant professional sectors to drive engagement with best practice guidance on SARs reporting, and prevent potential involvement with money laundering activities. The NCA also engage on a regular basis with the regulated sector through the SARs Regime Committee.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/01/2018 16:00:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

821467

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of hate crimes that have been reported to police in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	122385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects information on the number of hate crimes recorded by the police, by monitored strand. The latest statistics are published in the ‘Hate crime, England and Wales, 2016 to 2017’ statistical bulletin, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>This Government is committed to tackling hate crime. The UK has a strong legislative framework to tackle hate crime. We are working across Government with police, (including National Community Tensions Team), the Crown Prosecution Service and community partners to send out a clear message that hate crime will not be tolerated and we will vigorously pursue and prosecute those who commit these crimes.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/01/2018 15:47:04 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

821468

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to run a consultation on the proposed Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	122386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to seeking the views of experts and practitioners on proposals for the draft domestic abuse Bill and supporting non-legislative measures. We are working with partners across Government on our domestic abuse consultation to ensure it is as robust and thorough as possible, before launching it shortly. The consultation will be accompanied by a number of events taking place around England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/01/2018 15:59:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day