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1657662

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Diplomatic Service
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the level of risk facing refugees who are resident in the UK who encounter difficulties abroad; and what plans they have to ensure they receive consular assistance at the same level as UK citizens.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL9751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government provides consular assistance to British nationals travelling or living abroad.</p><p>We may also help Commonwealth nationals in non-Commonwealth countries where they do not have any diplomatic or consular representation. We cannot help other nationalities, even if they live in the UK or have close connections to the UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 18/09/2023 15:44:40 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1651025

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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: Public Sector
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many police (1) callouts, (2) investigations, (3) charges, and (4) convictions, there were to reported incidents of abuse and hostility towards public service workers in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL9097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of police recorded offences, and their investigative outcomes (including charges outcomes), on ‘assaults on a constable’ and the number of ‘assaults on an emergency worker (other than a constable)’ on a quarterly basis and that can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>Information on other public sector workers is not separately identifiable within police recorded crime.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on police call outs or investigations.</p><p>The Home Office has taken a significant step to introduce a statutory aggravating factor for assault against those who are serving the public, via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022. This means the public facing nature of a victim’s role will be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences. This provision commenced in June 2022.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics’ Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and its latest estimates shows that the number of incidences of violence has fallen by 41% since the year ending March 2010, to 1.1 million incidences.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice publish information on prosecutions and convictions, including ‘Assault of an emergency worker’ offence. These can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022</a></p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 19/07/2023 12:26:14 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1644867

registered interest
date	14/06/2023
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what guidelines they provide to those providing accommodation to asylum-seekers to ensure that their privacy is respected and safety ensured; and whether any such guidance includes preventing unannounced visits to such accommodation, particularly in relation to accommodation for women and children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL8470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>Asylum seekers receive full induction briefings when arriving at Home Office accommodation. This briefing will include health &amp; safety awareness, security and how access to local supporting organisations is facilitated. Whilst sites have 24/7 security, asylum seeker are permitted to come and go and are able to receive visitors.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 28/06/2023 11:22:20 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1628688

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to Written Answer by Lord Markham on 28 March (HL6448), how many animals, and of what type, are currently used in licensed laboratories for pyrogen testing.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the use of animals in scientific procedures. The statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/animals-in-science-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/animals-in-science-statistics</a></p><p>The most recent statistics for 2021 show that no procedures have been carried on animals for quality control pyrogenicity testing for regulatory use since 2019 (data table 7.1).</p><p>Pyrogen testing could be recorded under other categories in the statistics. However, the statistics do not break down the data by test type for non-regulatory or other regulatory purposes.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 05/06/2023 16:16:53 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom attachment 1 file name annual-statistics-scientific-procedures-living-animals-2021_161122_v5.pdf title Annual statistics 2021
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1628689

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cosmetics: Animal Experiments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many licences, and to whom, they have granted for animal testing of cosmetic ingredients since the start of 2019.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>Animal testing of cosmetics for consumer safety has been banned in the UK since 1998 and this remains in force.</p><p>On 17 May 2023 the Government announced it is going further by banning, with immediate effect, licences to test ingredients exclusively used in the production of cosmetics for the purposes of worker safety.</p><p>The Home Secretary has issued a Written Ministerial Statement, which can be found here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-05-17/hcws779.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish details of licensed establishments.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 01/06/2023 12:29:30 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1625070

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Public Places
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing a (1) registration, or (2) other oversight, scheme for companies providing security services, in association with the introduction of the Protect Duty.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL7572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>Volume 1 of the report of the Manchester Arena Inquiry recommended that “consideration should be given to whether contractors who carry out security services should be required to be licensed” (Recommendation 8). The Government has given careful consideration to this and is not persuaded that licensing businesses in this way would deliver improvements in public safety that would be proportionate to the significant increases in regulatory burdens that this would entail. Instead, the Government has asked the Security Industry Authority, which regulates the private security industry, to consider how its voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme can help to further drive quality standards in security provision.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, the National Counter Terrorism Office (NaCTSO) are looking to develop a voluntary Competent Person scheme. The Competent Person Scheme will involve a Competent Person in the Workplace qualification and the Counter Terrorism Security Specialist Register. This register will recognise existing skills and qualifications within the sector, whilst also providing reassurances to businesses that a counter terrorism specialist has the necessary skills to appropriately advise on risk and suitable mitigation measures.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 16/05/2023 15:47:20 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1599673

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Politics and Government: Thailand
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect and reassure Thai nationals in the UK given recent attacks in other countries on those seen as critics of the current and former governments of Thailand.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>We continually assess potential threats in the UK, and this Government takes the rights, freedoms, and safety of individuals and communities in the UK very seriously.</p><p>Through our excellent police forces and the agencies that work with them, we take a proactive approach to protecting individuals and communities from all manner of threats. Where we identify individuals who may be at heightened risk, we are front-footed in deploying protective security guidance and other measures where necessary.</p><p> </p><p>As you would expect, Home Office officials work closely with the FCDO and DLUHC as well as other government departments in ensuring that the UK is a safe and welcoming place for all those from other countries, including Thai nationals.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 13/03/2023 16:44:45 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1565303

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Car Washes: Conditions of Employment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take in response to the research by Nottingham Trent University which found that more than 90 per cent of hand car washes are likely to be employing workers illegally.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Illegal working undercuts honest employers, puts vulnerable migrants at risk of exploitation, prevents legitimate job seekers from accessing employment and defrauds the public purse. Tackling this damaging crime remains a key priority and as the Prime Minister set out in his statement to Parliament on the 13th December we are increasing the number of illegal working raids by 50%.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/01/2023 17:43:35 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1563811

registered interest
date	21/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: China
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide reassurance to the Uyghur, Tibetan, Hong Kong and other Chinese refugee communities in the UK about their security, following the 16 October attack on protesters outside the Chinese consulate.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>As the Minister for Security stated to the House of Commons on 1 November, the Home Office works closely with Departments across Whitehall and with devolved Administrations to ensure that our national security is protected and that, in particular, those who have chosen to settle here are free to engage in our democratic society without fear of the regimes that they have tried to leave behind.</p><p>Through our excellent police forces and the agencies that work with them, we take a proactive approach to protecting individuals and communities from all manner of threats. Where we identify individuals who may be at heightened risk, we are front-footed in deploying protective security guidance and other measures where necessary.</p><p>The upcoming National Security Bill will strengthen our legal powers to deal with transnational repression. Coercion, harassment or intimidation linked to a foreign power that interfere with the freedoms of individuals will be criminalised under the new foreign interference offence in the Bill.</p><p>Home Office Ministers have asked officials to step up the work to ensure that our approach to transnational repression is robust, and the Security Minister has asked our Department to review our approach to transnational repression as a matter of urgency. The Security Minister will provide an update on that work to the House in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 09/01/2023 17:56:12 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1562883

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Domestic Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Prime Minister on Illegal Immigration on 13 December (HC Deb cols 885–8), what assessment they have made of the gender impacts of the aspiration that claims for asylum will be processed “in days or weeks, not months or years”, given the difficulties many victims of sexual violence may have in immediately disclosing the full extent of their experiences.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL4405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2023 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that all asylum claimants, including those who have suffered sexual violence, feel able to disclose their experiences early in the asylum process, so that decision-makers can consider that evidence and grant protection status where it is needed without undue delay.</p><p>We appreciate that it may be difficult for claimants to disclose sensitive information and we have gender sensitive processes in place, for example providing gender specific interviewers and interpreters where appropriate. If there is a discrepancy between the information someone provides at different stages in the asylum process, we will clarify this during the asylum interview. We will take account of the explanation the claimant provides alongside any other underlying factors such as gender, feelings of shame and social standing when assessing credibility and deciding whether the claimant qualifies for protection status.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 03/01/2023 14:59:53 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle