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1663153

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres: Restraint Techniques
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) use, (b) misuse and (c) unlawful use of force have been recorded on the immigration detention estate in the last 12 months; and for what reason force was used in each incident.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	201007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The welfare of all those in our care is of the utmost importance. We will accept nothing but the highest standards from companies employed to manage the immigration removal estate.</p><p>Published guidance, and the training received by detainee custody officers (DCOs) makes it clear that physical force and restraint equipment should only be used after a thorough assessment of risk, and in consideration of each individual’s personal circumstances. Where restraints are used, they are removed at the earliest opportunity.</p><p>The Home Office reviews all reports resulting from a use of force to identify trends, ensure that techniques are used proportionally, are justified, and are used for the minimum period required.</p><p>All escort DCOs are fully trained in HOMES techniques (Home Office Manual for Escorting Safely) and custodial DCOs are trained in Control and Restraint (C&amp;R). Quarterly transparency data on the number of use of force incidents using HOMES techniques and the number of use of force incidents where HOMES equipment was used can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-Q2-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-enforcement-data-Q2-2023</a>. The Home Office does not publish C&amp;R data.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 201008 question first answered 18/10/2023 16:54:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1661891

registered interest
date	19/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made on implementing the recommendations in the report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, published in October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	200418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government is continuing to drive forward commitments made in our response to the Independent Inquiry, published in May. We are making good progress, including recently concluding the mandatory reporting call for evidence. We will continue to engage with stakeholders and victims and survivors to ensure we are using all levers we can to tackle this horrific crime. The Home Secretary has also committed to providing an update on progress to Parliament in November.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 18/10/2023 09:24:57 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1659381

registered interest
date	08/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Meta: Information Sharing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with police forces on the sharing of data with the social media company Meta.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	198565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and Ministers hold regular meetings with policing colleagues to discuss a range of matters, which could include sharing of data.</p><p>The Home Office is unable to comment on any specific case or incident. However, as a matter of general practice, the Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) sets out in their guidance how data should be shared by competent authorities, including law enforcement. This is available online at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fico.org.uk%2Ffor-organisations%2Fuk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources%2Fdata-sharing%2Fdata-sharing-and-reuse-of-data-by-competent-authorities%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGeorgia.Newton2%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cdf08574856624a19938e08dbb53f2d73%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638303055168192461%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=mZB5eX2ZfctBHIC2ds%2FpNSyuvm9udUtVcS3nOgSigtE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/data-sharing/data-sharing-and-reuse-of-data-by-competent-authorities/</a></p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 18/09/2023 11:18:29 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1654786

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrants: Health Services
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 the oral statement of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Public Sector Pay of 13 July 2023, Official Report, column 525, when she plans to bring forward regulations to increase the immigration health surcharge.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	195578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>We will lay regulations in the Autumn to amend the Immigration (Health Charge Order) 2015, in order to increase the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS).</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 08:31:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1654787

registered interest
date	20/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Fees and Charges
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 the oral statement of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on Public Sector Pay of 13 July 2023, Official Report, column 525, when she plans to bring forward regulations to increase visa fees.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	195579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>We will lay regulations in the Autumn to amend immigration and nationality fees and set out which routes are impacted.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 06/09/2023 08:30:20 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1648186

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of detainees' access to medical services in the Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	191388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>In relation to the provision of healthcare in immigration removal centres (IRC), we take our responsibilities towards detained individuals’ health and welfare seriously. All IRCs have dedicated health facilities run by doctors and nurses commissioned by NHS England and delivered to the equivalent quality standards as services are in the community.</p><p> </p><p>Every detained individual arriving at an IRC receives an initial healthcare screening within 2 hours of their arrival which identifies any immediate or long-term healthcare risks. Unless they decline, detained individuals in IRCs are given an appointment with a doctor within 24 hours. Clinical pathways into other healthcare services are initiated at this point depending on the outcomes of the reception screen, for example into mental health services. Detained individuals have full access to the 24-hour on-site healthcare team during their stay in the IRC. Continuation of healthcare provision is included in contingency planning to ensure access to healthcare in unexpected incidents or circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>All incidents of self-harm are treated very seriously, and every step is taken to prevent incidents of this nature. The Home Office requires IRC service providers to record management information on the number of incidents of self-harm that have required medical treatment. Information on incidents of self-harm which do not require medical treatment, or specifically, where the intent of the self-harm attempt is suicide, is not readily available from central statistical records.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of deaths of people detained under immigration powers. Data for each year from 2017, are published in Migration Statistics <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1156950/detention-summary-mar-2023-tables.ods" target="_blank">Det_05 of the Detention summary tables</a>. In the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021 (the latest two-year period for which published information is available), there were no deaths of individuals detained in the Heathrow IRCs. The next annual data set regarding deaths of people detained under immigration powers, covering 2022, will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191389 question first answered 03/07/2023 16:41:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1648187

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of (a) self-harm, (b) suicide and (c) attempted suicide have been been recorded at Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	191389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>In relation to the provision of healthcare in immigration removal centres (IRC), we take our responsibilities towards detained individuals’ health and welfare seriously. All IRCs have dedicated health facilities run by doctors and nurses commissioned by NHS England and delivered to the equivalent quality standards as services are in the community.</p><p> </p><p>Every detained individual arriving at an IRC receives an initial healthcare screening within 2 hours of their arrival which identifies any immediate or long-term healthcare risks. Unless they decline, detained individuals in IRCs are given an appointment with a doctor within 24 hours. Clinical pathways into other healthcare services are initiated at this point depending on the outcomes of the reception screen, for example into mental health services. Detained individuals have full access to the 24-hour on-site healthcare team during their stay in the IRC. Continuation of healthcare provision is included in contingency planning to ensure access to healthcare in unexpected incidents or circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>All incidents of self-harm are treated very seriously, and every step is taken to prevent incidents of this nature. The Home Office requires IRC service providers to record management information on the number of incidents of self-harm that have required medical treatment. Information on incidents of self-harm which do not require medical treatment, or specifically, where the intent of the self-harm attempt is suicide, is not readily available from central statistical records.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of deaths of people detained under immigration powers. Data for each year from 2017, are published in Migration Statistics <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1156950/detention-summary-mar-2023-tables.ods" target="_blank">Det_05 of the Detention summary tables</a>. In the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021 (the latest two-year period for which published information is available), there were no deaths of individuals detained in the Heathrow IRCs. The next annual data set regarding deaths of people detained under immigration powers, covering 2022, will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191388 question first answered 03/07/2023 16:41:05 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1647968

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any children under the age of 18 are currently detained in Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre; and whether any children under the age of 18 have been detained in that centre in the last (a) week, (b) month and (c) year.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	191239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>Prior to arrival at an immigration removal centre (IRC) all detained persons will have been assessed as over the age of 18 and deemed suitable for detention. In some cases, individuals who are detained subsequently claim to be children. Our contracted service providers follow published guidance - Detention Services Order 02/2019 - on managing those who claim to be under the age of 18 after entering detention, to safeguard and promote their welfare.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on people entering, in and leaving immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. The number of people entering and in detention each quarter are in tables Det_D01 and Det_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#immigration-detention" target="_blank">Detention detailed datasets</a>’, where the data can be broken down by age and first place of detention or current place of detention. The number of people leaving detention each quarter are in table Det_D03 of the same datasets, where the data can be broken down by age. The latest data relates to the end of March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office takes the welfare and safety of people in its care very seriously and is focused on providing decent, safe and secure accommodation in all immigration removal centres. Independent scrutiny is a vital part of assurance that detention facilities are safe, secure, and humane. Robust statutory oversight is provided by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and the Independent Monitoring Boards, ensuring that detained individuals are treated with proper standards of care and decency.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191240 question first answered 29/06/2023 16:36:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1647969

registered interest
date	26/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre: Standards
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 has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of living conditions inside the Heathrow Immigration Removal Centre.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	191240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>Prior to arrival at an immigration removal centre (IRC) all detained persons will have been assessed as over the age of 18 and deemed suitable for detention. In some cases, individuals who are detained subsequently claim to be children. Our contracted service providers follow published guidance - Detention Services Order 02/2019 - on managing those who claim to be under the age of 18 after entering detention, to safeguard and promote their welfare.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office publishes statistics on people entering, in and leaving immigration detention in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. The number of people entering and in detention each quarter are in tables Det_D01 and Det_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/returns-and-detention-datasets#immigration-detention" target="_blank">Detention detailed datasets</a>’, where the data can be broken down by age and first place of detention or current place of detention. The number of people leaving detention each quarter are in table Det_D03 of the same datasets, where the data can be broken down by age. The latest data relates to the end of March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office takes the welfare and safety of people in its care very seriously and is focused on providing decent, safe and secure accommodation in all immigration removal centres. Independent scrutiny is a vital part of assurance that detention facilities are safe, secure, and humane. Robust statutory oversight is provided by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and the Independent Monitoring Boards, ensuring that detained individuals are treated with proper standards of care and decency.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 191239 question first answered 29/06/2023 16:36:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1625458

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	Visas: Chevening Scholarships Programme
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 make it her policy to extend leave to remain to Afghan Chevening Scholars whose visas are due to expire within the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	183627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>Under Pathway 1, vulnerable and at-risk individuals who arrived in the UK under the Afghan evacuation programme have been the first to be settled under the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme (ACRS). This includes those Chevening scholars who were evacuated, and those who were notified by the UK Government that they had been called forward or specifically authorised for evacuation, but were not able to board flights and have subsequently arrived in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals on the 2020/21 and 2021/22 Chevening programmes who were in the UK and did not meet the eligibility requirements for ACRS Pathway 3, which includes Chevening alumni at risk, were granted Indefinite Leave to Remain outside of the Rules, alongside their immediate family members who were also already in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Chevening awards were offered to Afghans resident in safe third countries for the academic year 2022-23. It was made clear to applicants that the scholarship is not an offer of resettlement and that the usual Chevening policy would apply, including the requirement to leave the UK at the end of their scholarship.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/05/2023 14:32:35 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome