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1713827

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a person (a) was interviewed and (b) had charges brought against them in connection with controlling drones above an ongoing crime scene in 2023.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	23696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of interviews or charges in connection with controlling drones above ongoing crime scenes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:08:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1713849

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which homelessness stakeholders he has met since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	23793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities lead on homelessness and rough sleeping and as such have regular meetings with stakeholders.</p><p>The Home Office has additionally engaged with police, local authorities, Police and Crime Commissioners and other organisations including the homelessness sector on this topic. This has highlighted that more direct tools were needed to respond to begging and rough sleeping where it causes nuisance to others.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/05/2024 16:11:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1713851

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime: Public Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a ban on public sector bodies paying a ransom to criminal groups in exchange for decryption.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	23743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Cyber crime is a significant threat to the security and prosperity of the UK. The most recent Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated that there were 984,000 ‘computer misuse’ offences against individuals in England and Wales in the year ending December 2023. The Government recognises ransomware as the most significant national security cyber threat.</p><p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) discourages paying ransoms, noting that such payments rarely ensure data recovery. The UK Government neither pays ransoms nor condones the payment of ransoms to criminals, always advising against such substantial concessions to hostage-takers or extortionists.</p><p>At the Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) summit in Washington last year, we led a joint statement signed by 46 countries and Interpol, which pledged that “relevant institutions under the authority of our national government” should not be used to pay a ransomware demand. This was the first international statement of its kind. Our joint statement was a major milestone in achieving international consensus around the non-payment of ransoms.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/04/2024 14:34:35 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1713858

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
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, with reference to the judgment of HR & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 786 (Admin) of 11 April 2024, whether it his policy to (a) develop a referral process to allow eligible parents and their immediate family members to be resettled under pathway one of the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme and (b) begin to accept referrals under that route in the first half of 2024.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	23813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>I can confirm that it is our intention, as was made clear through the judgment referenced, to establish a route for those evacuated from Afghanistan under Pathway 1 of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme without their immediate family members to be reunited in the UK. We remain on track to open the route for referrals in the first half of this year. Further details will be provided in due course.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/04/2024 12:31:44 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1713875

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	British Nationality: Equality
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 8 March 2024 to Question 16407 on British Nationality, whether his Department has made an assessment of the compatibility of the policy on British citizenship from birth for a person born between 2 October 2000 and 29 April 2006 with obligations under the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	23781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The British Nationality Act 1981 sets out how a person, born in the UK, may be a British citizen at birth, requiring that at least one parent is either settled here or British themselves. We are content that the determination of citizenship for children born to EEA nationals during the period cited is in keeping with that statute and does not breach any equalities obligations.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/04/2024 13:28:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1713907

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 his Department's publication entitled Home Office procurement card spend over £500: February 2024, published on 23 April 2024, what the overseas costs linked to his visit were for the £705.93 paid to The Cinnamon Club on 16 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	23706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>a) Honourable Society</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the procurement of a venue for publication day launch of the Angiolini Inquiry Part 1 report.</p><p> </p><p>b) Cinnamon Club</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the Permanent Secretary’s hosting of US Department of Justice officials in the UK, as part of the HO-DoJ Strategic Dialogue.</p><p> </p><p>c) Fletcher Gallery Services</p><p> </p><p>These costs (none overseas) were incurred for the purchase of departmental furnishings.</p><p> </p><p>d) Cloveride</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the hire of two chauffeured vehicles for the Home Secretary’s official visit to New York in February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 23707 23708 23709 question first answered 30/04/2024 16:09:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1713909

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 his Department's publication entitled Home Office procurement card spend over £500: February 2024, published on 23 April 2024, what the overseas costs linked to his visit were for the £636.48 paid to Fletcher Gallery Services Ltd on 20 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	23707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>a) Honourable Society</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the procurement of a venue for publication day launch of the Angiolini Inquiry Part 1 report.</p><p> </p><p>b) Cinnamon Club</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the Permanent Secretary’s hosting of US Department of Justice officials in the UK, as part of the HO-DoJ Strategic Dialogue.</p><p> </p><p>c) Fletcher Gallery Services</p><p> </p><p>These costs (none overseas) were incurred for the purchase of departmental furnishings.</p><p> </p><p>d) Cloveride</p><p> </p><p>These costs were incurred for the hire of two chauffeured vehicles for the Home Secretary’s official visit to New York in February 2024.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 23706 23708 23709 question first answered 30/04/2024 16:09:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1713471

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Telephone Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of scam telephone calls using number spoofing were reported in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	23542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold any data on the number of scam telephone calls using number spoofing.</p><p>Ofcom recently published their experiences of suspicious calls, texts and app messages survey, conducted on 31<sup>st</sup> January and 1<sup>st</sup> February 2024 (2,202 UK adult respondents). Mobile and landline users were asked if they had ever received a call that looked like it was from a genuine source but then became suspicious that it was not genuine. 35% reported having received a call on their landline and 50% reported having received a call on their mobile of this nature.</p><p><a href="https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0025/281158/data-tables-2024.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0025/281158/data-tables-2024.xlsx</a></p><p>NB: These figures cannot be combined as some users may have received both suspicious call on their mobile and landline and do not provide answers on the number of spoofing calls in the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/05/2024 15:47:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1713472

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Telephone Services: Fraud
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 is taking steps to support (a) businesses and (b) other organisations whose numbers are used by (i) nuisance callers and (ii) criminals in number spoofing scams.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	23543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>A central pillar of the Government’s Fraud Strategy is blocking individuals and groups from attempting to impersonate other organisations and institutional bodies. As part of this work, the Government has introduced a new measure to the Criminal Justice Bill to strengthen law enforcement capabilities to tackle scam text messages. The Bill will create a new offence for supplying or possessing “SIM farm” devices (which allow criminals to send scam texts to thousands of individuals and businesses at the same time), without good reason or undertaking adequate due diligence.</p><p>In addition, the Government and Industry have signed the Telecommunications Fraud Sector Charter, a voluntary agreement to improve counter-fraud efforts. As a result of the Charter, the sector has introduced firewalls that detect and stop scam texts from reaching customers. Since January 2022, the firewalls have stopped 960 million scam text messages.</p><p>Law enforcement are also working tirelessly to tackle criminal number spoofing operations at source. Last year, Operation Elaborate led by the Metropolitan police took down iSpoof, a website that was used to make 10 million spoof calls impersonating individuals and businesses. The international joint action led to 142 arrests and the main administrator of the website was sentenced to 13 years and 4 months of imprisonment.</p><p>In April this year, in another successful joint operation codenamed Stargrew, the Met took down LabHost; a major criminal website, which fraudsters used to create over 40,000 fake phishing websites impersonating businesses. So far the operation has led to 37 arrests, and over 25,000 victims in the UK have been contacted.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/04/2024 13:59:44 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1713476

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Prevention: Surrey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to mitigate potential wildfires in Surrey.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	23450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office are the lead Government Department for Wildfire Response and own the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) wildfire risk. Government departments including Home Office, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities and key stakeholders work closely to mitigate the risk of wildfire.</p><p>The published Wildfire Framework outlines the work being undertaken to improve the UK’s preparedness for wildfires in England. The Home Office maintains regular engagement with National Bodies including the National Fire Chiefs Council and England and Wales Wildfire Forum to monitor and review sector led improvements to wildfire response and mitigation.</p><p>The Home Office have committed to scoping a wildfire strategy and action plan by mid-2024, with support from Defra and its agencies. This commitment is outlined in the third National Adaptation Plan and includes considering prevention, response and recovery actions.</p><p>In 24/25, the Home Office is funding a new National Resilience Wildfire Advisor who will assess what additional wildfire national capabilities might be needed to increase resilience to the wildfire risk and to ensure coordination of approaches across the sector.</p><p>Surrey County Council has overall responsibility for fire and rescue services in Surrey. The county council will receive an un-ringfenced grant for all of their services including fire, through the Local Government Finance Settlement and they will allocate funding according to their priorities.</p><p>All Fire and Rescue Authority’s including Surrey, are required to plan for the foreseeable risks in their area (including wildfires) through their Integrated Risk Management Plan. This will include plans to prevent and respond to incidents.</p><p>Individuals should contact their own insurance providers with regard to any potential claims for damage as a result of wildfire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 23451 23452 question first answered 01/05/2024 14:15:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron