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1693044

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Theft: Auctions
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 bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the checks auction houses must carry out to prevent the sale of stolen goods.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	16547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact invasive crimes such as theft can have on individuals and the wider community. The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 51% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010.</p><p>The Home Office established the Stolen Goods Working Group in January 2021, collaborating with policing and academic leads to deliver a programme of work that will make it harder for criminals to profit financially from acquisitive crime.</p><p>Through this group the Government are working closely with a group of expert policing and academic partners who are taking forward work across a number of themes. These include actions to identify where and how stolen goods are commonly sold; examining ways to ensure property is marked, identifiable and traceable; exploring ways to share best practice between forces; and examining what more can be done to tackle the disposal markets for stolen goods and reduce the profit from acquisitive crime.</p><p>There are a number of police-led schemes to prevent the sale of stolen goods, including We Don’t Buy Crime and the Safe Seller scheme. Under these schemes, sellers of second-hand goods commit to undertake checks before buying and offering goods for sale.</p><p>Owners are encouraged to mark and register property, this helps to prove ownership of an item and return it to the rightful owner if stolen property is recovered. There are a number of commercially run property marking databases where members of the public can register their items. Some of these specialise in certain types of items such as bicycles or antiques. Police Crime Prevention Initiatives have developed practical crime prevention advice to better understand how to better safeguard property. Information can be found here <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.securedbydesign.com%2Fguidance%2Fcrime-prevention-advice%2Ffuel-theft&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2BqgfgLKEGePnSUjzp%2FeDG2qQYQZuC8UVy%2FYxYl4SW%2BM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft</a>.</p><p>The Criminal Justice Bill, currently making its passage through Parliament, includes a new power for the police to enter premises to search for and seize specific stolen items. This power will allow swift seizure of stolen property and better gathering of evidence to support investigation and arrest, which police indicate is crucial for acquisitive crime offences.</p><p>Online sale sites have policies in place to prevent the sale of illegal items and items that encourage illegal activity, along with guidance for the public on how to avoid purchasing stolen goods. The Online Safety Act 2023 will place a new responsibility on tech companies to prevent users encountering illegal content, which includes advertisements for stolen goods.</p><p>There are currently no plans to introduce a database of stolen goods which can be updated by law enforcement or bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the checks auction houses must carry out to prevent the sale of stolen goods.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 16548 16549 question first answered 08/03/2024 09:52:11 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1691214

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Household Support Fund: Impact Assessments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department prepared an impact assessment on its decision not to extend the Household Support Fund.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	15386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The current Household Support Fund runs from April 2023 until the end of March 2024, and the Government continues to keep all its existing programmes under review in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 15387 15388 question first answered 29/02/2024 09:42:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1691215

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Household Support Fund: Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of discontinuing the Household Support Fund on local government finances.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	15387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The current Household Support Fund runs from April 2023 until the end of March 2024, and the Government continues to keep all its existing programmes under review in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 15386 15388 question first answered 29/02/2024 09:42:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1691216

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Household Support Fund: Liverpool City Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of discontinuing the Household Support Fund on Liverpool City Council.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	15388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The current Household Support Fund runs from April 2023 until the end of March 2024, and the Government continues to keep all its existing programmes under review in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 15386 15387 question first answered 29/02/2024 09:42:46 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1690557

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Justice Bill: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Criminal Justice Bill on people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	14983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 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. They reviewed the Vagrancy Act and determined replacement legislation was needed. They published the response to their public consultation on replacement in 2023.</p><p>The Home Office has additionally engaged with police, local authorities, PCCs 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><p>These provisions will be supported by guidance highlighting that local authority outreach and engagement remain at the heart of our approach here and that these civil tools support a staggered approach to enforcement where that is necessary.</p><p>I and my Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary have ongoing discussions with Ministerial colleagues, including in the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, about the provisions in the Criminal Justice Bill, including those relating to tackling nuisance rough sleeping.</p><p>Equality and Economic impact assessments for the Bill have been published and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-justice-bill-2023-impact-assessments" target="_blank">Criminal Justice Bill 2023: impact assessments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 14984 14985 question first answered 27/02/2024 14:59:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1690558

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Justice Bill: Homelessness
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 had recent discussions with organisations that support people experiencing homelessness on the Criminal Justice Bill.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	14984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 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. They reviewed the Vagrancy Act and determined replacement legislation was needed. They published the response to their public consultation on replacement in 2023.</p><p>The Home Office has additionally engaged with police, local authorities, PCCs 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><p>These provisions will be supported by guidance highlighting that local authority outreach and engagement remain at the heart of our approach here and that these civil tools support a staggered approach to enforcement where that is necessary.</p><p>I and my Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary have ongoing discussions with Ministerial colleagues, including in the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, about the provisions in the Criminal Justice Bill, including those relating to tackling nuisance rough sleeping.</p><p>Equality and Economic impact assessments for the Bill have been published and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-justice-bill-2023-impact-assessments" target="_blank">Criminal Justice Bill 2023: impact assessments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 14983 14985 question first answered 27/02/2024 14:59:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1690559

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Justice Bill: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on implementation of the provisions in the Criminal Justice Bill to support people out of homelessness and rough sleeping.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	14985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 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. They reviewed the Vagrancy Act and determined replacement legislation was needed. They published the response to their public consultation on replacement in 2023.</p><p>The Home Office has additionally engaged with police, local authorities, PCCs 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><p>These provisions will be supported by guidance highlighting that local authority outreach and engagement remain at the heart of our approach here and that these civil tools support a staggered approach to enforcement where that is necessary.</p><p>I and my Rt Hon friend the Home Secretary have ongoing discussions with Ministerial colleagues, including in the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, about the provisions in the Criminal Justice Bill, including those relating to tackling nuisance rough sleeping.</p><p>Equality and Economic impact assessments for the Bill have been published and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-justice-bill-2023-impact-assessments" target="_blank">Criminal Justice Bill 2023: impact assessments - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 14983 14984 question first answered 27/02/2024 14:59:42 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1689382

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the economic benefits of allowing asylum seekers to work if they have been waiting six months or more for an initial decision.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	14281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Asylum seekers who have had their claim outstanding for 12 months or more, through no fault of their own, are allowed to work. Those permitted to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List. This is based on expert advice from the independent Migration Advisory Committee. It is the Home Office’s assessment that any analysis in this area is dependent on making assumptions from limited evidence and will therefore produce uncertain results.</p><p>Whilst we keep all policies under review, there are no immediate plans to change the existing policy, other than aligning it with the upcoming Immigration Salary List, which replaces the SOL. It is important that we distinguish between individuals who need protection and those seeking to work here who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. The Government has always been clear that asylum seekers do not need to make perilous journeys in order to seek employment in the UK. Those in need of protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.</p><p>Whilst there is mixed evidence that access to work in itself is a pull factor, it is reasonable to assume that this is one element in a range of factors that may drive illegal migration rather than use of legal routes to work in the UK. These routes include Skilled Worker, Global Talent, and Health and Care routes, which are supporting UK businesses to recruit workers with the skills and talent they need from around the world.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 21/02/2024 16:36:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1689383

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Football: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress her Department has made on establishing an independent regulator for football.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	14282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is on the side of football fans and the local communities that football clubs serve. We have a clear plan to deliver a sustainable future for football, with fans at its heart, and our legislation will deliver this through a new independent regulator as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 26/02/2024 16:27:41 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1689384

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	217
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Music: Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the grime music scene in urban centres across England.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	14283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting our world leading music sector, including at a grassroots level across the country. Grime music projects have been successful in applying for the Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) Supporting Grassroots Music Fund, to which the government last year committed an additional £5 million, taking our total investment through the Fund to almost £15 million. The Fund enables grassroots music organisations including venues, rehearsal and recording studios, festivals and promoters from all music genres to increase support for young, emerging and more diverse artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support them to be more financially resilient.</p><p>The Government also supports our world leading music industry through a range of export support programmes, including the Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) co-funded by DCMS and DBT. MEGS has supported over 300 musical acts from a range of genres and backgrounds, including grime artists, to grow their international profile and exports in global markets. As part of the Creative Industries Sector Vision we announced that funding for MEGS will be tripled to £3.2 million over the next two years, helping to support more artists than ever before.</p><p>DCMS works closely with ACE to develop and invest in artistic and cultural experiences to enrich people's lives. ACE offers a range of grants and support offers, such as Developing Your Creative Practice and Project Grants, which are open to applicants from any music genre or background. DCMS officials continue to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders from across the music industry to better understand issues and concerns and to identify opportunities to support.</p> answering member constituency Hornchurch and Upminster answering member printed Julia Lopez question first answered 21/02/2024 10:42:01 answering member 4647 label Biography information for Julia Lopez
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker