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1650282

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle (a) the charging of illegal fees in the recruitment process and (b) exploitative working conditions for care workers recruited from overseas.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	192481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office’s sponsor licence system places clear and binding requirements and obligations on employers looking to recruit and manage overseas employees. Should an employer be found to be in breach of these requirements we will take action and can remove their ability to recruit from overseas.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care has published guidance on applying for jobs from abroad as part of wider efforts to address concerns about exploitative recruitment and employment practices. It aims to help prospective overseas candidates make informed decisions when seeking health or social care jobs in the UK and includes information on how to avoid exploitation and where to report concerns and/or access wider support or help in the UK. The guidance can be found here (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad%22%20HYPERLINK%20%22https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad</a></p><p> </p><p>The recently updated Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of Health and Social Care Personnel also sets stronger ethical standards which providers and recruiters should ensure they meet when recruiting internationally. The Code of Practice can be found here (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel-in-england%22%20HYPERLINK%20%22https:/www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel-in-england" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel/code-of-practice-for-the-international-recruitment-of-health-and-social-care-personnel-in-england</a></p><p> </p><p>Providers should only engage with agencies and other recruiting organisations that are on the Code of Practice Ethical Recruiters List organisations on this list have committed to adhering to the Code of Practice. The list can be found here ((<a href="https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/ethical-recruiters-list" target="_blank">www.nhsemployers.org/articles/ethical-recruiters-list</a>)</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/07/2023 08:09:38 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1650283

registered interest
date	05/07/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Labour Shortages in the Food Supply Chain Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) current and (b) former workers on the horticultural seasonal worker visa were given the opportunity to inform the independent review into labour shortages in the food supply chain, published on 30 June 2023.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	192482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>The Independent Review of Labour Shortages in the Food Supply Chain was published on June 30<sup>th</sup>, 2023. Since it was an independent review Defra is not responsible for commenting on the specific evidence used to shape the final report, but notes that the Review does contain a Methodology section with more information that may be of interest. However, Defra does undertake an annual survey of workers involved in the Seasonal Worker visa route and this information was made available to the review team.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider the Review’s recommendations and publish a Government response in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/07/2023 08:35:55 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1645665

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Colombian government on the reforms to the National Police proposed by the Colombian President; and what steps he has taken to raise concerns of human rights organisations over these reforms.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	190040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>Since 2015, the UK has committed £80 million through the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) to support the peace process and improve stability and security in Colombia. As part of the CSSF funding in Colombia, the UK launched a three-year, £2.1 million Police Innovations for Stabilisation in Colombia Programme (SCIP) in 2020, which is helping support the transformation of the Colombian National Police.</p><p>The UK's Global Ambassador for Human Rights, Rita French, met with civil society organisations and the Colombian Government to discuss the importance of civil society participation in peace and security issues during her visit to Colombia in April.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/06/2023 07:51:16 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1645666

registered interest
date	19/06/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Colombia: Peace Negotiations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking in its role as penholder for the Colombian peace process in the UN Security Council to maintain the international community’s support for implementation of that country’s peace accords.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	190041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK has been a leading international advocate of Colombia's peace process. Supporting the Colombian Government's commitment to implement the 2016 Peace Accords remains an important priority. We are the second largest UN Trust Fund donor, and work with fellow UN Security Council members to support the peace process in Colombia. During the most recent Security Council meeting on Colombia in April, Security Council members reiterated their unanimous and full support for the peace process in Colombia.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/06/2023 07:53:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1643645

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Marine Animals: Fishing Catches
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the level of compliance with the legal requirement for fishing vessels to report marine mammal bycatch.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	188846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises that accidental bycatch in fisheries is one of the greatest threats faced by sensitive marine species such as cetaceans, and we remain fully committed to tackling this issue.</p><p> </p><p>The UK introduced new rules in 2021 making it a mandatory requirement under fishing vessel licence conditions for fishers to report any marine mammal bycatch to the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). On the introduction of this requirement, communications were sent out by Defra, the Devolved Administrations and the MMO to ensure that industry understood the new obligations. MMO is planning to communicate again with fishers this summer in order to ensure that rules are clear, and skippers comply with requirements. Responsibility for enforcing licence conditions in Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for the Devolved Administrations.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 19/06/2023 09:44:18 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1641979

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
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 5 June 2023 to Question 186612 on Police: Workplace Pensions, if she will make it her policy to seek information on the number of serving police officers who opted out of the police pension scheme within the last ten years in each force.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	187597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>Each Chief Constable is responsible for the administration of the police pension scheme for their force. This includes collecting and holding any data relevant to the running of the scheme.</p><p>The Home Office works with the Police Pension Scheme Advisory Board and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to understand how forces are managing their pension scheme and how members and officers are using the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2023 14:33:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1641991

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
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 5 June 2023 to Question 186612 on Police: Workplace Pensions, what information she holds on the number of police officers by force who have left the police service for reasons other than retirement.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	187598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of police officers leaving the police service in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. Data on the number of police officers who’ve left the police service, by leaver type, can be accessed in the ‘Police Workforce Leavers Open Data Table’ here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1093591/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-270722.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1093591/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-270722.ods</a>. The latest data covers leavers in the year ending March 2022.</p><p>The next release of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which will cover leavers in the year ending March 2023, is scheduled for release at 9.30am on Wednesday 26th July.</p><p>Across England and Wales, we now have 149,572 officers, more than at any time in history and 3,542 more than the previous peak in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2023 14:32:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1640458

registered interest
date	25/05/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Deep Sea Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May to Question 184795 on Deep Sea Mining, what discussions the UK delegation to the International Seabed Authority plans to have with fellow members of that organisation’s Council on their position on the issuing of deep-sea mining licences before there is (a) sufficient scientific evidence about the potential impact on deep-sea ecosystems and (b) strong enforceable environmental regulations, standards and guidelines have been developed by the International Seabed Authority and are in place.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	186825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>The UK is fully engaged in the ongoing negotiations, at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council and Assembly in Kingston, Jamaica, to agree deep sea mining exploitation regulations. This takes the form of intersessional meetings and discussions before, during and after the ISA Council and Assembly. The UK recognises the growing pressure to extract deep-sea resources, and is deeply worried about the potential impacts of mining activities on the fragile marine environment.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 08/06/2023 07:49:34 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1640076

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides that have taken place in prisons in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020, (iii) 2021 and (iv) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	186611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The data on self-inflicted deaths is recorded in our published Safety in Custody Statistics.</p><p>The number and rates of self-inflicted deaths across the estate in the 12 months to March 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 is published in the Safety in Custody Summary table which can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1153227/Safety-in-custody-summary-q4-2022-final-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1153227/Safety-in-custody-summary-q4-2022-final-tables.xlsx</a>.</p><p>We do not produce official statistics on suicides. Self-inflicted deaths are any death of a person who has apparently taken his or her own life irrespective of intent. This not only includes suicides but also accidental deaths as a result of the person’s own actions. This classification is used because it is not always known whether a person intended to take their own life.</p><p>We are unable to answer the question on attempted suicide as we do not record this data.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 05/06/2023 12:34:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1640077

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of serving police officers that have opted out of the police pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	186612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish information on the number of serving police officers that have opted out of the police pension scheme.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of serving police officers in England and Wales, on a bi-annual basis in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police Workforce, England and Wales</a>’ statistical bulletin. The Home Office also provides a quarterly update on the number of police officers (headcount terms only), as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">Police Officer Uplift’</a> statistical bulletin.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/06/2023 10:46:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd