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1399169

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons there has been a delay in granting Healthy Start vouchers to newly eligible families subject to no recourse to public funds.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	97059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>There is no delay in granting and issuing Healthy Start benefits to families with no recourse to public funds with British children under four years old, where they can demonstrate they meet all the eligibility criteria. Over 700 application forms have been sent to families. Of those returned to date, nine families have demonstrated they meet all the criteria. All eligible families have the benefit backdated to their first contact with the Department.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 97060 97061 question first answered 10/01/2022 11:47:30 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1399170

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to begin issuing Healthy Start vouchers to newly eligible families subject to no recourse to public funds.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	97060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>There is no delay in granting and issuing Healthy Start benefits to families with no recourse to public funds with British children under four years old, where they can demonstrate they meet all the eligibility criteria. Over 700 application forms have been sent to families. Of those returned to date, nine families have demonstrated they meet all the criteria. All eligible families have the benefit backdated to their first contact with the Department.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 97059 97061 question first answered 10/01/2022 11:47:30 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1399171

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Healthy Start Scheme: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to back date Healthy Start vouchers for newly eligible families subject to no recourse to public funds in response to delays in issuing those vouchers.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	97061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>There is no delay in granting and issuing Healthy Start benefits to families with no recourse to public funds with British children under four years old, where they can demonstrate they meet all the eligibility criteria. Over 700 application forms have been sent to families. Of those returned to date, nine families have demonstrated they meet all the criteria. All eligible families have the benefit backdated to their first contact with the Department.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup grouped question UIN 97059 97060 question first answered 10/01/2022 11:47:30 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1386214

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Race Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people employed across the prison estate have race relations as the primary purpose of their role, as of 7 December 2021.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	89666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>Data held centrally does not provide information on the primary purpose of roles across the prison estate. This could only be provided at disproportionate cost as there would be a need for every prison in England and Wales to collate it locally.</p><p> </p><p>Annual data on the prison population by ethnicity group can be found in Table A1.9i of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication. In 2018, we also introduced a new table (Table A1.9ii) showing the prison population by ‘detailed ethnicity group’. Both of these can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006270/Population_30June2021_Annual.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006270/Population_30June2021_Annual.ods</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 89668 question first answered 13/12/2021 17:17:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1386350

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prevent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the independent review of Prevent.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	89667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>The Independent Review of Prevent is currently ongoing. The Independent Reviewer of Prevent will complete and present his report to the Home Secretary.</p><p>The Government will consider its findings and recommendations carefully once it is completed and will publish the review and the Government response in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 13/12/2021 16:46:12 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1386369

registered interest
date	08/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the prison population who are BAME since 2017.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	89668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2021 answer text <p>Data held centrally does not provide information on the primary purpose of roles across the prison estate. This could only be provided at disproportionate cost as there would be a need for every prison in England and Wales to collate it locally.</p><p> </p><p>Annual data on the prison population by ethnicity group can be found in Table A1.9i of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly publication. In 2018, we also introduced a new table (Table A1.9ii) showing the prison population by ‘detailed ethnicity group’. Both of these can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006270/Population_30June2021_Annual.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006270/Population_30June2021_Annual.ods</a>.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 89666 question first answered 13/12/2021 17:17:59 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1385779

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Males
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the outcomes of BAME men in the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	88826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Disparities in the number of minority ethnic men, as well as women and young people, in the justice system is monitored and the data, including analysis of relative differences between groups, creates a detailed picture of where over-representation occurs. A comprehensive assessment of the ethnic population across the criminal justice system, including in prisons, published on 2 December, can be found in the <em>Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice system</em>. This now includes data-sharing on the educational background of offenders, broken down by ethnicity. The Youth Justice Board’s report <em>Understanding Racial Disparity </em>was also published on 2 December.</p><p> </p><p>Operational agencies covering criminal justice undertake their own analysis and develop measures to address differences where they cannot be explained or justified by other factors, such as offence type or geography. Detailed accounts of the steps being taken to improve the outcomes of Ethnic Minority men in the criminal justice system can be found in the published updates <em>Tackling Racial Disparity 2018</em> and <em>2020</em>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 88827 question first answered 14/12/2021 17:52:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1385792

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which BAME people are over-represented in the prison system.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	88827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Disparities in the number of minority ethnic men, as well as women and young people, in the justice system is monitored and the data, including analysis of relative differences between groups, creates a detailed picture of where over-representation occurs. A comprehensive assessment of the ethnic population across the criminal justice system, including in prisons, published on 2 December, can be found in the <em>Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice system</em>. This now includes data-sharing on the educational background of offenders, broken down by ethnicity. The Youth Justice Board’s report <em>Understanding Racial Disparity </em>was also published on 2 December.</p><p> </p><p>Operational agencies covering criminal justice undertake their own analysis and develop measures to address differences where they cannot be explained or justified by other factors, such as offence type or geography. Detailed accounts of the steps being taken to improve the outcomes of Ethnic Minority men in the criminal justice system can be found in the published updates <em>Tackling Racial Disparity 2018</em> and <em>2020</em>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 88826 question first answered 14/12/2021 17:52:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1383345

registered interest
date	30/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Spiking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the outcomes of Devon and Cornwall Police's anti-drink spiking campaign.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	84472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2021 answer text <p>This is an issue that the Government takes very seriously. Reports of spiking, whether that is adding substances to drinks or injecting people with needles, are extremely concerning. We have every sympathy with victims and anyone who might feel unable to enjoy a night out without fear. We utterly condemn the people who perpetrated those attacks, and they should be brought to justice.</p><p>We are aware of emerging good practice on this issue – for example, Devon and Cornwall Police introduced a force-wide strategy to obtain a more detailed picture of the issue around drink spiking. This is in partnership with other agencies and the licensing trade. Officers are able to utilise drink testing and urine testing to get immediate results when allegations are made. This has been in place since 1st August and has reassured many individuals as well as providing the basis for a more effective and immediate investigation into offences.</p><p>My officials are engaging with Devon and Cornwall police to understand more about the strategy and how the lessons learned could be applied to other areas of England and Wales. We are aware of the good work being carried out in areas such as Bristol, and are grateful for the action taken independently by venues to ensure the safety of their patrons.</p><p>More widely, the Home Secretary has already asked the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) to urgently review the extent and scale of the issue, and we are receiving regular updates from the police. The police are working locally, regionally and nationally, including with our partners in the National Crime Agency.</p><p>The abhorrent crimes of spiking also speak to broader issues of violence against women and girls. We published our new cross-Government tackling violence against women and girls strategy this summer, to help to ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere. We are delivering a pilot £5 million safety of women at night fund, focused on preventing violence against women and girls in public spaces at night, particularly in the night-time economy. That is in addition to the £25 million safer streets fund, which focuses on improving public safety, with an emphasis on the safety of women and girls, and their feelings of safety in public spaces.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 03/12/2021 14:17:35 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1383038

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Islamophobia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group has taken to tackle Islamophobia.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	83460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The Cross-Government Working Group to Tackle Anti-Muslim Hatred has played an important role as the Government’s forum for discussing issues of concern around Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred. The group has been instrumental in a number of achievements; regional workshops to empower communities and educate them in how to respond to hate crime, conducting research into the drivers of Islamophobia and running educational events such as those during the pandemic focusing on how Islamophobia spreads on social media.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 07/12/2021 12:53:56 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan