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date	04/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Rotherham
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to ensure that South Yorkshire Police carry out the recommendations in the report by Professor Alexis Jay <i>Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham (1997–2013)</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has written to all chief constables to ask them to take on board the lessons from the Jay report into the failings in Rotherham, and from the rolling HMIC inspections into how forces are protecting children. HMIC’s South Yorkshire Police child protection inspection report was published on 30 September.</p><p>The National Policing Lead for child protection and abuse investigation has taken action to revise the national policing child sexual exploitation action plan to take account of the learning from the Jay report and other recent publications. A series of briefings to police managers across England and Wales, including South Yorkshire Police, have been completed so that the key findings of the Jay Inquiry are shared with frontline leaders across the police service.</p><p>Furthermore, on 13 October it was announced that the Chief Constable for South Yorkshire requested that the National Crime Agency leads an independent investigation into outstanding allegations of child sexual exploitation in Rotherham, raised in the Professor Jay Report.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 19/12/2014 16:11:00 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

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date	03/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
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hansard heading	Asylum: Homosexuality
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will now take in the light of the judgment of the European Court of Justice on 2 December that refugees who claim asylum on the ground that they are homosexual should not have to undergo tests to prove it, that refusal to answer questions about their personal circumstances is not sufficient reason to reject their credibility, and that an applicant's failure to declare their homosexuality from the start of the asylum process is also not ground for rejection.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the full detail of the judgment but our initial view is that the UK’s approach to considering asylum claims based on the grounds of sexual orientation is in line with the ruling. The UK has never required individuals to undergo tests in order to establish their sexuality.</p><p>Existing guidance, which was drawn up in conjunction with the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and Stonewall, is clear that questions of a sexually explicit nature should not usually be asked. Late declaration of homosexuality is not in itself a reason for refusal but needs to be explained. The Government will shortly be publishing a revised version of its guidance and will ensure that the judgment is fully reflected in it.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/12/2014 12:52:22 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven