Border Force constantly review their maritime capabilities and currently have two coastal patrol vessels and one cutter available for the English Channel. In light of recent events they have stepped up deployments along the South-East coast.<\/p>
Clandestine entry to the UK is not an issue that can be solved by coastal patrols alone, so Border Force cooperate closely with their French counterparts to counter clandestine activity at source and continue to encourage maritime communities to report suspicious activity in the English Channel.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-21T10:23:36.197Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "UK Border Force: Patrol Craft"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to increase the number of patrol boats available to Border Force for use in the English Channel.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Strangford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"} ], "uin" : "202795"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027215", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027215/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The most recent meeting of the Serious Violence Taskforce took place on 21 November and the discussion focused on Alternative Provision, Pupil Referral Units and Out of Area Placements. The meeting also considered serious violence hotspots, and a case study response to the issue of coun-ty lines. The minutes from the Serious Violence Taskforce meetings are not published, this is to ensure that open and frank discussion can take place at the meetings.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4399", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Victoria Atkins"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Louth and Horncastle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Victoria Atkins"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-12-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-12-21T10:16:08.22Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2018-12-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Serious Violence Taskforce"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what topics were discussed at the most recent meeting of the serious violence taskforce; and if he will publish the minutes of that meeting.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4491", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Lewisham, Deptford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Vicky Foxcroft"} ], "uin" : "202796"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027246", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027246/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy set out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybody\u2019s business.<\/p>
Over this spending review period, we are providing £100 million of dedicated funding to tackle VAWG. VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level by Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners. The Government\u2019s VAWG National Statement of Expectations encourages such decisions to be taken at a local level and driven by local need.<\/p>
We created a £17 million 3-year VAWG Service Transformation Fund, which is funding projects across 41 areas in England and Wales to embed local best practice and ensure that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm. Details of the funding are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-against-women-and-girls-service-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2020<\/p>
Through the Police Transformation Fund we are spending £5.8 million to support innovative projects to tackle domestic abuse. More details of the funding are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2018<\/a><\/p> We have also announced an £8 million fund to support children affected by domestic abuse, which gives charities, local authorities and other organisations the chance to bid for money for projects designed to intervene early to help children who have been directly or indirectly affected by domestic abuse. We will announce successful bids shortly.<\/p> The Home Office also supports the national VAWG Helplines and recently committed funding of up to £1.1m per annum for these services until 2021.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding his Department has allocated to programmes aimed at tackling domestic violence in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027249/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These figures present a picture of the workforce as at the 31 March and as at 30 September each year.<\/p> Data on the number of officers per 100,000 of the resident population, by police force area, are published on an annual basis. The latest available data can be found in Table_H4 of the data tables accompanying the main release, the latest of which can be accessed here: Financial support to enable attendance at a reporting centre is determined on a case by case basis by the Home Office and is dependent on a number of factors including the current status of an individual\u2019s case, proximity to an immigration reporting centre location and any exceptional circumstances.<\/p> An individual who is required to report is able to apply for support and on approval will receive a ticket for their homeward journey and next reporting event.<\/p> This system will be replaced nationally by a pre-loaded debit card system which is part of the ongoing transformation of our reporting centres and it is envisaged that all individuals requiring financial support to report will be provided the necessary funds via this system.<\/p> The exact proportion of the reporting population who receive such support is not available in an accessible format and could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people who report to immigration reporting centres receive financial support from the Home Office to do so.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027328", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027328/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We have a proud history of granting protection to those who need it. All asylum claims lodged in the UK are carefully considered on their individual merits. Where someone has a well-founded fear of persecution or serious harm they are offered protection and not expected to return to their country.<\/p> We have published detailed Home Office guidance for caseworkers on how to assess asylum claims, which includes guidance on what amounts to persecution, defined as a serious violation of basic human rights in the Refugee or Person in Need of International Protection (Qualification) Regulations 2006. http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2525/contents/made<\/a> Before guidance is published, we consult with key partners, including UNHCR, to ensure it reflects our obligations under the Refugee Convention. The guidance is also reviewed regularly to ensure it takes account of developments in refugee caselaw. The guidance is available on gov.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/considering-asylum-claims-and-assessing-credibility-instruction<\/a><\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what definition of torture his Department uses to assess asylum claims.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4077", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Reynolds"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027333", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027333/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The UK Government continues to cooperate fully with the Operation Kenova investigation. Funding for the investigation is a matter for the PSNI and the devolved Department for Justice.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1539", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has cost to the public purse was of Operation Kenova to date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/318", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Spellar"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1027360/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States to determine responsibility for examining asylum claims. It is not an application route for transfer to the UK. At present we do not publish data on cases covered by the Dublin Regulation. Eurostat, the EU\u2019s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at: http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=migr_dubto&lang=en<\/a><\/p> Under the Dublin III Regulation, member states have two months from receiving a request from another participating Member State to accept or reject responsibility for processing the asylum claim. Asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute can apply for free accommodation and cash support to cover their essential living needs whilst their cases are considered. If they have an emergency need for ac-commodation they can ask to be put in initial accommodation whilst their support applications are being processed (asylum seekers receive section 98 support while in initial accommodation).<\/p>
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2018<\/a><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers per head of population there were in Nottinghamshire in each of the last two years for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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There is no single definition of torture used to assess asylum claims as caseworkers must consider whether a person faces persecution or serious harm on return to their country of origin.<\/p>
Once a Dublin request has been accepted, the Regulation provides that the sending Member State has six months to enact the transfer. The Home Office works closely with EU Member State partners to enact transfers as soon as possible and ahead of the six-month timeframe.<\/p>"}
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