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  • David Davis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    David Davis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Davis on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Defence and Security lecture on 24 June 2014 and to the estimated 20 cases dropped by the National Crime Agency, how many communication warrants were applied for in such cases; how many such requests were rejected by the telecommunication companies; and what reason was given for each such rejection.

    James Brokenshire

    Communications data is a vital tool needed by law enforcement agencies to investigate crime, protect the public and ensure national security. These
    agencies’ capability to access this data when it is needed is degrading as a result of rapidly changing technology. The figures quoted in the speech at
    Mansion House on 24 June demonstrate the impact that capability gaps are having on investigations.

    With reference to the 13 incidents involving children, these cases could not be pursued because the data needed to identify them from their activities online was not available. The current status of these children is therefore unknown. Where the Single Point of Contact in a law enforcement agency knows that data is not held by the service provider in question, they will not process a request for the data in the first place (as it would not be an appropriate use of their powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000).

  • Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Evans on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 441W, on human trafficking: Albania, how much funding has been made available by (a) the Home Office and (b) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to establish the International Organisation Migration voluntary return package; and if she will make a statement.

    Karen Bradley

    In November 2013, the UK Government and the Albanian Government, working with
    the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), established a voluntary
    return package for female victims of trafficking who wished to return to
    Albania. This package includes the provision of secure accommodation in Albania
    (with guards and social services on site), child care assistance where
    required, and training or support to establish a business or enter the labour
    market. This provides the support and assistance required for victims who wish
    to return to Albania to rebuild their lives.

    The IOM package is funded by the Returns and Reintegration Fund. This is a
    cross-governmental programme, to which the Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
    Department for International Development, the Home Office and the Ministry of
    Justice contribute resources.

    The IOM package is funded to the value of £138,000 over an 18 month period,
    commencing in November 2013.

  • Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Evans on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W, on human trafficking, what tailored support is given to victims who have received Conclusive Grounds decisions to integrate into the UK; where such victims came from in January to March 2014; which organisations provide her Department with information on the progress of the victim integration process; and what information her Department holds on how victims have integrated into the UK.

    Karen Bradley

    Currently, there is no specific integration package for those who have received
    a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and wish to stay in the UK. The
    Salvation Army, which delivers the Government’s support service for adult
    victims of human trafficking, provides support to those victims leaving its
    service by facilitating access to mainstream benefits, housing and local
    services as well as pastoral support such as assistance with completing
    application forms.

    Care and support for victims, once they receive a positive Conclusive Grounds
    decision is being considered as part of the review of the National Referral
    Mechanism and as part of the re-tender of the Government’s victim support
    service.

  • David Davis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    David Davis – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Davis on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases have been dropped by the National Crime Agency due to insufficient or missing communications data to date.

    James Brokenshire

    Communications data is a vital tool needed by law enforcement agencies to investigate crime, protect the public and ensure national security. These
    agencies’ capability to access this data when it is needed is degrading as a result of rapidly changing technology. The figures quoted in the speech at
    Mansion House on 24 June demonstrate the impact that capability gaps are having on investigations.

    With reference to the 13 incidents involving children, these cases could not be pursued because the data needed to identify them from their activities online was not available. The current status of these children is therefore unknown. Where the Single Point of Contact in a law enforcement agency knows that data is not held by the service provider in question, they will not process a request for the data in the first place (as it would not be an appropriate use of their powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000).

  • Stephen O’Brien – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Stephen O’Brien – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen O’Brien on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department’s submission to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and all evidence submitted to the series of interviews with her Department’s staff conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds in 2008.

    Norman Baker

    A copy of the Home Office’s written response to the 2008 Survey of Departmental
    Practice in the Valuation of Life and Health will be placed in the Library. The
    Home Office does not have a record of its response to the questions in Stage 2
    of the Survey. This is because the interviews were carried out face-to-face
    with researchers at the University of Leeds.

    The Home Office first estimated the social and economic costs of crime in 2000:
    http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110218135832/rds.homeoffice.gov.uk/r
    ds/pdfs/hors217.pdf.

    The most recent update to these estimates prior to the Department’s submission
    to the Inter-Departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review in
    2008 was published in 2005:
    http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100413151441/http:/www.homeoffice.go
    v.uk/rds/pdfs05/rdsolr3005.pdf.

    The monetary value per quality-adjusted life year used in the 2005 report was
    £80,620 in 2003 prices. This was based on a paper by Carthy et al. (1999).

  • Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mark Hendrick – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many call-outs police in Preston attended in response to domestic violence in 2013.

    Norman Baker

    The requested data are not collected centrally by the Home Office. Data are
    available on the number of domestic abuse incidents that come to the attention
    of the police but these are only held at police force area level.

  • Adrian Sanders – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Adrian Sanders – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adrian Sanders on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring section 67(9) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 into force.

    James Brokenshire

    We have no plans to bring section 67 (9) of the Regulation of Investigatory
    Powers Act 2000 into force as provisions to which it relates in sections 65(c)
    and (d) of RIPA are themselves not in force.

  • David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    David Hanson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Hanson on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Statement of 24 June 2014, Official Report, column 209W, on student visas, what the projected cost in 2014-15 is of the student dedicated helpline; how many staff will be employed on that helpline; and what estimate she has made of the number of calls that helpline will receive.

    James Brokenshire

    The number of calls the student helpline will receive will be dependent on the
    demand from individual students.

    Ten members of staff can currently be deployed on the student helpline,
    depending on the demand, and additional trained staff are ready for
    redeployment should the volume of calls increase.

  • Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Evans on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 16 June 2014, Official Report, column 441W, on human trafficking: Albania, how many female victims of trafficking have returned from England using the International Organisation for Migration voluntary return package and taken up the facilities made available by the government in Albania; and if she will make a statement.

    Karen Bradley

    In November 2013, the UK Government and the Albanian Government, working with
    the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), established a voluntary
    return package for female victims of trafficking who wished to return to
    Albania. This comprehensive package includes the provision of secure
    accommodation in Albania (with guards and social services on site), child care
    assistance where required, and training or support to establish a business or
    enter the labour market. This provides the high level of support and assistance
    required for victims who wish to return to Albania to rebuild their lives.
    Although no victims have yet availed themselves of the package, a number of
    potential cases have been identified and the Home Office is actively working
    with the Albanian Government, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and IOM to
    improve the promotion of the scheme amongst those who may qualify and identify
    and address any perceived barriers to return.

  • Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Graham Evans – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Graham Evans on 2014-06-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 April 2014, Official Report, column 717W, on human trafficking, what tailored support is given to victims who have received a Conclusive Grounds decision to safely return home; to which countries such victims returned in January to March 2014; and if she will make a statement.

    Karen Bradley

    Currently, there is no specific return and reintegration package for those who
    have received a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and wish to return home.
    The Assisted Voluntary Returns package is available to nationals of non-EEA
    countries. Where possible and appropriate to do so, the Government will work
    with host countries’ Government agencies to ensure that the victim receives
    adequate support.

    Information pertaining to the countries to which victims returned via the AVR
    programme is not collated centrally and would require a detailed examination of
    case files in order to extract such data.

    Between January and March 2014, The Salvation Army recorded that 30
    individuals, in their care, returned to their country of origin. These were:

    Country of Origin Count
    China 1
    Czech Repubulic 2
    Hungary 3
    Latvia 3
    Lithuania 4
    Poland 1
    Romania 9
    Slovakia 4
    Sri Lanka 1
    Congo 1
    Uganda 1
    Grand Total 30

    Care and support for victims, once they receive a positive Conclusive Grounds
    decision is being considered as part of the review of the National Referral
    Mechanism and as part of the re-tender of the Government’s victim support
    service.