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2: review and improvement of our counterterrorism systems and processes, the CONTEST unit, based in the Home - Link
3: will have full access to the relevant sensitive information and personnel and will routinely attend Home - Link
4: has been, over quite a long time, a legitimate—in the sense of authorised by legislation—use by the Home - Link

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2: The Home Office is in charge of the asylum seeker estate, and it does ensure that wi-fi is available. - Link

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2: Culture, Media and Sport to deliver a shared rural network, and we are engaging intensively with the Home - Link

Found: Correspondence from PAC Chair Meg Hillier to Matthew Rycroft CBE, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, re

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February to Question 147845 on Remote Hearings, if he will will carry out and publish an assessment of the impact of the withdrawal of video remand hearings.

Answered by Chris Philp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The National Police Chiefs’ Council decided that all forces should withdraw from the use of video remand hearings (VRH) by the end of December 2020. HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and the Home Office have temporarily provided joint funding to 6 police forces in priority areas (Derbyshire, Devon and Cornwall, Durham, Kent, Norfolk, and Suffolk) to enable them to operate VRH in the 5 weeks to the end of the financial year 20/21.

While we are not formally evaluating the withdrawal of police forces from VRH hearings, the MoJ and HMCTS are evaluating HMCTS Reform, of which Video Remand Hearings form a part, to understand what effects the programme has had.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish in full the evidential basis behind his decision to disqualify buildings under 18 metres from the (a) Building Safety Fund and (b) Waking Watch Relief Fund; and which industry experts were consulted ahead of that decision.

Answered by Christopher Pincher - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

We are taking decisive action to improve building safety and prioritising unsafe cladding which is a higher risk and can act as a fire accelerant – and is a greater risk in higher rise blocks. Home Office analysis of fire and rescue service statistics shows buildings between 18 and 30 metres are four times as likely to suffer a fire with fatalities or serious casualties than apartment buildings in general.  18 metres is also the height at which building standards become more restrictive in England and presumptions about firefighting tactics change

It is right that we prioritise action on higher rise buildings (over 18 metres) where risk to multiple households is greater when fire spreads. It is therefore the height criterion we have chosen for the Building Safety Fund and the Waking Watch Relief Fund. For the purposes of the Building Safety Fund we are allowing a tolerance of 30cm to this measurement so where there is appropriate evidence that a building measures 17.7 metres or above it will be eligible in regard to its height. This is to allow for measurement error, the potential for ground levels to have varied from the original design and the settlement of the building over time.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish in full the evidential basis for the 18 metre threshold criteria required to apply for Government grants for the removal of dangerous cladding.

Answered by Christopher Pincher - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

We are taking decisive action to improve building safety and prioritising unsafe cladding which is a higher risk and can act as a fire accelerant – and is a greater risk in higher rise blocks. Home Office analysis of fire and rescue service statistics shows buildings between 18 and 30 metres are four times as likely to suffer a fire with fatalities or serious casualties than apartment buildings in general.  18 metres is also the height at which building standards become more restrictive in England and presumptions about firefighting tactics change

It is right that we prioritise action on higher rise buildings (over 18 metres) where risk to multiple households is greater when fire spreads. It is therefore the height criterion we have chosen for the Building Safety Fund and the Waking Watch Relief Fund. For the purposes of the Building Safety Fund we are allowing a tolerance of 30cm to this measurement so where there is appropriate evidence that a building measures 17.7 metres or above it will be eligible in regard to its height. This is to allow for measurement error, the potential for ground levels to have varied from the original design and the settlement of the building over time.

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in expanding communications network coverage in rural areas; and what plans they have to share the resources used by the Emergency Services Network to achieve such coverage.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

The Government’s £1 billion Shared Rural Network (SRN) agreement with the Mobile Network Operators, will see the operators collectively increase 4G mobile coverage to 95% by the end of the programme. While the programme is still in its early stages, we anticipate that areas of the UK will see improvements in coverage long before its completion. On 27 January 2021, the operators O2, Three and Vodafone announced a joint venture to build and share 222 new mobile masts to boost rural coverage across the United Kingdom and deliver the first stage of the SRN. This will see 124 new sites built in Scotland, 33 in Wales, 11 in Northern Ireland, and 54 in England.

Furthermore, on 24 February, EE announced it will be expanding 4G in more than 500 areas in this year to improve rural connectivity across the UK as part of the programme. This will include 333 in England, 132 in Scotland, 76 in Wales, and 38 in Northern Ireland. 110 areas have already been upgraded since the SRN deal was signed, with a further 469 to follow this year in the first phase of the programme.

The Government is committed to delivering value for money for the taxpayer by sharing infrastructure where possible for the Shared Rural Network. The Home Office will make the Extended Area Service (EAS) infrastructure, which is part of the new Emergency Services Network (ESN), available to all mobile operators for deployment as part of SRN. In some specific cases, SRN site upgrades may not be possible due to insurmountable practical or cost barriers.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February to Question 147845 on Remote Hearings, whether any funding has been provided to police forces to assist in the running of video remand hearings since March 2020.

Answered by Chris Philp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Following my Answer of 8 February to Question 147845 on Remote hearings, I can confirm that temporary funding has been provided by MoJ and the Home Office to police forces to assist in the running of remote remand hearings. HMCTS and the Home Office have agreed a joint funding approach to provide 50% of the funding for Video Remand Hearings (VRH). Funding has been provided to 6 police forces in priority areas (Derbyshire, Devon and Cornwall, Durham, Kent, Norfolk and Suffolk) to enable them to operate VRH in the 5 weeks to the end of the financial year 20/21.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the suitability of Penally army barracks for use by the British Armed Forces.

Answered by Baroness Goldie - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Prior to the handover of the site to the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence maintained Penally camp through the National Training Estate Prime (NTEP) contract, which included an inspections regime to maintain legal compliance.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how long the former Napier barracks were vacant between service personnel leaving and its use to accommodate refugees in 2020.

Answered by Baroness Goldie - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Prior to the transfer of Napier Barracks to the Home Office on 21 September 2020, the site was last used by military personnel on 10 September 2020 to support military training. It was vacant for 11 days.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how long the former army barracks at Penally were vacant after service personnel left; and what assessment was made of the living conditions of the billets upon vacation.

Answered by Baroness Goldie - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Prior to the transfer of Penally to the Home Office on 21 September 2020, the site was last used by military personnel from 7 to 14 September 2020 to support military training. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) maintained Penally through the National Training Estate Prime (NTEP) contract, which included an inspections regime to maintain legal compliance. No additional assessment of living conditions was made by the MOD upon its vacation by MOD and transfer of use to the Home Office.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure a coordinated inter-departmental approach to tackling (a) speeding and (b) anti-social behaviour on roads.

Answered by Rachel Maclean - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government believes that any form of dangerous or inconsiderate driving behaviour is a serious road safety issue. All available research shows a link between excessive speed and the risk of collisions.

Enforcement of road traffic laws is for the police. Last autumn the Department for Transport launched a Call for Evidence, part of a wider roads policing review, a thorough examination of roads policing of roads policing in England and Wales and its relevance to road safety. Responses to the Call for Evidence will inform the action plan that is being developed by the roads policing review governance board. This is jointly chaired by officials from the Home Office and the Department for Transport. The Call for Evidence closed in October and we are planning to publish our response later this year.

The Road Safety Statement, ‘A Lifetime of Road Safety’, published in July 2019, describes many actions that will contribute towards safer driving and riding all round. By improving the training of new drivers, exposing them to a better understanding of hazards on the road and explaining road safety message through ‘THINK!’ campaigns, we aim to produce novice drivers with a better understanding of the importance of sensible speeds.

The Department has allocated £500 million for the period 2020/21 to 2021/22 to local highways authorities in England, outside of London, through the Integrated Transport Block for small scale transport schemes, including road safety measures. The Integrated Transport Block is not ring-fenced, allowing authorities to spend their allocations according to their own priorities. It is therefore for each authority to decide how it allocates its resources and which transport improvement projects to support.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities have the resources they need to tackle (a) speeding and (b) anti-social behaviour on roads.

Answered by Rachel Maclean - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government believes that any form of dangerous or inconsiderate driving behaviour is a serious road safety issue. All available research shows a link between excessive speed and the risk of collisions.

Enforcement of road traffic laws is for the police. Last autumn the Department for Transport launched a Call for Evidence, part of a wider roads policing review, a thorough examination of roads policing of roads policing in England and Wales and its relevance to road safety. Responses to the Call for Evidence will inform the action plan that is being developed by the roads policing review governance board. This is jointly chaired by officials from the Home Office and the Department for Transport. The Call for Evidence closed in October and we are planning to publish our response later this year.

The Road Safety Statement, ‘A Lifetime of Road Safety’, published in July 2019, describes many actions that will contribute towards safer driving and riding all round. By improving the training of new drivers, exposing them to a better understanding of hazards on the road and explaining road safety message through ‘THINK!’ campaigns, we aim to produce novice drivers with a better understanding of the importance of sensible speeds.

The Department has allocated £500 million for the period 2020/21 to 2021/22 to local highways authorities in England, outside of London, through the Integrated Transport Block for small scale transport schemes, including road safety measures. The Integrated Transport Block is not ring-fenced, allowing authorities to spend their allocations according to their own priorities. It is therefore for each authority to decide how it allocates its resources and which transport improvement projects to support.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people convicted of a stalking offence received a custodial sentence in the last 24 months.

Answered by Chris Philp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Ministry of Justice has published information on convictions and sentences for stalking offences in England and Wales, up to December 2019, available in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, which can be found here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938554/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx.

In the data tool linked above, use the ‘Offence code’ filter to select each/all of the following offences:

• 00856 - Racially or religiously aggravated stalking without violence
• 00858 - Racially or religiously aggravated stalking with fear of violence
• 00865 - Stalking involving fear of violence
• 00866 - Stalking involving serious alarm/distress
• 00874 - Breach of stalking order / interim stalking order
• 06816 - Various offences under sect 11(1)(A) & (2) of the Stalking Protection Act 2019
• 19512 - Pursue course of conduct in breach of S.1(1) of Protection from Harassment Act 1997 which amounts to stalking.

Number of convictions will populate Row 32; number of immediate custodial sentences will populate Row 41.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the digital service for issuing National Insurance Numbers will be ready for public use.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The digital application service is currently available to applicants, who have already had their identity verified through another government department, primarily the Home Office.

The digital service enables Non EU/EEA nationals who have been granted a visa with the right to work, EU/EEA nationals who have been granted settled or pre-settled status, through the EU Settlement Scheme, and UK passport holders to make application using this service.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether EU nationals who moved to the UK after March 2020 and prior to 31 December 2020 are eligible to apply for a National Insurance number.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

EU Nationals who moved to the UK after March 2020 and prior to December 2020 are eligible to apply for a National Insurance number.

Prior to allocating a National Insurance Number, the applicant’s identity must be confirmed. For those who have already had their identity verified through another government department, primarily the Home Office, they are able to apply for a National Insurance Number. This includes EU/EEA nationals who have been granted settled or pre-settled status through the EU Settlement Scheme

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, (b) Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government and (c) Chancellor of the Exchequer on the steps he plans to take to meet the target set by the Crime and Justice Task Force to get 75 per cent of prison leavers with an assessed substance misuse need to engage in treatment within three weeks of leaving prison.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Prime Minister’s Crime and Justice Taskforce (CJTF) was established last year to consider matters relating to the prevention of crime and the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System including combating drug misuse.

It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.

In response to diverting people away from offending, the Ministry of Justice is strengthening out of court disposals by putting into legislation the framework for a nationally consistent two-tier system, based on that developed by the National Police Chief Council (NPCC).This involves close working with the Home Office, the NPCC and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners who are involved routinely at both a strategic and working level.

Additionally, DHSC have received £80m to tackle drug misuse in 2021-22. The bulk of the funding (£65m circa) will be given to for local authorities via a specific grant allocation to support delivery of services specifically for the offender cohort. This funding will be used to introduce specialist criminal justice drug and alcohol workers who will be based in police stations, courts or prisons with a remit to identify and screen individuals in order to divert them into treatment.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timescale is for meeting the target set by the Crime and Justice Task Force to get 75 per cent of prison leavers with an assessed substance misuse need to engage in treatment within three weeks of leaving prison.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Prime Minister’s Crime and Justice Taskforce (CJTF) was established last year to consider matters relating to the prevention of crime and the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System including combating drug misuse.

It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.

In response to diverting people away from offending, the Ministry of Justice is strengthening out of court disposals by putting into legislation the framework for a nationally consistent two-tier system, based on that developed by the National Police Chief Council (NPCC).This involves close working with the Home Office, the NPCC and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners who are involved routinely at both a strategic and working level.

Additionally, DHSC have received £80m to tackle drug misuse in 2021-22. The bulk of the funding (£65m circa) will be given to for local authorities via a specific grant allocation to support delivery of services specifically for the offender cohort. This funding will be used to introduce specialist criminal justice drug and alcohol workers who will be based in police stations, courts or prisons with a remit to identify and screen individuals in order to divert them into treatment.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Home Secretary, (b) the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, (c) National Police Chiefs’ Council and (d) other stakeholders on improving opportunities for diversion for people whose offending is linked to substance misuse.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Prime Minister’s Crime and Justice Taskforce (CJTF) was established last year to consider matters relating to the prevention of crime and the effectiveness of the Criminal Justice System including combating drug misuse.

It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.

In response to diverting people away from offending, the Ministry of Justice is strengthening out of court disposals by putting into legislation the framework for a nationally consistent two-tier system, based on that developed by the National Police Chief Council (NPCC).This involves close working with the Home Office, the NPCC and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners who are involved routinely at both a strategic and working level.

Additionally, DHSC have received £80m to tackle drug misuse in 2021-22. The bulk of the funding (£65m circa) will be given to for local authorities via a specific grant allocation to support delivery of services specifically for the offender cohort. This funding will be used to introduce specialist criminal justice drug and alcohol workers who will be based in police stations, courts or prisons with a remit to identify and screen individuals in order to divert them into treatment.

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish the Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2020 to 2021.

Answered by Paul Scully - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)

We are working with our colleagues at the Home Office to publish the Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2020-21 in due course. It was important to take the time to work with the former Director of Labour Market Enforcement and the enforcement bodies to ensure that the Strategy is making the right recommendations in the face of the new challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. The 2020/21 will be published as an agreed Strategy and so we will be taking forward all the recommendations in the final version.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to mitigate the risk of wildfires on peat soils and priority habitats where the vegetation fuel load and soil conditions may combine to increase that risk.

Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Wildfire is a devolved matter and therefore, the information provided relates to England only.

It is the responsibility of the relevant Fire and Rescue Service to investigate the reasons for any particular wildfire, with these findings being collated by the Home Office. Where appropriate the findings of the relevant Fire and Rescue Service will be shared with Defra so that lessons can learned, as appropriate.

The Met Office developed the Fire Severity Index, which is an assessment of how severe a fire could become if one were to start. It enables landowners and land managers to take action where the severity is identified as high risk.

We recognise that the primary cause of wildfire is people. We are encouraging sustainable land management practices that mitigate wildfire risk by reducing fuel loads and returning the land to a naturally wildfire resilient state. This includes encouraging landowners and land managers to adopt or create good quality wildfire management plans to reduce wildfire risk and prepare for any eventualities of wildfire. We are also exploring with Natural England and the Forestry Commission the possible development of suitable training around wildfire for landowners and land managers.

The Government will be setting out further measures to restore, protect and manage England's peatlands this year, as part of a package of measures to protect England's landscapes and nature-based solutions.

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the reasons for wildfires (a) on Bodmin Moor, (b) on Dartmoor, (c) on Benbecula and (d) in Northern Ireland in February 2021; and which other areas of high fuel load he has identified as being at risk of those fires.

Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Wildfire is a devolved matter and therefore, the information provided relates to England only.

It is the responsibility of the relevant Fire and Rescue Service to investigate the reasons for any particular wildfire, with these findings being collated by the Home Office. Where appropriate the findings of the relevant Fire and Rescue Service will be shared with Defra so that lessons can learned, as appropriate.

The Met Office developed the Fire Severity Index, which is an assessment of how severe a fire could become if one were to start. It enables landowners and land managers to take action where the severity is identified as high risk.

We recognise that the primary cause of wildfire is people. We are encouraging sustainable land management practices that mitigate wildfire risk by reducing fuel loads and returning the land to a naturally wildfire resilient state. This includes encouraging landowners and land managers to adopt or create good quality wildfire management plans to reduce wildfire risk and prepare for any eventualities of wildfire. We are also exploring with Natural England and the Forestry Commission the possible development of suitable training around wildfire for landowners and land managers.

The Government will be setting out further measures to restore, protect and manage England's peatlands this year, as part of a package of measures to protect England's landscapes and nature-based solutions.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date people who have not entered the UK on a visa will be able to apply for a national insurance number.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Prior to allocating a National Insurance Number, the applicants identity must be confirmed.

For the majority of applicants, who have already had their identity verified through another government department, primarily the Home Office, they are able to apply for a National Insurance Number. This includes visa holders, EU/EEA nationals who have been granted settled or pre-settled status through the EU Settlement Scheme and UK passport holders.

For applicants who have not had their identity verified, they will still be required to attend a face to face identity check. The reopening of our face to face service is linked to the recent government guidelines on Covid-19 restrictions and we are currently working on plans to reopen the service at the earliest opportunity in line with these guidelines.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets the Crime and Justice Task Force has set for his Department.

Answered by Johnny Mercer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (jointly with the Ministry of Defence)

The Ministry of Defence is not aware of being subject to any targets set by the Crime and Justice Task Force within the Home Office.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many, and which, countries in Latin America are subject to UK sanctions; and how such sanctions and any possible infringements are monitored, in particular in any country where there is no UK Embassy.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Currently there are 42 individuals designated under the UK's Nicaragua and Venezuela sanctions regimes, as well as three Venezuelan nationals designated under the Global Human Rights regime. These individuals are subject to asset freezes and travel bans. The Venezuela sanctions regime also includes trade restrictions on specified goods and technology, such as military goods (e.g. arms) or goods and technology which may be used to repress the civilian population of Venezuela or to intercept and monitor communications. Under UK autonomous regimes, travel ban measures apply solely in the UK, and financial sanctions are only binding on UK nationals, UK registered companies and their subsidiaries.

Various HMG departments and offices hold responsibility for monitoring sanctions compliance and enforcing action against non-compliance, and individuals and companies themselves can also report information on suspected breaches to the relevant enforcement bodies. The Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) takes civil action for breaches of financial sanctions, and can work with the National Crime Agency (NCA) if criminal action is appropriate. The Home Office implement and enforce travel bans.

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the Student Loans Company is not permitted to support young people who have Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK with access to student finance for the purposes of undertaking higher education courses.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Minister of State (Education)

Generally, to be eligible for student support a student must be resident in England and have ‘settled’ status or a recognised connection with the UK on the first day of the first academic year of the course and must have been resident in the UK and Islands (Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) for the 3 years prior to that date.

Student finance is, therefore, available to those persons who have indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK provided they meet the relevant residence and other requirements.

The Student Loans Company relies on information from the Home Office in relation to immigration matters when assessing eligibility.

Clear that the Government has not only treated these asylum seekers appallingly, but also ignored the advice of public health experts. Home Office was warned that putting people in such cramped conditions would make a Covid outbreak inevitable, and that’s exactly what happened. https://t.co/o3yPpf2nhU - Tweet Link

Completely unacceptable for the Home Office to place vulnerable people in accommodation that has been declared ‘unfit for habitation’ by inspectors – especially during this pandemic. As always with the Home Office, it’s hard to tell how much is cruelty and how much incompetence. https://t.co/VIJuZmyOId - Tweet Link

How on earth can UK Home Office continue to insist that Penally asylum seekers’ accommodation is covid-secure? Key findings of Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigrations are damning https://t.co/b1LjySCO00 https://t.co/gGT4fD72Yb - Tweet Link

Little wonder the Home Office has been so reluctant to publish the public health advice it purported to be “following”. It has been doing nothing of the sort. No public health advice can justify this scandal. #CloseTheBarracks https://t.co/3LvGdXZJGQ - Tweet Link

This change is a victory for fishermen who have been let down by the Home Office for too long. The decision should have been made months ago but I'm glad we have finally made govt see sense. In future ministers need to listen to skippers rather than dictating to the industry. https://t.co/8WXv2uDfeU - Tweet Link

The more we learn, the more outrageous this whole episode. Using these barracks for asylum seekers was not so much negligent as utterly reckless. Also near impossible to square these findings with assurances that the Home Office has repeatedly given Parliament #CloseTheBarracks https://t.co/dTfPpU3YDl - Tweet Link

The government has been forced to pay £34000 damages and £30,000 on Costs to a senior civil servant b# in the Home Office forced out of his job- yert another triumph for not so Piti Patel. - Tweet Link

Yet, shamefully, the Home Office is just going to carry on regardless. #CloseTheBarracks https://t.co/8FHeX8QaDj - Tweet Link

@ElliotTheUnread Absolutely. Part of the problem is that the Home Office system is so rubbish, it takes forever to reach a conclusion and decide where people are accepted or not. - Tweet Link

Excellent work from @Channel4News & @TBIJ exposing the appalling 'reasoning' that led the Home Office to start warehousing asylum seekers in disused military barracks. #CloseTheBarracks https://t.co/QSXmhA0RBa - Tweet Link

Six figure sums for bullying and breaching the ministerial code and not a peep out of the Tories for resignation. Struth! #hypocrisy #littlebritain # # Priti Patel reaches £340,000 settlement with ex-Home Office chief Philip Rutnam https://t.co/5u1PmglzR3 - Tweet Link

If this was in Scotland it would surely be a resigning issue, but it’s Westminster so - Nothing to see here: Priti Patel reaches £340,000 settlement with ex-Home Office chief Philip Rutnam https://t.co/VG2p2BHFCl - Tweet Link

@UKLabour warned time and again that the UK government’s immigration reforms would put at risk the NHS at this crucial time. While this U-turn is necessary, the announcement snuck out by the Home Office shows just how misguided their approach is... https://t.co/eKj4jZhR2m - Tweet Link

Well done to Holly Lynch for securing this damning document, again proving the urgent need to #CloseTheBarracks where asylum seekers are being warehoused. No wonder Home Office resist calls to publish anything. The more we see, the more scandalous use of these barracks is. https://t.co/qCOYTqC0kx - Tweet Link

As the #lockdown continues, Asylum seekers are still being made to travel long distances to report to the Home Office. Join the campaign launch tonight to hear what needs to change, and how you can help #AbolishReporting #TheseWallsMustFall https://t.co/rKPKgdPIxv - Tweet Link

Chilling. Patel says although she appreciates protest is “a cornerstone of our democracy”, immediately shows she doesn't by asking how Home Office can help police ensure future protests don't impact on “rights of others to go about their daily business” https://t.co/smZOn4AQzm - Tweet Link

@FieryFart @mattiexoxxx Yes but UK not followed, partly because of the setting of the schedule by home office. The hangover of drugs laws more generally are based on a outdated prohibition model, but its not out of the frying pan into the fire - it should be health focused and non criminal justice. - Tweet Link

@FieryFart @mattiexoxxx Current regs set by home office put cannabis in a schedule (legal uses) higher than heroin. This is just stupid. Changing that is not full legalisation of rec. drugs, its decriminalisation or all drugs and then a harm based system for both scheduling/class and for enforcement. - Tweet Link

@mattiexoxxx @FieryFart At the moment the regulations are set by Home office in the crime unit with advice (that they ignore) by experts. That should change the law should change to give the full power to the health regulator (like we do with medical drugs where MPs can't overrule the regulator). - Tweet Link

@LiquidPanda_ @OmegaJak That's I, in the preceding tweet, say that the scheduling should be removed from the home office and put in dept of health and be based on medical evidence only. Read the thread and not just one tweet. - Tweet Link

The Home Office must #StopTheDeportation of #OsimeBrown. If you’ve not already, join @FreeOsimeBrown’s campaign now & take action 👇🏼 #JusticeForOsimeBrown #OsimeNeedsHisFamily https://t.co/3GiGK8fqeA - Tweet Link

In the space of 15 minutes the crown for the most delayed response comes from everyone’s favourite the Home Office. Sent on 21 July, answered today. Not good enough @pritipatel https://t.co/rGXnZzP8GW https://t.co/ELBBUQC2SU - Tweet Link

On cultural change within the Home Office, the Home Secretary said staff training was encouraging empathy and better communication with individuals. Rycroft added that the Home Office has a vision set out with values to be respectful, compassionate, collaborative and courageous. - Tweet Link

"Home Office announced in November it would “shortly be restarting resettlement”; 232 places under the scheme would be filled “early in the new year” It is now end of February. Seems Home Office just can't manage #RefugeesWelcome https://t.co/z3mBuv3AsC - Tweet Link

These questions should be REALLY EASY for the Home Secretary & Permanent Secretary. That they can’t answer properly is a really worrying indication of lack of Home Office thinking on impact of the Settled Status deadline. Solution - scrap the deadline. Make status automatic. https://t.co/YWVIRa0Urq - Tweet Link

99% of people arriving in country are not going into hotel quarantine. Evidence from Home Office to @CommonsHomeAffs this am. 15,000 people arriving a day. 150 go to hotels - only 1%. Majority can still go straight onto public transport home without being tested on arrival https://t.co/9eMtOWpmD8 - Tweet Link

This is a welcome & much-needed resource from the Mayor of London to combat the worrying trends we’ve seen during the pandemic. Home Office Ministers should follow @SadiqKhan’s lead & act now to prevent the spread of terrorist & extremist material online. https://t.co/oGEk1n87W6 - Tweet Link

Where else can those with visa queries go to find out why the home office hasn’t replied to them for 9 months and is still holding on to their passport? Where else can folk go to get a response from HMRC or DWP when they’re not answering the phone? - Tweet Link

@BelfastEnd @allianceparty Yep - though we will need support beyond these shores as this is a UK wide policy controlled by the Home Office. - Tweet Link

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