Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a list of the people, companies or other entities on whom unexplained wealth orders have been served; and if he will list the assets concerned for each of those orders.
Answered by Ben Wallace
Three UWOs have been applied for, and all granted, since the power came into force in January. All these applications were made without notice and heard in private.
They relate to the investigation of assets totalling £22 million. Interim freezing orders have also been obtained against the properties, in London and the South East, so they cannot be sold, As the orders all relate to ongoing investigations, it would be inappropriate to release further information at the moment. The annual Asset Recovery Statistical Bulletin, published on 13 September, will include data on the number of UWOs obtained in the previous financial year.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations the Government is making to the US Administration on the detention and extradition of Charlie Caulfield; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
As a matter of long standing policy and practice, the UK will neither confirm nor deny whether an extradition request has been made or received until such time as a person is arrested in relation to a request.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the number of fire and rescue service officers who have been dedicated to inspecting and auditing buildings under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08, (d) 2008-09, (e) 2009-10, (f) 2010-11, (g) 2011-12, (h) 2012-13, (i) 2013-14, (j) 2014-15 and (k) 2015-16.
Answered by Nick Hurd
It is the responsibility of each fire and rescue authority to manage its prevention, protection and operational resources to effectively address risks within their communities.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish, for each fire and rescue service in England, the number of fire and rescue service officers who have been dedicated to inspecting and auditing buildings under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08, (d) 2008-09, (e) 2009-10, (f) 2010-11, (g) 2011-12, (h) 2012-13, (i) 2013-14, (j) 2014-15 and (k) 2015-16.
Answered by Nick Hurd
It is the responsibility of each fire and rescue authority to manage its prevention, protection and operational resources to effectively address risks within their communities.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what security checks her Department carries out on EU citizens seeking entry to the UK; how those checks differ from such checks on non-EU citizens seeking entry to the UK; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by James Brokenshire
All passengers arriving on scheduled services to the UK from outside the Common Travel Area are subject to a range of checks against police, security and immigration watchlists. For security reasons we do not detail what these are. Non-EEA nationals are assessed against the UK Immigration Rules and EEA nationals need to meet the requirements of the relevant Regulations.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of introducing competition into the Disclosure and Barring Service; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Disclosure and Barring Service is a non-departmental public body which provides access to appropriate criminal record information for employers through its disclosure service for England and Wales. It also makes independent barring decisions about people who have harmed, or where there is considered to be a risk of harm to, a child or vulnerable person within the workplace. Given the sensitive nature of this work and the reliance on police forces to provide locally held intelligence, it would not be appropriate to introduce competition.
Whilst no assessment has been made of the affect of timeliness on the number of job opportunities which may have been lost, the impact which delays may have on applicants is recognised. The DBS is reliant on police forces completing their checks in a timely manner and is working closely with those forces whose performance does not meet turnaround time targets. In very exceptional cases, where it is apparent that a delay is likely to cause undue hardship to an applicant, the DBS will do all it can to expedite the process by raising an escalation with the relevant police force.
The average end to end time taken to complete a DBS check, including the time taken by police forces, is listed in following table.
Financial Year | Average calendar days for a disclosure to be processed |
13/14 | 11.5 |
14/15 | 14.4 |
15/16 | 14.5 |
The proportion of checks which took longer than (a) eight weeks (b) 12 weeks and (c) six months is listed in the following table.
Financial Year | Disclosures which took longer than 8 weeks | Disclosures which took longer than 12 weeks | Disclosures which took longer than 6 Months |
% of Disclosures | % of Disclosures | % of Disclosures | |
13/14 | 2.6% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
14/15 | 4.9% | 2.1% | 0.1% |
15/16 | 5.2% | 3.5% | 0.3% |
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records the Government holds on how many job opportunities have been lost due to the time taken for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be made.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Disclosure and Barring Service is a non-departmental public body which provides access to appropriate criminal record information for employers through its disclosure service for England and Wales. It also makes independent barring decisions about people who have harmed, or where there is considered to be a risk of harm to, a child or vulnerable person within the workplace. Given the sensitive nature of this work and the reliance on police forces to provide locally held intelligence, it would not be appropriate to introduce competition.
Whilst no assessment has been made of the affect of timeliness on the number of job opportunities which may have been lost, the impact which delays may have on applicants is recognised. The DBS is reliant on police forces completing their checks in a timely manner and is working closely with those forces whose performance does not meet turnaround time targets. In very exceptional cases, where it is apparent that a delay is likely to cause undue hardship to an applicant, the DBS will do all it can to expedite the process by raising an escalation with the relevant police force.
The average end to end time taken to complete a DBS check, including the time taken by police forces, is listed in following table.
Financial Year | Average calendar days for a disclosure to be processed |
13/14 | 11.5 |
14/15 | 14.4 |
15/16 | 14.5 |
The proportion of checks which took longer than (a) eight weeks (b) 12 weeks and (c) six months is listed in the following table.
Financial Year | Disclosures which took longer than 8 weeks | Disclosures which took longer than 12 weeks | Disclosures which took longer than 6 Months |
% of Disclosures | % of Disclosures | % of Disclosures | |
13/14 | 2.6% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
14/15 | 4.9% | 2.1% | 0.1% |
15/16 | 5.2% | 3.5% | 0.3% |
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Disclosure and Barring Service checks took (a) longer than eight weeks, (b) 12 weeks or more and (c) six months or more in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Disclosure and Barring Service is a non-departmental public body which provides access to appropriate criminal record information for employers through its disclosure service for England and Wales. It also makes independent barring decisions about people who have harmed, or where there is considered to be a risk of harm to, a child or vulnerable person within the workplace. Given the sensitive nature of this work and the reliance on police forces to provide locally held intelligence, it would not be appropriate to introduce competition.
Whilst no assessment has been made of the affect of timeliness on the number of job opportunities which may have been lost, the impact which delays may have on applicants is recognised. The DBS is reliant on police forces completing their checks in a timely manner and is working closely with those forces whose performance does not meet turnaround time targets. In very exceptional cases, where it is apparent that a delay is likely to cause undue hardship to an applicant, the DBS will do all it can to expedite the process by raising an escalation with the relevant police force.
The average end to end time taken to complete a DBS check, including the time taken by police forces, is listed in following table.
Financial Year | Average calendar days for a disclosure to be processed |
13/14 | 11.5 |
14/15 | 14.4 |
15/16 | 14.5 |
The proportion of checks which took longer than (a) eight weeks (b) 12 weeks and (c) six months is listed in the following table.
Financial Year | Disclosures which took longer than 8 weeks | Disclosures which took longer than 12 weeks | Disclosures which took longer than 6 Months |
% of Disclosures | % of Disclosures | % of Disclosures | |
13/14 | 2.6% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
14/15 | 4.9% | 2.1% | 0.1% |
15/16 | 5.2% | 3.5% | 0.3% |
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time was for a Disclosure and Barring Service check to be completed in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Karen Bradley
The Disclosure and Barring Service is a non-departmental public body which provides access to appropriate criminal record information for employers through its disclosure service for England and Wales. It also makes independent barring decisions about people who have harmed, or where there is considered to be a risk of harm to, a child or vulnerable person within the workplace. Given the sensitive nature of this work and the reliance on police forces to provide locally held intelligence, it would not be appropriate to introduce competition.
Whilst no assessment has been made of the affect of timeliness on the number of job opportunities which may have been lost, the impact which delays may have on applicants is recognised. The DBS is reliant on police forces completing their checks in a timely manner and is working closely with those forces whose performance does not meet turnaround time targets. In very exceptional cases, where it is apparent that a delay is likely to cause undue hardship to an applicant, the DBS will do all it can to expedite the process by raising an escalation with the relevant police force.
The average end to end time taken to complete a DBS check, including the time taken by police forces, is listed in following table.
Financial Year | Average calendar days for a disclosure to be processed |
13/14 | 11.5 |
14/15 | 14.4 |
15/16 | 14.5 |
The proportion of checks which took longer than (a) eight weeks (b) 12 weeks and (c) six months is listed in the following table.
Financial Year | Disclosures which took longer than 8 weeks | Disclosures which took longer than 12 weeks | Disclosures which took longer than 6 Months |
% of Disclosures | % of Disclosures | % of Disclosures | |
13/14 | 2.6% | 0.8% | 0.0% |
14/15 | 4.9% | 2.1% | 0.1% |
15/16 | 5.2% | 3.5% | 0.3% |
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons Terence McCormick and Patrick Maguire have not been extradited from the US to face questioning in relation to the murder of Captain Robert Nairac.
Answered by James Brokenshire
As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, the Government will neither confirm nor deny the existence of an extradition request made or received by this country before an arrest is made pursuant to such a request.
This is in order to prevent the subject of a request learning about it in advance, and giving them the opportunity to evade justice by leaving the jurisdiction or otherwise seeking to avoid arrest.
The Home Office does not initiate extradition requests. Extradition requests to countries outside the European Union are prepared by the relevant prosecuting authority and the police. They are then sent to the Home Office to seal and certify, and for transmission to the relevant State. Extradition may only be requested where a person is accused or convicted of an offence.