Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the (a) scale and (b) number of victims of the financial crimes committed by Mukhtar Ablyazov and his associates.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Home Office does not confirm or comment on individual operational matters.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the High Court's renewed arrest warrant for Mukhtar Ablyazov in July 2019, what steps are her Department is taking to secure his extradition from France.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Whether to seek extradition of an individual is a matter for the UK’s independent prosecution authorities. There is no Ministerial involvement.
As a matter of long-standing policy and practice, the UK will neither confirm nor deny that an extradition request has been made or received until an arrest has been made in relation to that request.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of preparing for the Government’s proposed 14 day quarantine requirement due to the covid-19 outbreak up to 8 June 2020.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Work associated with the design and implementation of the Government’s proposed 14-day quarantine requirement, is being delivered within existing budget allocations. However, there will be additional costs associated with these new health measures, such as those relating to the development of new passenger locator form.
Work is underway to determine the additional costs; however, the Home Office does not routinely publish breakdowns of operational departmental spending. The information we do publish can be found in the Annual Report and Accounts – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the running costs of the Government's proposed 14 day quarantine requirement due to the covid-19 outbreak after its implementation on 8 June 2020.
Answered by Kevin Foster
Work associated with running the Government’s proposed 14-day quarantine requirement, is being delivered within existing budget allocations. However, it is expected there will be additional costs associated with maintaining these new health measures, such as those relating to accommodation.
Work is underway to determine the additional costs; however, the Home Office does not routinely publish breakdowns of operational departmental spending. The information we do publish can be found in the Annual Report and Accounts – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the scientific evidence is for imposing a quarantine requirement on arrivals from countries with a lower rate of covid-19 infection than the UK.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The scientific advice is that when domestic transmission of Covid-19 is reduced, new health measures at the border are an important part of managing the risk of new cases entering the UK from abroad and contributing to a second peak of the virus.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the evidential basis is for the Government's decision to impose a 14 day quarantine for people arriving in the UK; and what assessment she has made of the compatibility of that decision with WHO advice.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
In order to keep overall levels of infection down, as the Government prepares for social contact to increase, a series of measures and restrictions will be introduced at the UK border. This will contribute to keeping the overall number of transmissions in the UK as low as possible.
The Government will require all international arrivals not on a short list of exemptions to self-isolate in their accommodation for fourteen days on arrival into the UK. Where international travellers are unable to demonstrate where they would self-isolate, they will be required to do so in accommodation arranged by the Government.
Further details, and guidance on measures including screening, will be set out shortly, and the measures and list of exemptions will be kept under regular review.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential increase in bureaucracy after the UK leaves the EU for the UK to (a) access the Schengen Information System, (b) co-operate with Europol and (c) access the Prüm database.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The UK is seeking a comprehensive security relationship which preserves mutually important operational capabilities - including mechanisms for rapid and secure data exchange - whilst allowing the UK and EU to continue to work together to combat fast evolving security threats.
The Political Declaration, published on 26 November 2018, recognises that both the UK and the EU need a strong future relationship on internal security given the shared threats we face, our geographical proximity, and the need to continue to protect all of our citizens from harm.
The Political Declaration reflects a shared commitment to put in place arrangements which provide for future UK-EU cooperation on Prum and Europol, and to consider further arrangements including in relation to the exchange of information on wanted or missing persons and objects.
The exact terms of these arrangements will be for the next stage of negotiations.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the UK will remain a member of Europol after the expiry of any transition period on leaving the EU.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The UK is seeking a comprehensive security relationship, to begin after the implementation period, which preserves mutually important operational capabilities whilst allowing the UK and EU to continue to work together to combat fast evolving security threats.
The Political Declaration, published on 26 November 2018, recognises that both the UK and the EU need a strong future relationship on internal security given the shared threats we face, our geographical proximity, and the need to continue to protect all of our citizens from harm.
The Political Declaration reflects a shared commitment to put in place arrangements which provide for future UK-EU cooperation on Europol, and to consider further arrangements including in relation to the exchange of information on wanted or missing persons and objects, and of criminal records.
The exact terms of these arrangements will be for the next stage of negotiations.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UK authorities will have continued access to the Schengen Information System after the expiry of a transition period on leaving the EU.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The UK is seeking a comprehensive security relationship, to begin after the implementation period, which preserves mutually important operational capabilities whilst allowing the UK and EU to continue to work together to combat fast evolving security threats.
The Political Declaration, published on 26 November 2018, recognises that both the UK and the EU need a strong future relationship on internal security given the shared threats we face, our geographical proximity, and the need to continue to protect all of our citizens from harm.
The Political Declaration reflects a shared commitment to put in place arrangements which provide for future UK-EU cooperation on Europol, and to consider further arrangements including in relation to the exchange of information on wanted or missing persons and objects, and of criminal records.
The exact terms of these arrangements will be for the next stage of negotiations.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UK authorities will have continued access to the European Criminal Record Information System after the expiry of a transition period on leaving the EU.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The UK is seeking a comprehensive security relationship, to begin after the implementation period, which preserves mutually important operational capabilities whilst allowing the UK and EU to continue to work together to combat fast evolving security threats.
The Political Declaration, published on 26 November 2018, recognises that both the UK and the EU need a strong future relationship on internal security given the shared threats we face, our geographical proximity, and the need to continue to protect all of our citizens from harm.
The Political Declaration reflects a shared commitment to put in place arrangements which provide for future UK-EU cooperation on Europol, and to consider further arrangements including in relation to the exchange of information on wanted or missing persons and objects, and of criminal records.
The exact terms of these arrangements will be for the next stage of negotiations.