Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what mechanism the findings of the Manchester Arena Inquiry will be analysed in the JESIP Joint Doctrine Review 2021.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The third edition of the JESIP Joint Doctrine was published on 11 October 2021. The refreshed Doctrine incorporates learning from evidence heard during the Manchester Arena Inquiry. It has also incorporated key learning from the other terrorist attacks, and the Grenfell Tower fire.
The Joint Doctrine is updated as a process of continuous improvement and learning from the Inquiry’s Phase 2 report will be taken into consideration as part of this process.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2020 to Question 100398 on Asylum: Employment, to list the independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally referred to.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue and we are currently reviewing this policy. The Home Office will be happy to discuss the content of the review once it has been completed.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government’s review on the restrictions on asylum seekers’ right to work, initiated in December 2018, will provide an assessment of (a) the potential benefits to people’s wellbeing while they are in the asylum system and (b) their integration prospects upon receipt of a positive asylum decision.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
There is already published, independent evidence showing that good economic conditions and essential services can create an incentive for people to choose to go to a particular country illegally. This is because it is easier to work under such conditions – and we cannot ignore that access to the labour market is among the reasons that so many people choose to come to the UK illegally, rather than remain in any of the countries through which they transit.
That is why it is important to distinguish between those who need protection and those seeking to work here, who can apply for a work visa under the Immigration Rules. Our wider policy could be undermined if migrants bypassed work visa Rules by lodging unfounded asylum claims here.
Asylum seeker right to work is a complex issue. This is under review; it is crucial we take the time to get this right and we are listening carefully to the arguments and considering the evidence put forward on the issue. The Home Office will be happy to discuss the content of the review once it has been completed.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of reported disability hate crime.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The latest official data indicates an increase in police recorded disability hate crime, which is mostly due to general police recording improvements.
The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales indicates a downward trend in overall hate crime incidence over the past decade but any instance is one too many and we stand alongside all victims of this abhorrent crime.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional financial support her Department is providing to Greater Manchester Police to meet the costs resulting from the investigation into the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017.
Answered by Ben Wallace
Greater Manchester Police has indicated that they will be making a Special Grant claim in relation to the additional policing costs incurred as a result of the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena. Once this has been received, Ministers will consider it carefully and respond as soon as practicable.
We know that the recent horrific attacks have put pressure on the police across the country. We are already working closely with policing, to help manage the cost of the immediate response.
We also have a constructive dialogue with policing to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK test centres for the Knowledge of Life in the UK were operating in each year from 2010 to date.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The number of test centres operating in each calendar year is as follows:
Year | Number of test centres |
2010 | 66 |
2011 | 65 |
2012 | 73 |
2013 | 78 |
2014 | 75 |
2015 | 66 |
Note: The numbers are the total number of test centres operating in the stated years. For example, if a test centre closed in one town but was replaced by another, then this would be recorded as two individual test centres.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what projection she has made of future demand for the Knowledge of Life in the UK test.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
Data on the number of Life in the UK tests completed is published on a quarterly basis as part of the Migration Transparency Data release. Quarterly volumes can be found in the table ‘Temporary and permanent migration data’. See tab LUK01. This data can be accessed via the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-transparency-data
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to announce funding allocations for schools, colleges and universities through the Prevent strategy in 2015-16.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Home Office is currently in the process of deciding funding allocations for
the Prevent strategy for 2015-16, including for schools, colleges and
universities. A final decision will be made shortly.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to schools, colleges and universities on their obligations to tackle extremism.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Home Office provides regular guidance on Prevent policy and delivery to the Prevent posts we fund across England and Wales who work with schools, colleges and universities. These posts include local authority Prevent co-ordinators in priority areas; Prevent Institutions Officers working with schools in a number of our priority areas; and Higher and Further Education Regional Prevent Co-ordinators, who work with colleges and universities.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training her Department plans to provide to (a) teachers and (b) headteachers to assist them to carry out the obligations placed on them by the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill.
Answered by James Brokenshire
As the Minister for Security and Immigration, I have lead responsibility for overseeing the changes to the Prevent programme.
A training package to raise awareness of Prevent (WRAP) has been provided to public sector workers including teachers and headteachers and others in the community since 2007. Since the revised Prevent Strategy was launched in
2011, over 130,000 people have attended WRAP training sessions.
Training is delivered by accredited trainers from across the public sector including staff from within the education sector, Local Authorities, and the Police. WRAP is designed to help identify when people may be vulnerable to
radicalisation, how to raise concerns and what proportionate responses should be taken. This training package will support those carrying out their obligations under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill.