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Written Question
Crime: Rural Areas
Monday 22nd July 2019

Asked by: Kemi Badenoch (Conservative - Saffron Walden)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national definition for rural crime.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care


Those living in rural areas can be the victim of the same crimes as those living in urban areas. However, we know that certain crimes, such as hare coursing and livestock offences, predominantly affect rural communities and that is why we supported the introduction of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Rural
Affairs Strategy, which was published last July.


Written Question
Police: Rural Areas
Tuesday 16th October 2018

Asked by: Kemi Badenoch (Conservative - Saffron Walden)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of allocating policing numbers in rural areas based on geographic size instead of per head of population.

Answered by Nick Hurd

Population sparsity was one factor within the existing Police Allocation Formula. We will consider the issue of the police funding formula in the context of the next Spending Review.

It is an operational decision for Chief Constables, held to account by their democratically elected Police and Crime Commissioner, to determine the size of the police workforce and how they are deployed in line with local priorities.


Written Question
Hare Coursing
Wednesday 3rd October 2018

Asked by: Kemi Badenoch (Conservative - Saffron Walden)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the powers available to the police to recover kennelling costs for dogs seized under suspicion of being used for hare-coursing.

Answered by Nick Hurd

The police do not have the power to directly recover the kennelling costs for seized dogs used in hare coursing.


Written Question
Asylum
Tuesday 11th September 2018

Asked by: Kemi Badenoch (Conservative - Saffron Walden)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will bring forward proposals to assess the skills of people seeking asylum in the UK at the point of entry.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

The primary purpose of the asylum system is to decide claims in line with our international obligations and the 1951 Refugee Convention.


Written Question
Refugees: Employment
Friday 23rd February 2018

Asked by: Kemi Badenoch (Conservative - Saffron Walden)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 124937, if she will create a web page with information for employers wishing to employ refugees; and if she will include (a) information on the right of refugees to work in the UK, (b) the difference between the rights of asylum seekers and those of refugees, (c) a link to the check a biometric residence permit web page, (d) a link to the employer checking service web page, and (e) guidelines on the documentation needed to prove refugee status on that web page.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

Guidance to employers on carrying out Right to Work checks includes information in respect of the employment of refugees and asylum seekers. This guidance can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/employers-illegal-working-penalties.

Documentation to demonstrate an individual’s right to work in the UK is set out in the employer guidance and Code of Practice for preventing illegal working. Anyone who is granted permission to remain in the UK as a refugee has unrestricted access to the labour market and can demonstrate their status and work entitlement through their Biometric Residence Permit (BRP).

There is currently no plan to create a new webpage dedicated to employers of refugees, however, Gov.uk content is kept under continuous review.


Written Question
Refugees: Employment
Friday 2nd February 2018

Asked by: Kemi Badenoch (Conservative - Saffron Walden)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to update guidance on the gov.uk website on the rights of refugees to work.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

Those granted refugee status or humanitarian protection, including those who are resettled to the UK, have the right to work here without any restrictions. There is guidance available on Gov.UK that provides information about the help that refugees can receive to find work, and the benefits to which they are entitled: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/refugees-guidance-about-benefits-and-pensions/help-available-from-the-department-for-work-and-pensions-for-people-who-have-been-granted-leave-to-remain-in-the-uk.

Where applicable, employers can check whether an individual has the right to work using the Employer Checking Service. Guidance on using this service can be found on Gov.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/check-job-applicant-right-to-work.

Asylum seekers are not allowed to work in the UK unless their claim has been outstanding for at least 12 months through no fault of their own. Those who are allowed to work are restricted to jobs on the Shortage Occupation List. This is made clear on Gov.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/claim-asylum.