Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK Border Agency monitors the number of Red Notices attached to UK citizens.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
It is HMG’s long-standing policy to neither confirm nor deny (NCND) the existence of an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion against any named individual.
This is in order to support the functioning of our judicial processes. Working with the National Crime Agency, the UK Border Force ensures that relevant information is made available to front-line officers working at the border.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UK citizens are entitled to ask the National Crime Agency whether any red notice has been attached to them by (a) a Gulf state and (b) another country.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
It is HMG’s long-standing policy to neither confirm nor deny (NCND) the existence of an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion against any named individual.
This is in order to support the functioning of our judicial processes. Working with the National Crime Agency, the UK Border Force ensures that relevant information is made available to front-line officers working at the border.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that the National Crime Agency notifies UK citizens of any red notice that has been attached to them by a Gulf state.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
It is HMG’s long-standing policy to neither confirm nor deny (NCND) the existence of an INTERPOL Red Notice or Diffusion against any named individual.
This is in order to support the functioning of our judicial processes. Working with the National Crime Agency, the UK Border Force ensures that relevant information is made available to front-line officers working at the border.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she or her officials have had discussions with their counterparts in the Spanish Government on reported attempts to assassinate Julian Assange.
Answered by Stephen McPartland
The Home Office have not had any such discussions with the Spanish Government.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance the Spanish authorities sought from her Department regarding the investigation into the alleged assassination attempts on Julian Assange.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
As a matter of longstanding policy, the UK would neither confirm nor deny the receipt of a request for mutual legal assistance.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response was provided to the request of the Spanish courts for evidence and assistance in their investigation into the alleged attempt to assassinate Julian Assange.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
As a matter of longstanding policy, the UK would neither confirm nor deny the receipt of a request for mutual legal assistance.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the UK Central Authority received the requests from the Spanish courts investigating the alleged attempted assassination of Julian Assange.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
As a matter of longstanding policy, the UK would neither confirm nor deny the receipt of a request for mutual legal assistance.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Annual Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals in Great Britain for 2021, published on 4 July 2022, of the 55 horses and other equids used for the first time, how many procedures were conducted on each animal.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The number of procedures carried out in a year does not equal the number of animals that have been used in procedures that year. This is because some animals may be used more than once i.e. ‘re-used’, in certain circumstances. These instances are counted as separate, additional, procedures. As a result, the number of procedures is usually slightly higher than the number of animals used. We do not hold data on how many times an animal has been re-used in procedures.
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of Ramadan and Salman Abedi's relationship to the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
In line with long-standing Home Office policy, it would not be appropriate to comment on individual cases.
The first volume of the Chair’s findings of the Manchester Arena Inquiry was published in June 2021, with volumes 2 and 3 scheduled for publication later in 2022. Further information can be found on the Inquiry’s website: manchesterarenainquiry.org.uk
Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions Salman Abedi was present at port stops conducted by police on members of the Abedi family from 2010 to 2017.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
There are a wide range of reasons that police may stop individuals travelling through ports. Under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000, Counter-Terrorism Police officers can stop and examine members of the public travelling through ports to determine their involvement in terrorist activity. The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual cases, and decisions on who to examine under Schedule 7 are made independently of government by the police.
I would refer the Honourable Member to the first volume of the Chair’s findings of the Manchester Arena Inquiry, which was published in June 2021. Volumes 2 and 3 of the findings are scheduled for publication later in 2022, and further information can be found on the Inquiry’s website: manchesterarenainquiry.org.uk