Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of offering entry to members of the Russian Anti-War Committee.
Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
There are currently no plans to introduce a bespoke route for members of the Russian Anti-War Committee to enter the UK.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that immigration rules do not prevent the relocation to the UK of high-profile creative artists in Afghanistan with links to the UK at risk under the Taliban.
Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The UK has a proud history of providing protection for those fleeing war and persecution through our safe and legal routes. Since 2021, we have resettled over 34,500 individuals through the UK’s Afghan schemes.
Given the scale of global displacement, it is unfortunately not possible to offer a pathway to the UK for every person who needs it. The UK’s Afghan schemes were never intended to operate indefinitely, and, on 1 July 2025, the Government announced the closure of the schemes.
Afghans wishing to settle in the UK may apply through existing safe and legal routes for work, study and settlement.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the campaign for the (a) protection and (b) resettlement of high-profile creative artists in Afghanistan with links to the UK.
Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The UK has a proud history of providing protection for those fleeing war and persecution through our safe and legal routes. Since 2021, we have resettled over 34,500 individuals through the UK’s Afghan schemes.
Given the scale of global displacement, it is unfortunately not possible to offer a pathway to the UK for every person who needs it. The UK’s Afghan schemes were never intended to operate indefinitely, and, on 1 July 2025, the Government announced the closure of the schemes.
Afghans wishing to settle in the UK may apply through existing safe and legal routes for work, study and settlement.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to establish a relocation scheme for high-profile creative artists in Afghanistan with links to the UK facing (a) imprisonment, (b) torture and (c) death.
Answered by Mike Tapp - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The UK has a proud history of providing protection for those fleeing war and persecution through our safe and legal routes. Since 2021, we have resettled over 34,500 individuals through the UK’s Afghan schemes.
Given the scale of global displacement, it is unfortunately not possible to offer a pathway to the UK for every person who needs it. The UK’s Afghan schemes were never intended to operate indefinitely, and, on 1 July 2025, the Government announced the closure of the schemes.
Afghans wishing to settle in the UK may apply through existing safe and legal routes for work, study and settlement.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that police forces implement changes in practice following Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel findings.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Keeping children safe is a priority for this Government and we are committed to implementing improvements in practice, including through introducing multi-agency child protection teams in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill.
The new National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection launched in April 2025 will improve the police response to child protection and we will also deliver a cross-government strategy as part of our mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many identified victims of modern slavery in Sheffield were referred using the National Referral Mechanism in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024 to date.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many victims of (a) human trafficking, (b) labour exploitation, (c) sexual exploitation, (d) criminal exploitation and (e) domestic servitude were identified in Sheffield in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Sheffield City Council to help support victims of modern slavery in the financial year 2023-24.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding is provided to projects supporting victims of modern slavery in (a) Sheffield and (b) the rest of South Yorkshire.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were investigated by the police on suspicion of involvement with modern slavery in 2023.
Answered by Laura Farris
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.