Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for her Department’s Review into harassment outside abortion facilities; what funding she has allocated to that review; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Hurd
On 26 November, the Home Secretary [I] announced an in-depth assessment of protests outside abortion clinics, following reports that some women have been subjected to harassment and intimidating behaviour from protestors when visiting family planning clinics to seek information, advice and services from medical professionals.
Undertaken by Home Office officials, the review will collect detailed evidence to inform recommendations on what more needs to be done to ensure that the police, healthcare providers and local authorities have the right powers to protect women making these tough decisions.
The Home Office does not hold the information requested on how many individuals were prosecuted and convicted for alleged harassment or intimidation outside abortion facilities. Information on the number of prosecutions or convictions is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice and they have informed us that they do not hold the requested information.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she make it her policy to include in the review into harassment and intimidation near abortion clinics (a) oral and (b) written evidence from groups involved in such protests; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Hurd
On 26 November, the Home Secretary [I] announced an in-depth assessment of protests outside abortion clinics, following reports that some women have been subjected to harassment and intimidating behaviour from protestors when visiting family planning clinics to seek information, advice and services from medical professionals.
Undertaken by Home Office officials, the review will collect detailed evidence to inform recommendations on what more needs to be done to ensure that the police, healthcare providers and local authorities have the right powers to protect women making these tough decisions.
The Home Office does not hold the information requested on how many individuals were prosecuted and convicted for alleged harassment or intimidation outside abortion facilities. Information on the number of prosecutions or convictions is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice and they have informed us that they do not hold the requested information.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals in (a) each police force area and (b) England and Wales have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted in each year since 2007 for alleged harassment or intimidation outside abortion facilities.
Answered by Nick Hurd
On 26 November, the Home Secretary [I] announced an in-depth assessment of protests outside abortion clinics, following reports that some women have been subjected to harassment and intimidating behaviour from protestors when visiting family planning clinics to seek information, advice and services from medical professionals.
Undertaken by Home Office officials, the review will collect detailed evidence to inform recommendations on what more needs to be done to ensure that the police, healthcare providers and local authorities have the right powers to protect women making these tough decisions.
The Home Office does not hold the information requested on how many individuals were prosecuted and convicted for alleged harassment or intimidation outside abortion facilities. Information on the number of prosecutions or convictions is the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice and they have informed us that they do not hold the requested information.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) include harm reduction within the remit of the Recovery Champion and (b) appoint a bespoke harm reduction champion as part of the Government's new drugs strategy.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The Recovery Champion will provide a national leadership role around key aspects of the recovery agenda that support sustained recovery, in partnership with Public Health England. This will include looking at the support provided to those in recovery by public employment services, housing services, criminal justice agencies and mental health services.
There are no plans to appoint a bespoke harm reduction champion.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the implications for her policies are of the Office for National Statistics' statistical bulletin entitled Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2016 registrations, published in August 2017; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The Government continues to be concerned by the increase in death related to the misuse of drugs. That is why the Government published a comprehensive new Drug Strategy in July.
The new Drug Strategy reflects the findings of Public Health England’s inquiry into drug related deaths, ‘Understanding and preventing drug related deaths’, which was published in September 2016. The Strategy recognises the benefits of evidence based approaches that help prevent drug related deaths. For example, Naloxone has a vital role in saving lives and we are committed to widening its use in England.
We will support local areas to develop a more joined up approach to commissioning and delivering the range of services that are essential to supporting recovery and preventing drug-related deaths.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government's Drug Strategy is to be published; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Sarah Newton
We are currently developing the new Drug Strategy, working across government and with key partners. The new strategy will be published soon.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (b) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (c) farming representatives on seasonal agricultural workers from other EU member states.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Home Office has regular discussions with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Exiting the European Union. I met representatives from the National Farmers Union on 1 November.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with each of the devolved institutions on immigration rules for seasonal agricultural workers after the UK has left the EU.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The precise arrangements for controlling immigration after the UK leaves the EU have yet to be determined. However, as my Rt hon Friend, the Prime Minister, made clear in her Lancaster House speech on 17 January, the devolved administrations should be involved in the process of planning for the UK’s departure from the EU, and a Joint Ministerial Committee on EU negotiations has been established for this purpose.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assurance her Department plans to give EU nationals living in the UK and working in the voluntary sector on their right to remain in the UK after the EU referendum.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Government has been clear that there will be no immediate changes in the circumstances of European nationals and their family members entering or currently residing in the UK.
The Government wants to be able to guarantee the legal status of EU nationals who are living in the UK, and we are confident that we will be able to do this. But we must also win the same rights for British nationals living in European countries, and it will be an early negotiating objective for the Government to achieve those things together.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects her Department's updated drugs strategy to be published.
Answered by Karen Bradley
We are currently developing a new Drug Strategy, working across Government and with key partners. We will continue to build on the 2010 Drug Strategy to take a balanced approach to drugs (reducing demand, restricting supply and building recovery) and tackle drugs as a key driver of crime.