Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to work with young people to help prevent radicalisation.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government is committed to ensuring all children and young people are safe, including from radicalisation.
The Prevent programme tackles ideological causes of terrorism and provides early intervention for people at risk of radicalisation.
Where a young person has been exposed to harmful terrorist narratives, early intervention through Prevent can provide vital safeguarding measures. The programme provides training for educators, healthcare staff and other frontline staff to help them identify and protect those susceptible to radicalisation.
The Home Secretary has commissioned the Counter-Extremism Sprint to identify gaps in current policy approaches and to recommend a new approach to tackling radicalisation that can draw individuals to hateful ideologies, both online and offline.
We will continue to consider any new measures to prevent youth radicalisation.
Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights.
Answered by Stephen Doughty - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This Government is unequivocally committed to the European Convention of Human Rights and will not withdraw from it. The UK government maintains profound respect for international law and remains fully committed to the international human rights framework and the important role that multilateral organisations like the Council of Europe play in upholding it.
Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the value for money of payments made to the French government to stop the departures of illegal boats travelling to the UK from northern France.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
Expenditure and value for money are monitored closely, with a joint governance structure to ensure the suitability of proposed expenditure against the shared aim of the UK and French Governments of stopping these dangerous and unnecessary crossings.
Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many small boats without permission to enter the UK departing from northern France have been disrupted this year, and of those how many migrants were (a) detained or (b) attempted a further crossing.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
So far in 2024 (to 6 October) a total of 607 boats have been prevented from crossing the Channel as a result of our joint work with the French.
Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to offer an amnesty to illegal immigrants residing in the UK.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)
No.
Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many social housing places are accommodating asylum seekers in (a) Clacton and (b) the UK.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Social housing stock is not used to accommodate asylum seekers. If a person's immigration status does not allow them recourse to public funds, as is the case in respect of asylum seekers, then they are not eligible for an allocation of social housing.
Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the UK's military support for Ukraine on the readiness of the armed forces.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
The Government's first priority is ensuring the security of the nation and its citizens. The Prime Minister has confirmed that the UK will provide £3 billion a year in military support every year for as long as it takes.
The Prime Minister has launched the Strategic Defence Review to ensure that Defence is both capable and affordable now and into the future.
Readiness levels are regularly reviewed in relation to the threats faced by both the UK and NATO, and military assets are deployed accordingly. The Ministry of Defence remains fully engaged with industry, allies and partners to ensure both the continuation of supply to Ukraine, and that all equipment and munitions granted in kind from UK stocks are replaced as rapidly as possible.
Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the steel industry.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government is developing a steel strategy in partnership with the steel sector and trade unions that will set out a long-term vision for a sustainable steel sector, which we plan to publish in Spring 2025.
We have committed £500mn to Port Talbot’s transformation and up to £2.5bn for steel which will be available through the National Wealth Fund and other routes to help rebuild the sector.
Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has had discussions with local authorities on the potential impact of the proposed outdoor smoking ban on local businesses.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government will soon introduce the Tobacco and Vapes Bill which stands to be the most significant public health intervention in a generation. The bill will put us on track to a smoke-free United Kingdom, helping to reduce 80,000 preventable deaths, reduce the burden on the National Health Service, and reduce the burden on the taxpayer. To this end, Department officials regularly engage with local authorities and the Local Government Association.
Asked by: Nigel Farage (Reform UK - Clacton)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many millionaires have left the UK since the announcement of changes to the tax status for non-UK domiciled individuals.
Answered by James Murray - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government does not hold this information. The independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published their assumptions on the behavioural response of the affected population to the previous government’s announced policies in their Economic and Fiscal Outlook in March.
This Government is committed to addressing unfairness in the tax system, so that everyone who makes their home in the UK pays their taxes here.
The Government will therefore remove the outdated concept of domicile status from the tax system and implement a new residence-based regime, which is internationally competitive and focused on attracting the best talent and investment to the UK.
Further details of this policy will be announced at the Budget.