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Written Question
Sexual Harassment
Monday 19th February 2024

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2024 to Question 8419 on Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023, when he plans to publish the statutory guidance for the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023.

Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)

We supported the Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Act 2023 (sponsored by Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP and Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC), which makes public sexual harassment a specific offence. As with any new criminal justice legislation, an implementation period is necessary to ensure all processes, systems and guidance are updated – including drawing up the statutory guidance. We are working to ensure the legislation comes into force as quickly as reasonably possible.


Written Question
Immigration Controls: EU Countries
Thursday 8th February 2024

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has issued guidance on reasons that EU citizens with a valid passport may be refused entry to the UK.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The guidance used by Border Force officers is published on the Government website Visiting the UK as an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). A person with a valid EU passport can still be refused if they don’t satisfy these requirements set out in the guidance.


Written Question
Immigration Controls: EU Countries
Thursday 8th February 2024

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals from (a) EU 14, (b) EU 8, (c) EU 2, (d) other EU nations and (e) all other European nations presented at the border requesting entry to the UK in 2023.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

Border Force does not hold the data requested in an easily accessible format. However, the Home Office published data can be found at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65563413544aea0019fb2eab/passenger-arrivals-admissions-summary-sep-2023-tables.ods.


Written Question
Immigration Controls: EU Countries
Thursday 8th February 2024

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of EU citizens who were refused entry at the border intended to enter the UK for (a) leisure or tourism, (b) work or employment, (c) self-employment, (d) study, (e) temporarily (i) attending a conference and (ii) engaging in other work, (f) visiting family and (g) any other reason in 2023.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

Border Force does not hold the data requested in an easily accessible format. However, the Home Office published data can be found at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65563413544aea0019fb2eab/passenger-arrivals-admissions-summary-sep-2023-tables.ods.


Written Question
Harassment
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance he has issued to police forces and (b) data his Department is collecting on the recording of data on harassment offences where sex or gender is a relevant factor.

Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)

Public sexual harassment is an appalling crime which the Government is committed to tackling. Women have the right to both be and feel safe on our streets.

The Government has already taken significant action to tackle it, including supporting the Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Act 2023 (sponsored by Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP and Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC), which makes public sexual harassment a specific offence.

As with any new criminal justice legislation, an implementation period is necessary to ensure all processes, systems and guidance are updated – including drawing up the statutory guidance. We will ensure the legislation comes into force as quickly as reasonably possible.

We have ensured that new guidance was published for police and prosecutors on existing offences, have provided £160 million through five rounds of the Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night Funds to make our streets safer, have created the new StreetSafe tool which allows people to pinpoint where they have felt unsafe and the police to take action, and have launched the ground-breaking ‘Enough’ communications campaign.


Written Question
Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023
Monday 15th January 2024

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to lay regulations commencing sections (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 of the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023.

Answered by Laura Farris - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (jointly with Home Office)

Public sexual harassment is an appalling crime which the Government is committed to tackling. Women have the right to both be and feel safe on our streets.

The Government has already taken significant action to tackle it, including supporting the Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Act 2023 (sponsored by Rt Hon. Greg Clark MP and Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC), which makes public sexual harassment a specific offence.

As with any new criminal justice legislation, an implementation period is necessary to ensure all processes, systems and guidance are updated – including drawing up the statutory guidance. We will ensure the legislation comes into force as quickly as reasonably possible.

We have ensured that new guidance was published for police and prosecutors on existing offences, have provided £160 million through five rounds of the Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night Funds to make our streets safer, have created the new StreetSafe tool which allows people to pinpoint where they have felt unsafe and the police to take action, and have launched the ground-breaking ‘Enough’ communications campaign.


Written Question
Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
Tuesday 12th December 2023

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds for refusal under Part 9 of the Immigration Rules EU citizens were refused entry at the UK border in 2023.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

Border Force does not hold the data to questions 1 and 2 in an easily accessible format. The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.

The Home Office publishes statistics on passengers refused entry at the border, by nationality, in table Stp_D01 of the ‘Passengers refused entry at the border detailed datasets’ as part of the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data relates to the end of September 2023.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Data up to the end of December 2023 will be published on 29 February 2024.

You asked whether EU citizens refused entry at the UK border in 2023 will be able to reapply to travel to the UK. Applications for permission to enter at the border are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the immigration rules. EU citizens should ensure they are properly documented for the purpose they are seeking to enter and check whether they need a visa before they travel. Guidance is available at www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

EU citizens not holding required entry clearance must be refused entry under paragraphs 9.14.1 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules – but they may apply for clearance and seek entry after having obtained the required clearance.


Written Question
Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
Tuesday 12th December 2023

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what nationalities EU citizens who were refused entry at the UK border in 2023 were.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

Border Force does not hold the data to questions 1 and 2 in an easily accessible format. The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.

The Home Office publishes statistics on passengers refused entry at the border, by nationality, in table Stp_D01 of the ‘Passengers refused entry at the border detailed datasets’ as part of the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data relates to the end of September 2023.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Data up to the end of December 2023 will be published on 29 February 2024.

You asked whether EU citizens refused entry at the UK border in 2023 will be able to reapply to travel to the UK. Applications for permission to enter at the border are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the immigration rules. EU citizens should ensure they are properly documented for the purpose they are seeking to enter and check whether they need a visa before they travel. Guidance is available at www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

EU citizens not holding required entry clearance must be refused entry under paragraphs 9.14.1 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules – but they may apply for clearance and seek entry after having obtained the required clearance.


Written Question
Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
Tuesday 12th December 2023

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, of the EU citizens who were refused entry at the UK border in 2023, how many and what proportion had a pre-approved visa in place.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

Border Force does not hold the data to questions 1 and 2 in an easily accessible format. The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.

The Home Office publishes statistics on passengers refused entry at the border, by nationality, in table Stp_D01 of the ‘Passengers refused entry at the border detailed datasets’ as part of the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data relates to the end of September 2023.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Data up to the end of December 2023 will be published on 29 February 2024.

You asked whether EU citizens refused entry at the UK border in 2023 will be able to reapply to travel to the UK. Applications for permission to enter at the border are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the immigration rules. EU citizens should ensure they are properly documented for the purpose they are seeking to enter and check whether they need a visa before they travel. Guidance is available at www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

EU citizens not holding required entry clearance must be refused entry under paragraphs 9.14.1 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules – but they may apply for clearance and seek entry after having obtained the required clearance.


Written Question
Immigration Controls: EU Nationals
Tuesday 12th December 2023

Asked by: Stella Creasy (Labour (Co-op) - Walthamstow)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU citizens who were refused entry at the border to the UK in 2023 will be able to reapply to travel to the UK.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

Border Force does not hold the data to questions 1 and 2 in an easily accessible format. The information requested could not be obtained without disproportionate cost.

The Home Office publishes statistics on passengers refused entry at the border, by nationality, in table Stp_D01 of the ‘Passengers refused entry at the border detailed datasets’ as part of the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. The latest data relates to the end of September 2023.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Data up to the end of December 2023 will be published on 29 February 2024.

You asked whether EU citizens refused entry at the UK border in 2023 will be able to reapply to travel to the UK. Applications for permission to enter at the border are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the immigration rules. EU citizens should ensure they are properly documented for the purpose they are seeking to enter and check whether they need a visa before they travel. Guidance is available at www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

EU citizens not holding required entry clearance must be refused entry under paragraphs 9.14.1 of Part 9 of the Immigration Rules – but they may apply for clearance and seek entry after having obtained the required clearance.