Asked by: Sureena Brackenridge (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour in Wolverhampton.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)
Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.
The Government’s Plan for Change, announced by the Prime Minister on 5 December, included our plan to reduce ASB. This will include a dedicated lead officer in every police force working with communities to develop a local ASB action plan.
As part of our wider reforms, we are delivering on our commitment to strengthen neighbourhood policing, putting 13,000 neighbourhood police, community support officers and special constables into local communities so residents have a named officer they can turn to when things go wrong.
We will also crack down on those causing havoc on our high streets and in communities by introducing tougher powers in the Crime and Policing Bill to tackle repeat offending, including the new Respect Order to tackle the most persistent ASB offenders.
Asked by: Sureena Brackenridge (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on changes to minimum income requirements for family visas.
Answered by Seema Malhotra - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
On the 10th September 2024, the Home Secretary commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to review the financial requirements in the Family Immigration Rules.
The MAC has completed a call for evidence which gathered the views of stakeholders and those affected by changes to family rules and saw more than 2,000 responses. The comments received will inform the review being conducted by the MAC.
There have also been representations in the form of parliamentary questions and written correspondence both from members of both houses and members of the public.
On 20 January Members of Parliament took part in a debate regarding the MIR in Westminster Hall.
The findings of the MAC review will be carefully considered by Ministers alongside other representations received.
There will be no changes to the current threshold of £29,000, until the MAC review is complete.