Offenders: Pakistan

(asked on 2nd June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there are any connections between Abdul Aziz, Adil Khan and Qari Abdul Rauf and staff in the (1) Home Office, or (2) UK Visas and Immigration.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 24th June 2020

I refer the Right Honorable Lord to my answer of 26 May 2020 on this matter. The position still remains that I am unable to comment on individual cases on the grounds of data protection principles and operational independence of the police and courts.

The Home Office will however always ensure that cases such as these are handled with extreme professionalism to ensure that decisions are lawfully made in the best interests of the British public.

This Government makes clear that foreign criminals should be deported from the UK wherever it is legal and practical to do so. Foreign national offenders should be in no doubt of our determination to remove them, and since 2010 we have removed more than 53,000.

Child sexual abuse is a devastating crime and we are committed to ensuring the protection of victims who have the courage to come forward to report abuse. The Home Office is in contact with the local Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) panel to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.

We are also developing a first of its kind national Child Sexual Abuse Strategy which will set out our long-term ambition in tackling all forms of child sexual abuse, including how we will work across government, law enforcement, safeguarding partners and industry to root out offending, and protect and help victims and survivors to recover and rebuild their lives.

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