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Written Question
Sexual Offences: Isle of Wight
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Richard Quigley (Labour - Isle of Wight West)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of support available for survivors of sexual assault on the Isle of Wight.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

This Government is investing £550 million in victim support services over the next three years through:

  • Funding to all Police and Crime Commissioners to allocate based on their assessment of local need, including for sexual violence victims.
  • The national 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line, providing access to help and information.

Written Question
Asylum: Sexual Offences
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Mark Pritchard (Conservative - The Wrekin)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of sexual offences that have been committed by asylum seekers in (a) the West Mercia Police region and (b) Shropshire since 2025.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office does not hold data on the number of people in asylum accommodation who have been accused of a crime. Allegations of criminal activity are matters for the police, who are responsible for recording, investigating, and progressing criminal reports.

Home Office accommodation providers and operational staff work closely with local police forces to share relevant safeguarding information to manage risks within the asylum accommodation estate. Where incidents occur, established processes ensure that appropriate action is taken to protect both asylum seekers and staff, and additional support is deployed where necessary.


Written Question
Gender Based Violence
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that best practices deployed by the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection are shared with the devolved Administrations.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls and Public Protection (NCVPP) plays an important role in supporting police forces to improve their response to violence against women and girls (VAWG). The Centre works closely with all 43 forces across England and Wales to highlight examples of effective practice and to help to promote consistent, high‑quality standards in policing, including by hosting national learning and practice‑sharing events.

We recognise that there is value in ensuring that learning and innovative best practice can be shared across the UK. The NCVPP has already begun initial engagement with respective devolved partners, including the Police Service of Northern Ireland, to understand approaches to VAWG and public protection, including police training. We will continue to encourage the NCVPP to consider how it engages with partners such as Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland as its work develops, identifying where sharing emerging insights and good practice would be appropriate, while remaining mindful of the different operating environments and responsibilities across jurisdictions.


Written Question
Refugees: Higher Education
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Julian Lewis (Conservative - New Forest East)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the likely impact of the recent changes in immigration rules on the practicability of continuing the rescue from oppressive regimes of academics in danger by awarding fellowships at United Kingdom universities, arranged until now by the Council for At-Risk Academics.

Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)

The visa brake will apply to nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar, and Sudan, for the Student route, and nationals of Afghanistan for the Skilled Worker route. We understand decision may be disappointing to some people. If fellowship schemes use the specified routes, they will be impacted; schemes that use any other visa routes will be unaffected.


Written Question
Counter-terrorism: Finance
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2025, to Question 71458, on Counter-terrorism: finance, if he will list how much was paid to each individual local authority for (a) local authority posts and (b) project delivery in 2024-25.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

In 2024/25, the Home Office paid dedicated Prevent grant funds to the 30 highest threat priority area local authorities. A breakdown of the funding that was paid to local authorities via the Home Office Prevent grant for posts and projects is outlined in Table A.

In addition, in 2024/25 all local authorities in England and Wales were able to apply for targeted Prevent projects, which were delivered through the Preventing Radicalisation Fund (PRF). The PRF is now available to local authorities in Scotland. These projects are delivered by trusted third sector organisations, including local civil society organisations. The funding for approved PRF projects was not paid to local authorities directly and was administered separately by a Grant Administrator. The funding that was allocated for PRF projects delivered in local authorities in 2024/25 is outlined in Table B.

Please note that some priority areas in receipt of Home Office Prevent grant funding also applied for additional project funding via the PRF to support project delivery in other adjacent local authorities as part of regional activities. In addition, some local authorities teamed up to place joint PRF bids to support project delivery across multiple local authorities, and have been grouped together in Table B.

Table A

Local Authorities (Alphabetical order)

Funds paid (£) for Posts (Home Office Grant)

Funds paid (£) for Projects (Home Office Grant)

1

Birmingham

351,324.81

229,176.00

2

Blackburn with Darwen

267,925.04

0

3

Bradford

223,230.88

56,214.25

4

Brent

268,876.60

11,000.00

5

Bristol

102,512.31

0

6

Calderdale

170,554.62

18,122.00

7

Cardiff

258,713.51

87,020.45

8

Croydon

143,976.07

0

9

Derby

211,942.03

95,350.00

10

Ealing

139,348.01

0

11

Enfield

202,208.92

33,105.00

12

Hackney

137,053.60

0

13

Haringey

142,757.15

33,000.00

14

Kent

246,595.05

0

15

Kirklees

160,652.47

46,905.00

16

Lambeth

155,856.32

0

17

Leeds

251,136.77

186,453.40

18

Leicester

186,792.29

133,431.75

19

Liverpool

295,107.65

7,047.00

20

Luton

214,554.33

134,624.50

21

Manchester

392,184.44

107,292.00

22

Newcastle upon Tyne

102,390.73

0

23

Newham

162,565.93

59,233.86

24

Nottingham

129,317.13

0

25

Redbridge

193,073.69

115,041.45

26

Sandwell

149,199.99

0

27

Sheffield

160,784.35

0

28

Tower Hamlets

192,498.63

100,074.28

29

Waltham Forest

142,697.04

0

30

Westminster

281,887.25

30,000

Table B

Local Authorities (Alphabetical order)

Allocated Funds (£) for Projects (PRF)

1

Barnsley

13,500

2

Cambridgeshire

20,430

3

Coventry

19,638.50

4

Dorset

24,483

5

East Midlands: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

60,650

6

Essex

14,672.38

7

Greater Manchester: Oldham, Trafford, Bolton, Wigan, Salford, Stockport, Rochdale

40,792

8

Havering

8,973

9

Humberside: Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire

20,922.50

10

Isle of Wight

13,701

11

Lancashire: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Lancashire

31,820.40

12

Merseyside: Liverpool, Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral

122,060.5

13

Rotherham

25,604.40

14

Solihull

10,050

15

Southampton

10,675

16

South London: Lambeth, Croydon & Wandsworth

17,559.20

17

South West London: Kingston, Richmond & Wandsworth

6,195

18

Thurrock

19,988.27

19

Wakefield

20,250

20

Wales: Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Powys

34,646.40

21

Wales: Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Bridgend

23,949.00

22

West London: Hammersmith & Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, Ealing, Hillingdon, Richmond & Wandsworth, Hounslow, Merton

43,420

23

West Midlands: Wolverhampton and Dudley

8,275.00

24

Wiltshire

26,303.60


Written Question
Protective Security for Mosques Scheme
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Iqbal Mohamed (Independent - Dewsbury and Batley)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will amend the Protective Security for Mosques scheme to remove the requirement for a hate crime to have already been committed in order to qualify for protective security.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

Mosques and associated Muslim community centres where regular worship takes place are eligible to apply for the Protective Security for Mosques scheme through the application form on gov.uk.

Applicants are asked to provide a summary of any security concerns or hate crime experienced at their mosque or community centre, and the impact these have on the people who use it.

Applicants are also asked to provide further details or evidence of any incidents of hate crime, where relevant. This will be considered as part of their application alongside other factors set out in the guidance.


Written Question
Drugs: Smuggling
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government will make additional financial contributions to the EU as a consequence of the agreement to ooperate in relation to drugs risks and threats.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

No decisions have yet been taken as to whether the UK will make additional financial contributions to the European Union as a consequence of the new provisions set out in the Common Understanding of 19 May 2025 2025 to cooperate in relation to drugs risks and threats.

Our position remains that we are prepared to make an appropriate financial contribution to support the relevant costs associated with the European Union's work in this policy area, for example to access EU agencies or databases. We will need to work through the details of this in further discussions with the EU.

Any decisions on such matters will be assessed in accordance with Government Accounting Officer rules, including value for money.


Written Question
Surveillance: Northern Ireland
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Claire Hanna (Social Democratic & Labour Party - Belfast South and Mid Down)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to establish a commissioner for covert law enforcement in Northern Ireland that could help ensure covert surveillance techniques are only used within the law.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

Oversight of the use of investigatory powers in Northern Ireland is provided by the UK-wide Investigatory Powers Commissioner.

The Commissioner’s role is to ensure that such use is necessary and proportionate and in accordance with the law. This arrangement also has the benefit of ensuring the scrutiny of these powers is consistent across the United Kingdom.


Written Question
Domestic Abuse
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the adequacy of funding for domestic abuse services.

Answered by Jess Phillips - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The Freedom from Violence and Abuse: a cross-government strategy committed to invest more than £1 billion over the next three years to support victims, including:

  • £550 million for victims’ services from the Ministry of Justice;
  • £499 million for safe accommodation from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.

This sits alongside wider investments, across government, to support victims.


Written Question
Counter-terrorism: Finance
Thursday 12th March 2026

Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2025, to Question 71459, on Counter-terrorism: Finance, if she will list the individual quantitative and qualitative elements and metrics used by the Homeland Security Analysis and Insight team to determine the funding to individual councils.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

Each year the Home Office conducts an annual prioritisation exercise to understand which Local Authorities (LAs) are facing the highest threat from radicalisation to terrorism. The process incorporates both quantitative and qualitative elements.

The quantitative element of the model draws on counter-terrorism investigations data and arrests data for terrorism and terrorism-related offences; the number of cases that have been discussed at a Channel multi-agency panel or are being managed separately under the police-led process; community tension reports; hate crime data; Indices of Multiple Deprivation; and annual employment statistics. It is regularly reviewed and adapted to ensure that it provides a sound basis to make effective evidence-based decisions.

As part of the qualitative element, we hold a series of regional roundtables with key Prevent delivery partners, which allows us to sense check the preliminary rankings and make adjustments by drawing on the knowledge and experience of front-line Prevent practitioners from across a range of sectors, including CT Policing; Department for Education; Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government; Health; and HM Prisons and Probation.

Funding for posts and dedicated projects is allocated as part of an annual bidding process, with funding allocations informed by factors including the amount of funding available, the level of threat, the level of funding provided for Prevent posts in the previous financial year, and inflation-related increases.