Asked by: Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to the command paper Protecting What Matters, published on 9 March 2026, by what date will they have refreshed the content of the Life in the UK Test.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government committed in Protecting What Matters to reviewing and refreshing the Life in the UK Test so that it better reflects modern life in the UK and supports integration objectives.
This work is underway. The Home Office is considering how the test can best reflect contemporary British society, values, institutions and civic participation, while remaining accessible and appropriate for those seeking settlement or citizenship.
Details will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the Command Paper Protecting What Matters: Towards a more confident, cohesive, and resilient United Kingdom on 9 March, what measures they have taken to boost the Home Office's due diligence capacity to ensure that evidence-based decisions can be taken about engagement.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
As announced in the Protecting What Matters publication on 9 March 2026, The Home Office is in the process of updating the engagement principles and accompanying guidance. This includes ensuring that our due diligence and risk assessment capability is proportionate and fit for purpose when considering engagement with external individuals, organisations and groups.
The updated guidance will support ministerial departments to undertake appropriate due diligence and other relevant checks to identify and manage risks, ensuring that engagement decisions are informed, evidence-based and consistent with the Government's responsibilities. Decisions on engagement will continue to be taken on a case-by-case basis.
Asked by: Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, with reference to Protecting What Matters (CP 1540), published on 9 March, how many reports were made to the online hate crime reporting portal in each year for which figures are available; and how many investigations, prosecutions and convictions have followed.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office publishes annual statistics on police recorded hate crime. However, the Government does not currently hold the requested data on the number of reports made through True Vision, nor on the number of investigations, prosecutions and convictions arising from these reports.
True Vision is the online reporting portal used by police forces in England and Wales and is funded by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Asked by: Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 11 October (HC5739) and 17 October (HC6994), whether it remains their policy not to engage with the organisations cited in the Written Statement by the former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on 14 March (HCWS342).
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
This government takes the threat of extremism very seriously. As a society we must not permit those that radicalise others into violence and terrorism to act with impunity. The Government is committed to tackling those who spread views that promote violence and hatred against individuals and communities in our society, and that radicalise others into terrorism, and we keep all policies and programmes designed to achieve those goals under regular review.
Asked by: Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 5 September (HC2635) and 11 October (HC5739), what specific Government activity has ceased or changed to facilitate the £5 million of departmental savings on extremism.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
This government takes the threat of extremism very seriously. As a society we must not permit those that radicalise others into violence and terrorism to act with impunity. The Government is committed to tackling those who spread views that promote violence and hatred against individuals and communities in our society, and that radicalise others into terrorism, and we keep all policies and programmes designed to achieve those goals under regular review.