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Written Question
Counter-terrorism: Prisoners
Monday 19th February 2024

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people referred to Prevent whilst in prison subsequently committed a terror offence in each year since 2015.

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

We do not hold data on the number of people referred to Prevent in prison that subsequently committed a terror offence. The below data shows the number of referrals to Prevent from HMPPS since 2015/2016.

Table 1: Number of referrals to the Prevent programme from HMPPS each year, 2015/16 to 2022/23

Financial year

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

Number of referrals to Prevent made by HMPPS

155

283

269

297

373

335

287

267

This data is taken from the annual statistical release ‘Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent programme’ which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/individuals-referred-to-prevent HMPPS includes staff working for HM Prison and Probation Service, including Youth Offender Services.


Written Question
Antisocial Behaviour
Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's measures to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

In March, the Government launched the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, backed by £160m of funding overseen by the ASB taskforce. This includes funding Police and Crime Commissioners to increase patrolling in ASB hotspot areas and to run immediate justice schemes.

In July we launched Round 5 of the Safer Streets Fund funding PCCs to deliver ASB and crime prevention measures.


Written Question
Electronic Cigarettes: Smuggling
Monday 17th July 2023

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made in the last 12 months related to the sale of illegal vapes.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

The information requested is not held.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, as part of the ‘Police powers and procedures’ statistical bulletin, available here: Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

However, the data are broken down by wider offence group, therefore data on more specific offences such as the sale of illegal vapes is not available.


Written Question
National Crime Agency: Asylum
Tuesday 21st February 2023

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 132324 on National Crime Agency: Asylum, whether the number of National Crime Agency officers working on child asylum seekers has increased since 21 January 2023.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

For security reasons, we do not disclose how many staff are working on an issue at a given time.


Written Question
Visas: Married People
Thursday 2nd February 2023

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his Answer of 25 January 2023 to Question 125286 on Visas: Married People, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the Minimum Income Requirement on levels of (a) family and (b) spousal separation.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The Minimum Income Requirement (MIR) was implemented in July 2012, following advice from the Migration Advisory Committee, reflecting the income at which a British family could no longer access income-related benefits. It was introduced to ensure family migrants are supported at a reasonable level, do not become a burden on the taxpayer and can participate sufficiently in everyday life to facilitate their integration into British society.

The level of the MIR has not increased since it was introduced in 2012.

The Home Office considers the impact on families, particularly children, in the review and implementation of all its policies.


Written Question
National Crime Agency: Asylum
Monday 30th January 2023

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many National Crime Agency officers were working on the issue of missing child asylum seekers as of 25 January 2023.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

For security reasons, we do not disclose how many staff are working on an issue at a given time. The National Police Chiefs Council, Home Office Immigration and Border Force are focused on the missing child asylum seekers. The Home Office is working closely with policing and local authorities.


Written Question
Visas: Married People
Wednesday 25th January 2023

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to increase the Minimum Income Requirement for spousal visas.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The Minimum Income Requirement (MIR) was implemented in July 2012, following advice from the Migration Advisory Committee, reflecting the income at which a British family could no longer access income-related benefits. It was introduced to ensure family migrants are supported at a reasonable level, do not become a burden on the taxpayer and can participate sufficiently in everyday life to facilitate their integration into British society.

We keep all our immigration routes under review.


Written Question
Fire and Rescue Services: Cancer
Wednesday 18th January 2023

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of cancer among firefighters.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

The health and safety of firefighters is of great importance and employers must be mindful of the academic research in this area.

Fire and Rescue Authorities are responsible for the health and safety of their employees. It is for individual fire and rescue authorities, as employers with responsibility for health and wellbeing, to ensure that firefighters receive the appropriate equipment and training they need to safely respond to the wide range of incidents which they attend. This includes working conditions inside fire stations where there are strict requirements for decontamination of personal protective equipment following incidents.

The Home Office will be studying and considering this report carefully.


Written Question
Animal Experiments
Thursday 24th November 2022

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Animals in Science Regulation Unit annual reports 2019 to 2021, published on 26 October, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of non-compliance with the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in laboratories.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)

Establishments conducting research are regularly inspected, with both announced and unannounced inspections carried out by inspectors to ensure compliance with their licences and the legislation.

The regulator’s compliance policy explains how it identifies and investigates potential incidents of non-compliance and decides on appropriate and proportionate measures aimed to minimise the risk of recurrence. It is available at: www.gov.uk/guidance/animal-testing-and-research-compliance-with-aspa.


Written Question
Travel Requirements: Hong Kong
Wednesday 2nd November 2022

Asked by: Andrew Gwynne (Labour - Denton and Reddish)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to issue travel documents to children born to parents on a British National Overseas visa in the UK so that they do not have to enter Chinese consulate grounds.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The Home Office does not have plans to issue travel documents to children of parents on the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) route or to Hong Kong residents born after 1997 who hold a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passport.

Individuals arriving in the UK must produce a valid passport with a photograph or some other document which satisfactorily establishes their identity and nationality, if required to do so by a Border Force officer. Individuals who wish to travel outside the UK will need to comply with the entry requirements of the country they wish to enter, which may require a valid travel document to establish their identity and nationality.

It remains the case that those who hold a HKSAR passport and wish to travel to or from the UK will need to renew that passport or arrange for alternative documentation. The UK cannot assist with the renewal of passports of other nationalities.