Asked by: Charles Walker (Conservative - Broxbourne)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to reduce the nuisance caused by fireworks; what plans she has to reduce instances of nuisance and abuse; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Government’s approach to the safe use of fireworks and reducing nuisance is to encourage industry, retailers and others to promote responsible use through guidance and public education. There is also significant regulation in place covering the supply, storage, possession and use of fireworks, which helps to reduce instances of nuisance and abuse. This includes restrictions on when fireworks can be sold, curfews which limit the hours during which fireworks can be used, local authority powers to deal with excessive firework noise and a prohibition on setting off or throwing fireworks in the street or other public places.
In addition, the police or local authorities can consider the use of the powers provided by the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, if they are satisfied that the relevant legal tests are met, to tackle those who cause alarm or distress to others through their misuse of fireworks.
Asked by: Charles Walker (Conservative - Broxbourne)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2017 to Question 66137, on asylum: children, if she will provide directly the information requested in that Question; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The information requested is readily available in the public domain. The latest figures are available at:
Asked by: Charles Walker (Conservative - Broxbourne)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have been resettled in the UK in each of the last five years; what countries those refugees arrived from; what those refugees' countries of origin were; how many of those refugees were assessed as being under the age of 19; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Home Office publishes data on the number resettled refugees, asylum applications and age dispute cases in the quarterly Immigration Statistics. The latest figures are available at:
Asked by: Charles Walker (Conservative - Broxbourne)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made by the Government-NGO Working Group in findings ways to mitigate the direct and indirect effect of counter-terrorism legislation on humanitarian, peace-building and development non-governmental organisations.
Answered by Ben Wallace
The Government continues to engage closely with UK based charities from the humanitarian, peace-building and development sectors on a range of issues relating to compliance with Counter Terrorism legislation. Comprehensive guidance for the sector on the range of legislative frameworks covering the activities of NGOs overseas was provided by the Government in November 2015 and is reviewed as required.
In addition, the Government recently appointed an independent expert adviser to work alongside officials, regulators, the banking sector and charities to progress new thinking on ways that this community can implement robust compliance and due diligence processes that are in accord with Counter Terrorism legislation. This engagement is ongoing.