Asked by: David Anderson (Labour - Blaydon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the reasons why the Independent Police Complaints Commission has not published its report on the actions of South Yorkshire Police at Orgreave coke works in 1984.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has completed its assessment of matters arising from the policing of events at Orgreave in 1984 and is currently obtaining legal advice regarding the publication of the outcome of its assessment.
This has been a very complex exercise which has required the in-depth analysis of a vast amount of documentation from over 30 years ago. As the IPCC is an independent organisation the Government has no control or influence over the
date of publication of its findings.
Asked by: David Anderson (Labour - Blaydon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will request the Independent Police Complaints Commission announces when it plans to report on its investigations into the actions of the South Yorkshire Police at Orgreave coke works in 1984.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has completed its assessment of matters arising from the policing of events at Orgreave in 1984 and is currently obtaining legal advice regarding the publication of the outcome of its assessment.
This has been a very complex exercise which has required the in-depth analysis of a vast amount of documentation from over 30 years ago. As the IPCC is an independent organisation the Government has no control or influence over the
date of publication of its findings.
Asked by: David Anderson (Labour - Blaydon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the prevention of the admission of alleged and proven torturers to the UK.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The UK is party to the United Nations Convention Against Torture and the optional protocol to that Convention. Torture is illegal in the UK and under international law. Those who have committed crimes abroad that fall under the ICC Statute, including genocide and crimes against humanity, can be tried in the UK if they come here. The Home Secretary may exclude an individual from the UK if their presence here is not conducive to the public good or our national security.
Asked by: David Anderson (Labour - Blaydon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on the police response to the demonstration in Parliament Square on 21 October 2014; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Mike Penning
Home Office Ministers have received no representations relating to the police response to the demonstration in Parliament Square on 21 October.
Asked by: David Anderson (Labour - Blaydon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure the viability of the financial position of the North East Refugee Service; and for what reasons her Department has not yet paid exit costs to that organisation.
Answered by James Brokenshire
Negotiations on the exit claim are underway between the Home Office and the
Refugee Council and we hope to conclude these as soon as possible. The North
of England Refugee Service was a subcontractor of the Refugee Council, and the
Home Office is therefore unable to negotiate directly with the North of England
Refugee Service.
Asked by: David Anderson (Labour - Blaydon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that the application for exit costs submitted to her Department by the North East Refugee Service in March 2014 is paid immediately.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The North of England Refugee Service submitted an exit cost claim as a constituent part of a wider claim submitted by the Refugee Council to the Home Office. Negotiations on the claim are underway between the Home Office and the Refugee Council.