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Written Question
Independent Office for Police Conduct: Standards
Wednesday 20th September 2023

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what service level agreement her Department has in place with the Independent Office of Police Conduct on the length of time needed to complete an investigation.

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

The Home Office and the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) agree performance metrics relating to the length of time taken to complete investigations. These are published in the IOPC’s Annual Report and Accounts (ARA).

The most recent ARA can be found on the IOPC’s website: https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-202122


Written Question
Police: Complaints
Wednesday 20th September 2023

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) mean, (b) mode and (c) longest length of investigations undertaken by the Independent Office of Police Conduct was in the last 5 years.

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

This information is held by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

The Director General of the IOPC will write to Harriet Baldwin MP in due course once the information is available, and the Home Office will see that a copy of the letter is placed in the House library.


Written Question
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Wednesday 21st December 2022

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Seasonal Agricultural Workers scheme visa from a maximum duration of six months to a maximum duration of nine months.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The UK government is committed to supporting the agricultural industry and ensuring that it continues to develop and thrive. The Seasonal Worker route will be expanded in 2023, with 45,000 visas available, to support our farmers growing fruit, vegetables, and flowers as they adapt to changes in the UK labour market. The separate poultry quota will remain at 2,000 places.

This number will be kept under review with the potential to increase by a further 10,000 if necessary, and contingent on sponsors and growers improving and abiding by to worker welfare standards, including ensuring workers are guaranteed a minimum number of paid hours each week.

The seasonal worker route is specifically designed to support the UK horticulture sector – a sector in which growers typically require higher volumes of labour, for relatively short-term periods of time, in line with seasonal production peaks. The route is not designed to support non-seasonal roles which operate on a year-round basis. Employers should look to recruit from the domestic labour market in the first instance which includes those who have EU settled status, or from the range of agricultural roles eligible under the wider Points-Based-System.


Written Question
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Wednesday 21st December 2022

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) uncap and (b) extend the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme.

Answered by Robert Jenrick

The UK government is committed to supporting the agricultural industry and ensuring that it continues to develop and thrive. The Seasonal Worker route will be expanded in 2023, with 45,000 visas available, to support our farmers growing fruit, vegetables, and flowers as they adapt to changes in the UK labour market. The separate poultry quota will remain at 2,000 places.

This number will be kept under review with the potential to increase by a further 10,000 if necessary, and contingent on sponsors and growers improving and abiding by to worker welfare standards, including ensuring workers are guaranteed a minimum number of paid hours each week.

The seasonal worker route is specifically designed to support the UK horticulture sector – a sector in which growers typically require higher volumes of labour, for relatively short-term periods of time, in line with seasonal production peaks. The route is not designed to support non-seasonal roles which operate on a year-round basis. Employers should look to recruit from the domestic labour market in the first instance which includes those who have EU settled status, or from the range of agricultural roles eligible under the wider Points-Based-System.


Written Question
Agriculture: Motor Vehicles
Tuesday 20th December 2022

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to amend the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill to include all agricultural vehicles.

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

The Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill will help prevent the theft of All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) such as quad bikes, by introducing a power for the Secretary of State to make regulations which provide for the requirement to fit immobilisers, forensically mark these vehicles and register the owner’s details on an appropriate property database.

There are currently no plans to include all agricultural vehicles. However, the provisions could be extended and applied to other agricultural equipment in the future through secondary legislation, where evidence shows this is necessary.


Written Question
Anti-Corruption Champion
Friday 9th December 2022

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to appoint an anti-corruption champion to take forward the Government's Anti-Corruption Strategy.

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

An announcement on a new champion will be made in due course.


Written Question
Terrorism: Yemen
Friday 22nd April 2022

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is reviewing the designation of the Houthi movement as a terrorist organisation; and what assessment she has made of the impact of the designation of that movement as a terrorist organisation on Yemeni citizens.

Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)

The Government condemns the recent attacks by the Houthis.

The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters, including whether an organisation is under consideration for proscription. The Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under review.


Written Question
Agriculture: Seasonal Workers
Monday 13th September 2021

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of the pilot scheme for 30,000 seasonal agricultural workers in 2021.

Answered by Kevin Foster

The pilot scheme is subject to ongoing evaluation activity and we will make an assessment of it prior to a decision whether to extend its provisions into future years.


Written Question
Refugees: Children
Friday 2nd October 2020

Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to offer UK resettlement to vulnerable unaccompanied minors from Syria who have been displaced again by the fire at the Moria refugee camp in Greece.

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

We are very concerned by the reports and images emerging from the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos following the devastating fire. We are working across government and with our embassy in Greece to actively monitor the situation as it develops.

Throughout the pandemic the UK has continued to receive those accepted for transfer under the Dublin III Regulation, including unaccompanied children. We are in regular contact with sending Member States, including Greece, who are responsible for arranging transfers.

We have also committed to continue to process transfer requests under the Dublin family reunion provisions from Greece and other Member States which were received before the end of the transition period.