Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) Wealden District Council and (b) Wealden District Council's (i) leadership and (ii) councillors have made legal challenges to (i) prevent or (ii) delay the use of Crowborough Training Camp as accommodation for asylum seekers.
Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)
All sites progressed for asylum accommodation, including Crowborough Training Camp currently under consideration, will comply with safety, security, health and wellbeing standards. This government will close every asylum hotel. Work is well underway, with more suitable sites being brought forward to ease pressure on communities across the country.
Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the police national computer retains nominal records for non-resident people.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
Non-resident individuals may have nominal records created on the Police National Computer where information suggests that they may pose a risk to UK residents.
Changes to the residency status of a person are not routinely considered as a factor in the ongoing retention of their nominal record.
Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19427 on the Police National Computer, what proportion of PNC records relate to dead people.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The data could only be obtained for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Police National Computer retains nominal records for deceased people.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Police National Computer (PNC) provides police and law enforcement agencies with access to centralised information about individuals, property and vehicles.
A Nominal record is retained until at least 100 years after a Nominal’s birth, regardless of the date of death. This is to facilitate criminal investigations that might start or conclude after the death of a Nominal.
The data retention practices on the PNC are governed by:
1. The Police Information and Records Management Code of Practice
2. The Code of Practice for the Police National Computer (PNC) and the Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS)
Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the Northeye detention centre in Bexhill.
Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
We have got to work straight away on fixing the asylum system and protecting our border.
That has already included a surge in capacity on returning failed asylum seekers, as demonstrated by last week’s flight to Vietnamand Timor-Leste. I will be considering options and will take a view on the future use of the Northeye site in due course.