Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many intervention providers for the Channel Programme are pending approval.
Answered by Ben Wallace
There are 20 individuals currently undergoing assessment for approval to become intervention providers (IPs) for the Channel programme. Recruitment of IPs is a continuous process and 5 individuals have recently received Ministerial approval.
The table below provides the current regional location breakdown of approved IPs. The majority of IPs work nationally and are frequently commissioned to work outside of their geographical location. We keep the list of IPs under review to ensure that regional distribution is appropriate to the number of Channel cases.
Region | Number of IPs |
North East | 2 |
North West | 10 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 |
East Midlands | 6 |
West Midlands | 10 |
East of England | 5 |
London | 17 |
South East | 1 |
South West | 2 |
Wales | 3 |
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's approved intervention providers for the Channel programme as located in each region of England.
Answered by Ben Wallace
There are 20 individuals currently undergoing assessment for approval to become intervention providers (IPs) for the Channel programme. Recruitment of IPs is a continuous process and 5 individuals have recently received Ministerial approval.
The table below provides the current regional location breakdown of approved IPs. The majority of IPs work nationally and are frequently commissioned to work outside of their geographical location. We keep the list of IPs under review to ensure that regional distribution is appropriate to the number of Channel cases.
Region | Number of IPs |
North East | 2 |
North West | 10 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 |
East Midlands | 6 |
West Midlands | 10 |
East of England | 5 |
London | 17 |
South East | 1 |
South West | 2 |
Wales | 3 |
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to introduce legislation on technology companies preventing the publication of extremist material.
Answered by Ben Wallace
This Government has been clear there should be no safe space online for terrorists and their supporters to radicalise, recruit, incite, or inspire. In March 2017, the Home Secretary held a very positive meeting with industry to discuss online terrorist content. Subsequent to the roundtable, Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft made a public commitment to look at options for establishing an industry led forum focused on tackling terrorist and extremist content online.
This was formally announced by the companies on 26 June 2016. We continue to work closely with industry to come up with new, innovative ways for tackling terrorist use of the internet but, as the Prime Minister has made clear, we will also explore the possibility of creating legal requirements for communications service providers if they fail to take the necessary action to remove unacceptable content.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to publish the Counter Extremism Bill.
Answered by Sarah Newton
Legislation to tackle extremism is being considered within Government. We will consult fully on any proposals for legislation before they are introduced.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total of the police grant settlement from her Department was in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17; and what the proposed such grant is for 2017-18.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Information on 2017/18 police funding was published on 15 December 2016, on the Government website and is available at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/provisional-police-grant-report-2017-to-2018
Information on 2016/17 police funding was published on 4 February 2016, on the Government website and is available at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-grant-report-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017
Information on 2015/16 police funding was published on 4 February 2015, on the Government website and is available at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-grant-report-england-and-wales-2015-to-16
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total of the police grant settlement for the West Midlands from her Department was in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17; and what the proposed such grant is for 2017-18.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Information on 2017/18 police funding was published on 15 December 2016, on the Government website and is available at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/provisional-police-grant-report-2017-to-2018
Information on 2016/17 police funding was published on 4 February 2016, on the Government website and is available at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-grant-report-england-and-wales-2016-to-2017
Information on 2015/16 police funding was published on 4 February 2015, on the Government website and is available at the following location: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-grant-report-england-and-wales-2015-to-16
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many intervention providers for the Channel Programme are pending approval.
Answered by Ben Wallace
There are currently 16 intervention providers (IPs) undergoing assessment for approval to provide ideological mentoring within the Channel programme. The table below provides a breakdown of the regional location of where current IPs reside and are based. The majority of IPs work nationally and are frequently commissioned to work outside of their geographical location to undertake interventions. The number of IPs regionally can fluctuate over time, this is due in part to IPs relocating to other areas; new IPs being added to the register; and a change in personal circumstances that limits capacity to undertake interventions. We keep the list of IPs under review to ensure that regional distribution is appropriate to the number of Channel cases.
Region | Number of providers |
North East | 1 |
North West | 10 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 |
East Midlands | 7 |
West Midlands | 9 |
East of England | 5 |
London | 15 |
South East | 1 |
South West | 2 |
Wales | 1 |
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of her Department's approved intervention providers for the Channel Programme are based in (a) the North East, (b) the North West, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber, (d) the East Midlands, (e) the West Midlands, (f) the east of England, (g) London, (h) the South East and (i) the South West.
Answered by Ben Wallace
There are currently 16 intervention providers (IPs) undergoing assessment for approval to provide ideological mentoring within the Channel programme. The table below provides a breakdown of the regional location of where current IPs reside and are based. The majority of IPs work nationally and are frequently commissioned to work outside of their geographical location to undertake interventions. The number of IPs regionally can fluctuate over time, this is due in part to IPs relocating to other areas; new IPs being added to the register; and a change in personal circumstances that limits capacity to undertake interventions. We keep the list of IPs under review to ensure that regional distribution is appropriate to the number of Channel cases.
Region | Number of providers |
North East | 1 |
North West | 10 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 0 |
East Midlands | 7 |
West Midlands | 9 |
East of England | 5 |
London | 15 |
South East | 1 |
South West | 2 |
Wales | 1 |
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from the A2 countries of the EU were stopped at border control as a result of intelligence shared by the authorities of those countries in each of the last five years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
This information is not centrally held. Border Force works with a range of partners, including law enforcement agencies from the UK and overseas to share intelligence used to identify potentially dangerous and undesirable individuals who are seeking to travel to and enter the UK.
Asked by: Liam Byrne (Labour - Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criminal record-sharing facilities exist between the UK and the A2 countries of the EU; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The UK exchanges criminal records information with the A2 countries - Bulgaria and Romania - as a result of the UK’s participation in the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS).