Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's Interim Report, published on 25 April 2018.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Government has welcomed the Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and is carefully considering the recommendations directed at Government. We will respond fully in due course.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Inequalities of 19 June 2018, Official Report, Column 181, when he plans to respond to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's Interim Report, published on 25 April 2018.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Government has welcomed the Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse and is carefully considering the recommendations directed at Government. We will respond fully in due course.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 25 April 2018 on Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) – Interim Report, HCWS645, what representations he has received on scheduling a debate in the House in Government time on that report.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
A debate on the Interim Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse will be arranged after the publication of the Government response and as soon as parliamentary time allows.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to improve the methodology for calculating asylum support rates.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The most recent assessment of the adequacy of the asylum support rates is set out in a report published in March 2018, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers.
The methodology used in the assessment takes account of the views of stakeholders and has been approved by the courts as lawful. There are no plans to change the methodology, but a further review of the rates will take place later this year and stakeholders will be consulted in the normal way.
No assessment has taken place about the impact of the time people spend on asylum support on the integration of new refugees. At the point those receiving support are granted refugee status they are able to take employment or apply for mainstream benefits.
The Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper sets out our commitment to working with civil society and other partners to increase the integration support for refugees in the United Kingdom. The consultation on the Green Paper closed on 5 June and we are considering the responses.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of prolonged periods of time on asylum support on the integration outcomes of new refugees.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The most recent assessment of the adequacy of the asylum support rates is set out in a report published in March 2018, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers.
The methodology used in the assessment takes account of the views of stakeholders and has been approved by the courts as lawful. There are no plans to change the methodology, but a further review of the rates will take place later this year and stakeholders will be consulted in the normal way.
No assessment has taken place about the impact of the time people spend on asylum support on the integration of new refugees. At the point those receiving support are granted refugee status they are able to take employment or apply for mainstream benefits.
The Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper sets out our commitment to working with civil society and other partners to increase the integration support for refugees in the United Kingdom. The consultation on the Green Paper closed on 5 June and we are considering the responses.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of weekly asylum support rates.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The most recent assessment of the adequacy of the asylum support rates is set out in a report published in March 2018, which can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-on-review-of-cash-allowance-paid-to-asylum-seekers.
The methodology used in the assessment takes account of the views of stakeholders and has been approved by the courts as lawful. There are no plans to change the methodology, but a further review of the rates will take place later this year and stakeholders will be consulted in the normal way.
No assessment has taken place about the impact of the time people spend on asylum support on the integration of new refugees. At the point those receiving support are granted refugee status they are able to take employment or apply for mainstream benefits.
The Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper sets out our commitment to working with civil society and other partners to increase the integration support for refugees in the United Kingdom. The consultation on the Green Paper closed on 5 June and we are considering the responses.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make representations to the police to reopen investigations into Cyril Smith following information revealed to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse is currently holding a public hearing into allegations of the sexual abuse and exploitation of children residing at or attending Cambridge House Boys’ Hostel, Knowl View School, and other institutions where their placement was arranged or provided by Rochdale Borough Council. This includes allegations relating to Sir Cyril Smith.
It would be entirely inappropriate for the Government to comment on these matters while the work of the IICSA is ongoing.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are classed as (a) known and (b) suspected child sexual exploitation offenders; and how many were so classed in 2010.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The Home Office does not hold the requested information centrally. The police forces of England and Wales will hold their own data on child sexual exploitation offenders for operational purposes.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) boys and (b) girls are currently flagged by police as at risk of child sexual exploitation in the UK.
Answered by Sarah Newton
The Home Office does not hold the requested information centrally. The police forces of England and Wales will hold their own data on child sexual exploitation offenders for operational purposes.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what specialist mental health support is provided to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the UK.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Home Office notify the relevant local authority of the arrival of any unaccompanied asylum seeking child in the UK so that they can consider the best course of action and necessary support for that specific child.
If at any stage of the asylum process, Home Office staff have welfare or safeguarding concerns about a child, including concerns about their mental health, they immediately refer the child to the local authority children’s service to consider the best course of action.