Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department’s expenditure on its contracts with (a) Mears Group and (b) Migrant Help are classed as Official Development Assistance.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Home Office calculates ODA costs based on who and what the money is spent on, not the provider. Like all Home Office ODA spend, this is calculated in line with the DAC rules.
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 5 on page 2 of the Government’s response of to the First Special Report of Session 2022–23 of the International Development Committee entitled Afghanistan: UK support for aid workers and the Afghan people: Government response to the Committee’s Fifth Report of Session 2021–22, published on 18 May 2022, in which the Government stated that it would work with international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk to the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme third pathway in future years, what work she has (a) undertaken and (b) plans to undertake with (i) international partners and (ii) NGOs to offer resettlement in the UK to Afghan aid workers at risk of Taliban reprisals in Afghanistan; what timescale the Government has for completing any such resettlements of Afghan aid workers; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Beyond the first year of Pathway 3, we will work with our international partners and NGOs to welcome wider groups of Afghans at risk.
Further information on future years will be made available in due course, however we are currently unable to provide a definitive timescale or specify the cohort eligible under this pathway.
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders there are in the UK.
Answered by Sarah Dines
The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to manage sex offenders and those who pose a risk, and we are committed to ensuring our system is as robust as it can be. Registered sex offenders are required to notify the police of specified personal details - including their name, date of birth and bank details - annually and whenever these details change.
The police are responsible for the management of registered sex offenders. Data on the number of registered sex offenders that have notified the authorities of a name change in the last five years and on the number of offenders recorded as ‘missing’ by the police are not centrally collected.
We have strengthened police powers through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 with new provisions that came into force on 29 November.
We have also conducted an internal review into the issue of offenders changing their name and the name change process to ensure it as robust as possible.
The most recent Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Annual Report was published by the Ministry of Justice on 27 October. It shows that on 31 March 2022, there were 66,741 registered sex offenders in England and Wales.
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders have notified the authorities of a name change in the last five years.
Answered by Sarah Dines
The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to manage sex offenders and those who pose a risk, and we are committed to ensuring our system is as robust as it can be. Registered sex offenders are required to notify the police of specified personal details - including their name, date of birth and bank details - annually and whenever these details change.
The police are responsible for the management of registered sex offenders. Data on the number of registered sex offenders that have notified the authorities of a name change in the last five years and on the number of offenders recorded as ‘missing’ by the police are not centrally collected.
We have strengthened police powers through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 with new provisions that came into force on 29 November.
We have also conducted an internal review into the issue of offenders changing their name and the name change process to ensure it as robust as possible.
The most recent Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Annual Report was published by the Ministry of Justice on 27 October. It shows that on 31 March 2022, there were 66,741 registered sex offenders in England and Wales.
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many registered sex offenders are deemed missing by the police.
Answered by Sarah Dines
The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to manage sex offenders and those who pose a risk, and we are committed to ensuring our system is as robust as it can be. Registered sex offenders are required to notify the police of specified personal details - including their name, date of birth and bank details - annually and whenever these details change.
The police are responsible for the management of registered sex offenders. Data on the number of registered sex offenders that have notified the authorities of a name change in the last five years and on the number of offenders recorded as ‘missing’ by the police are not centrally collected.
We have strengthened police powers through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 with new provisions that came into force on 29 November.
We have also conducted an internal review into the issue of offenders changing their name and the name change process to ensure it as robust as possible.
The most recent Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Annual Report was published by the Ministry of Justice on 27 October. It shows that on 31 March 2022, there were 66,741 registered sex offenders in England and Wales.
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the independent review into the police management of registered sex offenders.
Answered by Sarah Dines
The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and those who pose a risk of sexual harm, and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be. We are strengthening the regime through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 with measures that will come into force on 29 November.
In March former chief constable Mick Creedon was appointed to conduct an independent review into the police management of registered sex offenders.
The reviewer has delivered their findings and recommendations to HM Government, and Ministers will consider how best to share the findings of the review with due regard to issues like operational sensitivities.
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her letter of 18 November 2022 to all hon. and Rt hon. Members on Use of Hotels for Asylum Seekers, what goods or services are (a) supplied and (b) procured by her Department from third parties to provide support to asylum seekers; who supplies those goods and services; at what cost those goods and services are supplied; and to which budget lines those costs fall.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Accommodation costs including costs associated with the provision of goods and services related to accommodation are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts.
The copy of the factsheet and briefing pack will be a live document and will be reviewed regularly.
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her letter of 18 November 2022 to all hon. and Rt hon. Members on Use of Hotels for Asylum Seekers, if she will place in the Library a copy of a sample factsheet and briefing pack on asylum, asylum support and accommodation.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Accommodation costs including costs associated with the provision of goods and services related to accommodation are considered to be commercially confidential, therefore the Home Office does not publish this information. However, total expenditure on asylum is published in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts, available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ho-annual-reports-and-accounts.
The copy of the factsheet and briefing pack will be a live document and will be reviewed regularly.
Asked by: Sarah Champion (Labour - Rotherham)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how sex offenders have breached their notification requirements in the past year.
Answered by Sarah Dines
Public protection is a priority for this Government and the notification requirements for registered sex offenders are an invaluable tool to help the police manage risk. Breach of the requirements is a criminal offence punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment.
The Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) Annual Report 2020/21 shows that in the year to March 2022, 1,641 offenders subject to notification requirements were cautioned or convicted for breaches.
The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and those who pose a risk of sexual harm, and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be.
We want to ensure our system is as robust as it can be, which is why we have strengthened the regime through the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, and in March, the then Home Secretary appointed former Chief Constable Mick Creedon to carry out an independent review into the police management of registered sex offenders. The review has delivered recommendations to the Government on what could be done across the policing and law enforcement landscape to enhance the management of registered sex offenders in the community in England and Wales.