Chris Philp MP: written questions
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Southport InquiryHome OfficeTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28529More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will instruct the Southport public inquiry to make an assessment of the adequacy of public communications by the Government in the aftermath of those murders.
Answer: We are moving swiftly to set up the inquiry.We will consult the families and other interested parties on its scope to ensure all critical issues are addressed while remaining manageable and sensitive to the needs of those most affected.We will announce fu...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: SoftwareHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average annual number is of case files rejected due to incorrectly submitted documents using (a) Case Overview and Prosecutions Application (COPA) and (b) CONNECT computer software.
Answer: Police forces and Policing and Crime Commissioners are responsible for their procurement and commercial strategies for Records Management Systems.Each force is responsible for evaluating the performance of their Record Management System in line with those...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice Custody: DatabasesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of open custody records was in (a) 2019, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.
Answer: The information requested is not currently held centrally.The Home Office collects and publishes data on detentions in police custody in England and Wales, available here: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK.This data includ...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: SoftwareHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22937More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of case file (a) rejections and (b) discontinuations by the Crown Prosecution Service was (i) before and (ii) after the introduction of the CONNECT computer software.
Answer: Police forces and Policing and Crime Commissioners are responsible for their procurement and commercial strategies for Records Management Systems.Each force is responsible for evaluating the performance of their Record Management System in line with those...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: SoftwareHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22936More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police forces purchased CONNECT computer software; and how many such forces (a) no longer and (b) continue to use the software.
Answer: Police forces and Policing and Crime Commissioners are responsible for their procurement and commercial strategies for Records Management Systems.Each force is responsible for evaluating the performance of their Record Management System in line with those...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: SoftwareHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22935More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time it takes an officer to complete a case file is on (a) CONNECT and (b) Case Overview and Prosecutions Application (COPA).
Answer: Police forces and Policing and Crime Commissioners are responsible for their procurement and commercial strategies for Records Management Systems.Each force is responsible for evaluating the performance of their Record Management System in line with those...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: SoftwareHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22934More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on the CONNECT computer software since its introduction by the Metropolitan Police on (a) further development of the software, (b) training including (i) accommodation, (ii) tr
Answer: Police forces and Policing and Crime Commissioners are responsible for their procurement and commercial strategies for Records Management Systems.Each force is responsible for evaluating the performance of their Record Management System in line with those...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice CustodyHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22933More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time spent by people in custody in police holding cells was in the two years (a) before and (b) after the introduction of the CONNECT software; and how many people have been detained
Answer: Police forces and Policing and Crime Commissioners are responsible for their procurement and commercial strategies for Records Management Systems.Each force is responsible for evaluating the performance of their Record Management System in line with those...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Sri LankaHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18968 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of relocating to St Helena asylum seekers who have trave
Answer: The specific purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding with St Helena was to deal with the risk of further migrants attempting to travel to the British Indian Ocean Territory, prior to the sovereignty agreement with Mauritius being formally completed. Th...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Sri LankaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18968 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, for what reason the migrants temporarily relocated to the UK were not relocated to St
Answer: The Memorandum of Understanding with St Helena signed on 15 October 2024 only applies to migrants who arrive on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) after that date. The then existing group of migrants on BIOT were not included within the arrangement...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Sri LankaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18968 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, what accommodation is available on St Helena to house migrants; what the maximum capa
Answer: The Government of St Helena is responsible for determining what accommodation should be provided to any migrants transferred, and is currently exploring options. We understand that initially they plan to use an existing facility as temporary accommodation...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSynthetic Opioids TaskforceHome OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether a Minister in her Department has chaired a meeting of the synthetic opioids taskforce; and how many times that taskforce has met since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Ministers are prioritising the risk of synthetic opioids as part of the wider long-term drug strategy. The Synthetic Opioids Taskforce is chaired by the Director General of the Public Safety Group at the Home Office on behalf of the Minister. The Taskforc...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the salary threshold for family visas.
Answer: On 10th September the Home Secretary commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to review the financial requirements in the Family Immigration Rules. Conducting a review of the financial requirements across the family routes will ensure we have a...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCrimeHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish a breakdown of crimes committed by nationality in each of the last five years for which data is available.
Answer: As the Rt Hon Member is aware, the Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, on a quarterly basis, but Information on the nationality of offenders is not routinely coll...
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: SyriaHome OfficeTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on returning Syrians (a) seeking and (b) granted asylum if that country becomes safe.
Answer: The Home Office acted swiftly to pause decisions on Syrian asylum claims whilst we assess the current situation. We keep all country guidance relating to asylum claims under constant review so we can respond to emerging issues.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of Foreign National Offenders challenged deportation in each of the last five years for which data is available; and how many and what proportion of those challenges were
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 26 November to Question UIN 14746.
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested as a result of investigations by the Grooming Gangs Taskforce since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The Child Sexual Exploitation Police Taskforce (or ‘Grooming Gangs Taskforce’) provides practical, expert, on the ground support for local forces investigating complex, group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation, with a focus on grooming gangs. It su...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPoliceHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has written to Chief Constables setting out her priorities for policing.
Answer: The Home Secretary spoke with all Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners within her first days of office, on 7th July. In that same week on 11th July, the Home Secretary attended meetings of both the NPCC and APCC to set out this Government’s...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has identified alternative accommodation to enable a reduction in the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.
Answer: This Government inherited an asylum system under unprecedented strain, with thousands stuck in a backlog without their claims processed. We remain committed to reducing the costs of asylum accommodation, including ending the use of hotels over time, and w...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Sri LankaHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing Sri Lankans based on Diego Garcia to the UK on the number of people who will begin to attempt to reach the UK via Diego Garcia; and w
Answer: Diego Garcia has never been a suitable long-term location for the migrants who have arrived there and this Government has worked hard to find a solution that protects both their welfare and the integrity of British territorial borders. We have now closed ...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants entering the country illegally claimed to be children since 5 July 2024; how many and what proportion of those migrants were subsequently assessed to be (a) under and (b) over 18; an
Answer: The Home Office publishes quarterly statistics on detected irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Quarterly data on detected irregular arrivals by age group is published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘Irregular mi...
Answered 2 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordWestern Jet Foil: BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6.37 of the 5th Annual Report of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, published on 28 November 2024, whether her Department is taking steps to implement the r
Answer: The Government published its response to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s 5th Annual Report on 28 November 2024 here: Response to the 2022 annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Leg...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAsylum: RwandaHome OfficeTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Oral Statement of 22 July 2024 on Border Security and Asylum, Official Report, columns 384-387, if she will publish a breakdown of the £700 million.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to my answer of 25th November to question UIN 15092.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice: Mental Health ServicesHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13777 on Police: Mental Health Services, if she will publish the updates received by her Department from police forces on implementation of the R
Answer: I remain grateful for the Right Honourable Member’s continued commitment to the successful implementation of the Right Care, Right Person (RCRP) approach and I will be happy to provide him with regular updates on its implementation when there is relevant ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDeportationHome OfficeTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were returned to their home countries between (a) 5 July and 31 October 2023 and (b) 5 July and 31 October 2024; and how many and what proportion of those returned since 5 July 2024 (i
Answer: The Home Office published an ad-hoc release containing information about the total number of enforced and voluntary returns from the UK between 5 July and 28 October 2024 and the same period in 2023, on 4 November this year.The number of returns between J...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
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