Ben Maguire MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Windrush Compensation SchemeHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Windrush Compensation Scheme will (a) deal with outstanding claims and (b) be closed.
Answer: Our priority is to ensure people receive the compensation they are due as quickly as possible. We have reduced the time to allocate a claim for a substantive casework consideration, from four months a year ago to less than six weeks now. The six-week peri...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWindrush Compensation SchemeHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many claims for compensation her Department has received for the Windrush Compensation Scheme since that scheme began; and how many and what proportion of those claims were (a) rejected and (b) su
Answer: Information on the number of claims received by the Windrush Compensation Scheme is published as part of the monthly Transparency Data release. The latest published data, covering the period up to the end of May 2025, is available here: Windrush Compensat...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's timeline for the (a) development and (b) implementation of the Rural Crime Strategy.
Answer: The Government is committed to tackling rural crime, safeguarding rural areas through tougher measures to clamp down on equipment theft, anti-social behaviour, strengthened neighbourhood policing and action to prevent fly-tipping.We recognise that there c...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 904434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help tackle hate crime in rural areas.
Answer: This Government is determined to tackle all forms of hate crime, wherever in the country it occurs, and whoever is responsible for committing it.There is no excuse for violence or abuse driven by hatred and discrimination, and we support the police in tak...
Answered 2 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to domestic abuse support services in (a) North Cornwall constituency and (b) other rural areas.
Answer: This Government has set out an ambition to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) within a decade and will treat it as the national emergency that it is. The Government has increased funding to all local authorities to £160 million for 2025-26, an ...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Domestic AbuseHome OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that investigations of allegations of domestic abuse involving serving police officers in Devon and Cornwall are independent.
Answer: Allegations of any crime involving serving police officers should be investigated robustly and independently by the police.Outside of criminal investigations, disciplinary investigations (including those involving serious assault and serious sexual offenc...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBiometric Residence Permits: UkraineHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19613More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support Ukrainian biometric residence permit holders whose jobs may be affected by the revised biometric residence permit extension application period.
Answer: The Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme will open applications on 4 February 2025, with applications being accepted within 28-days of an individual’s current permission expiring.Applications under most immigration routes are only accepted 28 days be...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBiometric Residence PermitsHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of shortening the application period for extending biometric residence permits from three months to 28 days on (a) all biometric residence permit h
Answer: The Ukraine Permission Extension (UPE) scheme will open applications on 4 February 2025, with applications being accepted within 28-days of an individual’s current permission expiring.Applications under most immigration routes are only accepted 28 days be...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAgricultural Machinery and Livestock: TheftHome OfficeTabled 21 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15548More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on penalties for theft of (a) livestock and (b) GPS farming equipment.
Answer: This Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas, with tougher measures to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, strengthened neighbourhood policing and stronger measures to prevent farm theft and fly-tipping.The government recognises the dist...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordVisas: Digital TechnologyHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the technical resilience of the e-visa system; whether she has made a recent assessment of the implications for her policies of the experience of (a) iden
Answer: eVisas have been tried and tested over several years, and millions of people in the UK already use them to prove their immigration status.We have designed our digital services to be highly resilient, with rigorous testing to build assurance, and deployed ...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of police officers are dedicated to rural crime teams in each police force in (a) England and (b) Wales.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on police officers working in rural crime teams.The Home Office collects and publishes data biannually on the size and composition of the police workforce, in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulleti...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime: Rural AreasHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to (a) produce and (b) implement a strategy on tackling rural crime.
Answer: Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. We are clear that when you report a crime, it should be properly investigated with victims having faith justice will be delivered, and criminals facing meaningful consequences – no...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordNational Rural Crime NetworkHome OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had representatives of the National Rural Crime Network.
Answer: Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities. We are clear that when you report a crime, it should be properly investigated with victims having faith justice will be delivered, and criminals facing meaningful consequences – no...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGender Based Violence: North CornwallHome OfficeTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 900766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking with the police to help tackle violence against women and girls in North Cornwall constituency.
Answer: This Government is determined to treat violence against women and girls as the national emergency it is and we have already taken significant steps to strengthen the police response to these devastating crimes. As part of Raneem’s Law we will put domestic...
Answered 21 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBurglary: Cornwall and DevonHome OfficeTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to improve response times for burglaries in (a) North Cornwall constituency and (b) the Devon and Cornwall police force area.
Answer: The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales data (year to December 2023) shows an estimated 391,000 incidents of domestic burglary. We recognise the impact these invasive crimes can have and are committed to tackling them as part of our mission to take ...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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