Caroline Dinenage MP: written questions

Written questions

• Slavery: Personal Care ServicesHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51355More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of workers in the nail salon industry who are victims of modern slavery or human trafficking; what data her Department holds on the total number

  Answer: The Government takes reports of labour exploitation in the beauty sector and nail bars very seriously, and we remain committed to tackling the crime of modern slavery – wherever it occurs.The Government is establishing the Fair Work Agency, which will bri...

  Answered 19 May 2025

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• Personal Care Services: Money LaunderingHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51354More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the annual value of money laundering operations conducted through businesses presenting as Turkish barber shops; what proportion this represents of total estim

  Answer: The National Crime Agency estimates that over £12bn in criminal cash is generated each year in the UK and the Government recognises that cash intensive businesses that are exploited by criminals such as barber shops, can contribute to this.Addressing cash...

  Answered 15 May 2025

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• Women: GosportHome OfficeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51353More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase women’s safety in Gosport Town Centre.

  Answer: Through our Safer Streets Mission, we are driving action across Government to achieve our unprecedented mission to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade. That means working to tackle threats to women's safety in all areas of their live...

  Answered 19 May 2025

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• Security Industry Authority: StaffHome OfficeTabled 18 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14590More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the headcount of the Security Industry Agency in each financial year between 2024-25 and 2028-29.

  Answer: The Security Industry Authority budgeted headcount for 2024/15 is 416. The Home Office is working with the SIA to establish the regulator for Martyn’s Law. As part of that work the Home Office is considering resource requirements to determine what this me...

  Answered 27 Nov 2024

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• Animal Experiments: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14037More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 10427 on Animal Experiments: Licensing, how many applications received by the regulator were returned to the applicant for reconsideration between

  Answer: The Home Office Regulator for animals in science provides comprehensive guidance to project licence applicants and has a thorough and extensive application process; see Guidance at:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6700017e080bdf716392ee63/Gu...

  Answered 21 Nov 2024

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• Police: HampshireHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14033More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the police allocation formula on (a) policing, (b) crime and (c) council tax in Hampshire.

  Answer: The government will consider police funding, including the allocation of funding to forces including Hampshire Police, in the round as part of phase 2 of the Spending Review.Each year the Home Office produces a Police Grant Report which is published and v...

  Answered 25 Nov 2024

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• Draft Terrorism (Protection of Premises) BillHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14032More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill: Scope (Premises), updated on 1 November 2024, if she will make an estimate of the number of those prem

  Answer: Estimates for the capacity of venues are based on a floorspace factor calculation (where no known capacity is available), drawing from ordnance survey data. The breakdown is:Number of individuals expected at venueEstimated number of venues in grouping200-...

  Answered 18 Nov 2024

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• Animal Experiments: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10427More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for project licences to conduct experiments on animals under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were refused permission between 1 January 2023 and 30 September 2024.

  Answer: From 1 January 2023 to 30 September 2024, no applications for a project licence under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 have been refused.The Government publishes extensive guidance for the regulated sector on applying for project licences. App...

  Answered 30 Oct 2024

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• Police: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10426More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the police funding formula.

  Answer: Any future changes to the funding and resourcing of police forces in England and Wales will be considered and awarded in the normal way.

  Answered 29 Oct 2024

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• Haslar Immigration Removal CentreHome OfficeTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1204More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's plans are for Haslar Immigration Removal Centre.

  Answer: Plans for the Haslar IRC will be set out in due course.

  Answered 31 Jul 2024

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