Rebecca Paul MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Firearms: SalesHome OfficeTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the system for legally purchasing firearms; and whether her Department plans to improve the (a) licensing, (b) monitoring and (c) enforcement pro
Answer: We keep firearms licensing controls under constant review to safeguard the public against the misuse of licensed firearms. We will shortly be refreshing the Statutory Guidance to tighten the criteria applied by police forces when considering if someone is...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ReigateHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the cost to the public purse of providing hotel accommodation to migrants in Reigate constituency over the last (a) five years, (b) 18 months and (c) nine months.
Answer: Quarterly data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent statistics release. The data can also be broken down by local authority. Immigration system statistics dat...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ReigateHome OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants are housed in asylum hotels in Reigate constituency.
Answer: Quarterly data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent statistics release. The data can also be broken down by local authority. Immigration system statistics dat...
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProtection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023Home OfficeTabled 5 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 29386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward the necessary statutory instruments to bring section (a) 1, (b) 2 and (c) 3 of the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023 into force.
Answer: The Government is committed to halving levels of violence against women and girls in a decade. An important part of this ambition is tackling public sexual harassment which often leaves people, disproportionately women, feeling unsafe. The Protection from...
Answered 14 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18824 on UK Border Force: Seasonal Workers, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the decision to stand down the Bor
Answer: Border Force’s seasonal workforce staff were recruited on fixed-term contracts to assist at the UK Border, covering shifts when operationally required, such as during peak periods of travel, and subject to their availability. These contracts utilised an a...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 18 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18824 on UK Border Force: Seasonal Workers, what steps her Department has taken to mitigate the potential loss of capacity provided by the Border
Answer: Border Force’s seasonal workforce staff were recruited on fixed-term contracts to assist at the UK Border, covering shifts when operationally required, such as during peak periods of travel, and subject to their availability. These contracts utilised an a...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Border Force: Seasonal WorkersHome OfficeTabled 9 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Border Force plans to continue using its seasonal workforce beyond 31 January 2025.
Answer: Border Force will continue to secure the border through effective planning and deployment of its resources, which after 31 January 2025 will not include utilisation of the seasonal workforce.
Answered 17 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHate Crime: DisabilityHome OfficeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendation in the report by The Law Commission entitled Hate Crime Laws: Final Report, published on 6 December 20
Answer: As set out in our manifesto, we have committed to changing hate crime legislation to bring parity of protection for disabled people under the aggravated offences. This mirrors one of the recommendations made by the Law Commission in 2021.
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordProstitution: ReigateHome OfficeTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the scale of commercial sexual exploitation in Reigate.
Answer: The trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has set out a mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all of the levers available to us to deliver this.The Govern...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
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