Suella Braverman MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Independent Custody Visiting AssociationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to appoint an independent ombudsman to provide oversight of the Independent Custody Visiting Association.
Answer: The Independent Custody Visiting Association is a membership organisation which supports local Independent Custody Visiting schemes in England and Wales. ICVA has no direct role in facilitating visits to custody suites. It is independent of Government but...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Custody Visiting AssociationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to increase its oversight of the Independent Custody Visiting Association.
Answer: The Independent Custody Visiting Association is a membership organisation which supports local Independent Custody Visiting schemes in England and Wales. ICVA has no direct role in facilitating visits to custody suites. It is independent of Government but...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Custody Visiting AssociationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking a review into the operations of the Independent Custody Visiting Association (a) in Hampshire and (b) nationally.
Answer: The Independent Custody Visiting Association is a membership organisation which supports local Independent Custody Visiting schemes in England and Wales. ICVA has no direct role in facilitating visits to custody suites. It is independent of Government but...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Custody Visiting AssociationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to make amendments to existing legislation on the operation of the Independent Custody Visiting Association.
Answer: The Independent Custody Visiting Association is a membership organisation which supports local Independent Custody Visiting schemes in England and Wales. ICVA has no direct role in facilitating visits to custody suites. It is independent of Government but...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Custody Visiting AssociationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the operations of the Independent Custody Visiting Association.
Answer: The Independent Custody Visiting Association is a membership organisation which supports local Independent Custody Visiting schemes in England and Wales. ICVA has no direct role in facilitating visits to custody suites. It is independent of Government but...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Custody Visiting AssociationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to ensure guidance is followed on the operations of the Independent Custody Visiting Association.
Answer: The Independent Custody Visiting Association is a membership organisation which supports local Independent Custody Visiting schemes in England and Wales. ICVA has no direct role in facilitating visits to custody suites. It is independent of Government but...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Custody Visiting AssociationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure (a) structured training programmes and (b) required materials are provided to new volunteers in the Independent Custody Visiting Association.
Answer: The Independent Custody Visiting Association is a membership organisation which supports local Independent Custody Visiting schemes in England and Wales. ICVA has no direct role in facilitating visits to custody suites. It is independent of Government but...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Custody Visiting AssociationHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure (a) guidance and (b) standards are followed on the operation of the Independent Custody Visiting Association.
Answer: The Independent Custody Visiting Association is a membership organisation which supports local Independent Custody Visiting schemes in England and Wales. ICVA has no direct role in facilitating visits to custody suites. It is independent of Government but...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a review of police conduct in relation to the treatment of grooming gang survivors.
Answer: On Monday 16 June 2025 the Home Secretary set out the Government’s response to Baroness Casey’s audit on grooming gangs, which includes the Government’s commitment to establish a national inquiry, and our support for the police in launching a new national...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 21 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has an internal target for net migration in 2025.
Answer: In the Immigration White Paper published on 12 May, we set out our commitment to continue reducing net migration from the record highs that were reached when the Rt Hon Member was the Home Secretary in June 2023.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish NationalityHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53103More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of foreign nationals who would be fast-tracked to citizenship under the Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper.
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including the rules on citizenship and refugee settlement, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: ResettlementHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53102More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of UNHCR recognised refugees by country that would be resettled in the UK under the Restoring control over the immigration system: white p
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including the rules on citizenship and refugee settlement, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53101More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising the salary threshold to £45,000 for work visas; and if she will make an assessment of the impact of this on net migrati
Answer: The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including the rules on citizenship and refugee settlement, further details of which will be set out in due course.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of police widows who lose access to their survivor's pension when they cohabit or remarry.
Answer: The 2015 police pension scheme is the scheme currently open to serving police officers. This scheme provides life-long survivor benefits for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners, including those who remarry or cohabit after losing a spouse. The ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that police widows do not lose access to their survivor's pension if they cohabit or remarry.
Answer: The 2015 police pension scheme is the scheme currently open to serving police officers. This scheme provides life-long survivor benefits for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners, including those who remarry or cohabit after losing a spouse. The ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces and Police: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of access to widow pensions for women who (a) cohabit and (b) remarry for widows of (i) police and (ii) armed forces personnel.
Answer: The 2015 police pension scheme is the scheme currently open to serving police officers. This scheme provides life-long survivor benefits for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners, including those who remarry or cohabit after losing a spouse. The ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: PensionsHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of access to police widow pensions for women who (a) cohabit and (b) remarry in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Northern Ireland.
Answer: The 2015 police pension scheme is the scheme currently open to serving police officers. This scheme provides life-long survivor benefits for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners, including those who remarry or cohabit after losing a spouse. The ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of recording non-crime hate incidents on levels of hate crime.
Answer: The current policy and code of practice on the recording of Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCHIs) remains exactly the same as when it was laid before Parliament by the Rt Hon Member on 13 March 2023, during her second spell as Home Secretary.However, the curre...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of non-crime hate incidents logged that led to criminal acts.
Answer: The current policy and code of practice on the recording of Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCHIs) remains exactly the same as when it was laid before Parliament by the Rt Hon Member on 13 March 2023, during her second spell as Home Secretary.However, the curre...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of scrapping non-crime hate incidents on (a) the public purse and (b) police time.
Answer: The current policy and code of practice on the recording of Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCHIs) remains exactly the same as when it was laid before Parliament by the Rt Hon Member on 13 March 2023, during her second spell as Home Secretary.However, the curre...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented Migrants: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK's membership of the ECHR on its capacity to summarily deport illegal migrants; and if she will make it her policy to amend the Human Righ
Answer: On the 12 May 2025, the Government set out its plans to reform the Immigration system in the Immigration White Paper. This includes reforming the framework for assessing appeals to stay in the UK on the basis of Article 8 of the Human Rights Act. The new ...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 8 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to systematically collect data on safeguarding incident outcomes on asylum seekers in receipt of government accommodation support.
Answer: Official statistics published by the Home Office are kept under review in line with the code of practice for statistics, taking into account a number of factors including user needs, as well as quality and availability of data.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProscribed OrganisationsHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK's membership of the ECHR on its capacity to control proscribed terrorist organisations.
Answer: Section 4 of the Terrorism Act 2000 provides that any organisation or person affected by a proscription order can submit a signed, written application to the Home Secretary requesting that they consider whether a specified organisation should be removed f...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProscribed Organisations: MusicHome OfficeTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48984More
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 to prohibit (a) artists and (b) music venues that hold concerts by artists who publicly express support
Answer: Under section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 it is already an offence to invite support for a proscribed organisation:Section 12(1) makes it an offence to invite support for a proscribed organisation (the support invited need not be material support, such a...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to amend legislation to improve the appeals process for people on the Children and Adults barred list for exposing children to abuse whose domestic abuse perpetrator is no
Answer: The purpose of the children’s and adults’ barred lists maintained by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) is to prevent individuals from applying to work or from working in regulated activity with children and/or vulnerable adults, if they are conside...
Answered 7 May 2025
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