Every parliamentary written question tabled by Phil Brickell this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of its White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published on 12 May 2025, on Ukrainian refugees seeking indefinite leave to remain.
I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given on 21 May to PQ UIN 51999.
What plans her Department has to issue guidance to (a) refugees and (b) BN(O) visa holders in the United Kingdom on the potential impact of its White Paper entitled Restoring control over the immigration system, published 12 May 2025, on the pathways to (i) citizenship and (ii) indefinite leave to remain.
The White Paper commits to a review of our existing refugee sponsorship and resettlement schemes. Further information on the reviews will be provided in due course.The Government is committed to supporting members of the Hong Kong community who have relocated to the UK and those who may come here in future.Further details of all measures announced in the Immigration White Paper will be set out in the normal way in due course. Where necessary, measures will be subject to consultation.
What steps she is taking to ensure Crown Dependencies introduce public registers of beneficial ownership.
Tackling illicit finance in the Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories, as well as the UK, is a priority for the UK Government. Publicly accessible beneficial ownership registers are a critical tool for tackling illicit finance. Access to accurate information on who ultimately controls a company is also vital for the enforcement of sanctions and for combating kleptocracy, tax evasion and corruption.The Crown Dependencies are separate, self-governing jurisdictions responsible for their own domestic affairs, including financial services regulation. The Home Office continues to work closely with the Crown Dependencies on this agenda and welcomes their commitments for greater corporate transparency. The Crown Dependencies have committed to increase the transparency of their beneficial ownership registers and are working towards implementing access to those with legitimate interest, including media and civil society. I have written to the Crown Dependencies requesting that legitimate interest access should be delivered to a clear and reasonable timetable, with the maximum degree of access and transparency.The UK Government is committed to tackling illicit finance and expects implementing legitimate interest access is an interim step to publicly accessible beneficial ownership registers and I look forward to meeting with the Crown Dependencies to discuss this agenda.
What steps she plans to take to ensure UK law enforcement authorities use criminal measures against professional enablers of economic crime who have exploited Crown Dependencies.
Professional enablers are a critical facilitator of serious and organised crime.As part of the Economic Crime Plan 2, the National Economic Crime Centre launched a cross-system strategy to tackle the threat posed by professional enablers to the UK earlier...
What steps her Department is taking to ensure that Crown Dependencies are not used to launder the proceeds of corruption.
The Crown Dependencies are separate, self-governing jurisdictions responsible for their own domestic affairs, including financial services regulation. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for managing the UK’s constitutional relationship with the Crown ...
What headcount cap has she set for the National Crime Agency for financial year (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
The Home Secretary has not set headcount caps for the National Crime Agency.
What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of support provided to terrorism victims.
This government understands the devastating impact terrorism has on individuals and their families and is determined to make sure victims and survivors receive the support they deserveSince October 2020, the government has funded support services to provi...
If she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the suspicious activity report programme.
Intelligence from Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) enable law enforcement to identify, disrupt, and recover hundreds of millions of pounds which underpin serious and organised crime in the UK and disrupt criminals. The SARs Reform Programme was established to make several improvements, which have been delivered. These are:UK Financial Intelligence Unit (UKFIU) capacity uplift: An additional 74 officers for UKFIU (doubling capacity).UKFIU Feedback and Engagement: Provide higher quality feedback and increased engagement events to the Anti-Money Laundering regulated sector. In FY22/23, the UKFIU delivered c.575 products and events, and achieved positive satisfaction scores, with 95% (of over 800 respondents) finding the new products/events useful.Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCU) Uplift: The creation of a new national capability, uplifting 22 ROCU investigators, dedicated to SARs analysis.Defence Against Money Laundering (DAML) SARs Review: Legislative changes delivered through the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (2023) have been implemented, designed to reduce the volume of low value (from a law enforcement effectiveness perspective) DAML SAR reports.IT Transformation: A new SARs Digital Service (SDS) is being implemented to replace the existing SARs IT system. The programme delivered the first release of the new Digital Service in March 2023, enabling the 14 largest SARs Reporters (primarily banking) to submit SARs in bulk through a new interface, and the delivery of the new SARs Online Portal for the remaining reporting community to enable them to submit SARs (which 10,000 organisations have registered for). The National Crime Agency is continuing to develop and rollout the SARs Digital Service to the UKFIU and law enforcement over FY24/25 and FY25/26.
If her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-opening the public enquiry office at Horwich police station.
Decisions relating to the police estate, including the availability of public enquiry counters, are decisions for Chief Constables and democratically elected Police and Crime Commissioners, as they are best placed to make decisions about frontline policing and how resources are best deployed at a local level.I will write to the Hon Gentlemen with details of how he can make representations to the local police authorities about the facilities of Horwich police station.