3 Jun 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the potential impact of the legal status of Southern Cameroons on the number of asylum applications from that region since 2021.
ReplyThe Home Office has not made a specific assessment that the legal status of those from any part of Cameroon has driven changes in asylum intake since 2021. As with all nationalities, the number of asylum applications can fluctuate for a range of reasons, ...
18 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many people made asylum applications at Drumkeen House in Belfast in each of the last three years.
ReplyThe information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
18 May 2026·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many asylum claimants there are in Northern Ireland for which the latest data is available.
ReplyThe Home Office are unable to state how many asylum claimants there are in Northern Ireland as this information is not routinely collated.The Home Office publishes data on the number of individuals in receipt of asylum support. The most recent published s...
1 Apr 2025·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2025 to Question 40390 on Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, what steps her Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the Sullivan Review.
ReplyThe Government has now published the independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender commissioned by the previous Government.We are considering the findings in light of ongoing policy work in this area.The Home Office recognises the contribution of this review to the important issues of accurate and consistent recording of data on sex and gender in statistics and research. We are considering the recommendations and the implications for policing and across the Criminal Justice System.
3 Feb 2025·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the potential role of youth services in (a) preventing and (b) tackling violence against women and girls.
ReplyThe Government has set an ambitious target to halve VAWG in a decade. To achieve this, we must reduce the current levels of offending and reoffending but also prevent abuse from happening all together.The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy will set out our strategic direction and concrete actions to deliver this ambition. We are considering a range of policy options across Government to prevent these crimes including education for young people around healthy relationships and consent, community interventions and tackling online VAWG.That includes looking at how we can work most effectively with youth services and through the Young Futures programme to deliver this ambition.
14 Jan 2025·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Science and Technology on publication of the independent Pornography Review.
ReplyI met with Baroness Bertin, Chair of the Independent Pornography Review, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and Minister Davies-Jones, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice to discuss the Pornography Review on 8 October 2024.In the meeting, Baroness Bertin, shared her initial findings and direction of travel for the Review's recommendations. The Review's final report will be published in due course.
3 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether she has had recent discussions with the Minister for Women and Equalities on taking steps to prevent people being sexually exploited on websites advertising prostitution in Gower constituency.
ReplyThe trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has set out an unprecedented mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we will use all the levers available to us to deliver thi...
13 Nov 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will make an estimate of the number of women who are being advertised for sexual exploitation on websites advertising prostitution in Gower.
ReplyThe 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 the levers available to us to deliver this ambition. We ...
31 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to reduce Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Gower.
ReplyThe 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...
21 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the PNC system in apprehending wanted individuals at airports.
ReplyThis Government has been clear that we will strengthen our border security, undertaking thorough checks to prevent serious criminals from entering the UK. Border Force and Police work closely together to protect UK security, and our border systems identif...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedHow many times (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department have met representatives of Vivastreet (i) online and (ii) in person since 4 July 2024.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedIf she will publish the (a) minutes and (b) other contemporaneous written records made by officials of all meetings between her Department and Vivastreet since 2017.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat estimate her Department has made of the number of people who would be deterred from paying for sex if it was outlawed.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat assessment her Department has made of the role of websites advertising prostitution in facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
15 Oct 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to help reduce demand for (a) prostitution and (b) trafficking for sexual exploitation by men who pay for sex.
ReplySexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. This Government has committed to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and we use all our levers to deliver this. The advertising of sexual services has increasingly moved online, and we know th...
26 Jul 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedPursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 548 on Prostitution: Gower, what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the harms of paying for sex among men.
ReplyProtecting those involved in prostitution from harm is part of our wider work to halve the level of violence against woman and girls.This government will use every lever available to us to prevent the harms that prostituted women often experience.We will work with law enforcement and charity organisations to deliver this.
17 Jul 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat support the Government is providing to help people in Gower exit prostitution.
ReplyThe trafficking of woman and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. We are determined to safeguard victims and to bring the ruthless perpetrators of this crime to justice.We are working closely with law enforcement partners and the devolved administrations to tackle the drivers of trafficking for sexual exploitation, including through operational intensifications to target perpetrators and implementing the Online Safety Act 2023 so online companies fulfil their duty to eradicate this exploitation from their sites.We are committed to making our streets safer by tackling the harm and exploitation associated with prostitution. This Government will work closely with the voluntary and community sector to ensure that those who want to leave are able to.The Home Office is funding a three-year project by Changing Lives to tackle violence against women and girls online, which includes providing early intervention and support for women and girls at high risk of commercial online exploitation.
17 Jul 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to help reduce demand for trafficking for sexual exploitation in Gower constituency.
ReplyThe trafficking of woman and girls for sexual exploitation is a truly horrific crime. We are determined to safeguard victims and to bring the ruthless perpetrators of this crime to justice.We are working closely with law enforcement partners and the devolved administrations to tackle the drivers of trafficking for sexual exploitation, including through operational intensifications to target perpetrators and implementing the Online Safety Act 2023 so online companies fulfil their duty to eradicate this exploitation from their sites.We are committed to making our streets safer by tackling the harm and exploitation associated with prostitution. This Government will work closely with the voluntary and community sector to ensure that those who want to leave are able to.The Home Office is funding a three-year project by Changing Lives to tackle violence against women and girls online, which includes providing early intervention and support for women and girls at high risk of commercial online exploitation.