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732273

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funds her Department has allocated to counter-terrorism policing budgets in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The level of counter-terrorism police funding is published annually in a Written Ministerial Statement on the Police Grant Report. These figures are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14*</p></td><td><p>£563m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15*</p></td><td><p>£564m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16*</p></td><td><p>£564m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£640m resource and £30m capital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£633m resource and £42m capital</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Prior to 2016/17 no figure was published for CT policing capital.</p><p>In addition, since 2016-17 the Government is investing £144m over five years to increase armed policing capability and capacity.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/06/2017 07:49:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732274

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to support counter-terrorism units.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>For reasons of national security we do not publically disclose the detailed allocation of funding for counter terrorism by force area or by capability.</p><p>Overall this Government has protected counter-terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period, and invested in counter-terrorism policing to grow key capabilities, including providing £144m to increase armed policing capability. We remain committed to increasing cross-government spending on counter-terrorism by 30%, from £11.7 billion to £15.1 billion, including funding an additional 1,900 officers at our security and intelligence agencies.</p><p>We know that the recent horrific attacks have put pressure on the police across the country. We are already working closely with policing, including with Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police Service, to help manage the cost of the immediate response to the recent attacks.</p><p>The Government has a constructive dialogue with policing to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 966 967 968 969 question first answered 30/06/2017 07:55:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732275

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: City of Westminster
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources her Department has allocated to the police forces that were involved in and are investigating the Westminster Bridge terrorist attack.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>For reasons of national security we do not publically disclose the detailed allocation of funding for counter terrorism by force area or by capability.</p><p>Overall this Government has protected counter-terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period, and invested in counter-terrorism policing to grow key capabilities, including providing £144m to increase armed policing capability. We remain committed to increasing cross-government spending on counter-terrorism by 30%, from £11.7 billion to £15.1 billion, including funding an additional 1,900 officers at our security and intelligence agencies.</p><p>We know that the recent horrific attacks have put pressure on the police across the country. We are already working closely with policing, including with Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police Service, to help manage the cost of the immediate response to the recent attacks.</p><p>The Government has a constructive dialogue with policing to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 965 967 968 969 question first answered 30/06/2017 07:55:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732276

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: London Bridge
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources her Department has allocated to the police forces that were involved in and are investigating the London Bridge terrorist attack.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>For reasons of national security we do not publically disclose the detailed allocation of funding for counter terrorism by force area or by capability.</p><p>Overall this Government has protected counter-terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period, and invested in counter-terrorism policing to grow key capabilities, including providing £144m to increase armed policing capability. We remain committed to increasing cross-government spending on counter-terrorism by 30%, from £11.7 billion to £15.1 billion, including funding an additional 1,900 officers at our security and intelligence agencies.</p><p>We know that the recent horrific attacks have put pressure on the police across the country. We are already working closely with policing, including with Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police Service, to help manage the cost of the immediate response to the recent attacks.</p><p>The Government has a constructive dialogue with policing to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 965 966 968 969 question first answered 30/06/2017 07:55:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732281

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Finsbury Park
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources her Department has allocated to the police forces that were involved in and are investigating the Finsbury Park terrorist attack.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>For reasons of national security we do not publically disclose the detailed allocation of funding for counter terrorism by force area or by capability.</p><p>Overall this Government has protected counter-terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period, and invested in counter-terrorism policing to grow key capabilities, including providing £144m to increase armed policing capability. We remain committed to increasing cross-government spending on counter-terrorism by 30%, from £11.7 billion to £15.1 billion, including funding an additional 1,900 officers at our security and intelligence agencies.</p><p>We know that the recent horrific attacks have put pressure on the police across the country. We are already working closely with policing, including with Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police Service, to help manage the cost of the immediate response to the recent attacks.</p><p>The Government has a constructive dialogue with policing to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 965 966 967 969 question first answered 30/06/2017 07:55:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732282

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what additional resources her Department has allocated to the police forces that were involved in and are investigating the Manchester terrorist attack.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>For reasons of national security we do not publically disclose the detailed allocation of funding for counter terrorism by force area or by capability.</p><p>Overall this Government has protected counter-terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period, and invested in counter-terrorism policing to grow key capabilities, including providing £144m to increase armed policing capability. We remain committed to increasing cross-government spending on counter-terrorism by 30%, from £11.7 billion to £15.1 billion, including funding an additional 1,900 officers at our security and intelligence agencies.</p><p>We know that the recent horrific attacks have put pressure on the police across the country. We are already working closely with policing, including with Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police Service, to help manage the cost of the immediate response to the recent attacks.</p><p>The Government has a constructive dialogue with policing to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 965 966 967 968 question first answered 30/06/2017 07:55:48 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732297

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will set out those places of worship which will be able to access grants through the places of worship: security funding scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The second round of the current places of worship funding scheme closed on 29 May 2017. Places of worship able to access grant funding under the current scheme include temples, mosques, gurdwaras and churches. The scheme excludes the Jewish community who are funded under a separate scheme.</p><p> </p><p>On the 22 June the Home Secretary announced that an additional £1m will be made available for the protection of vulnerable faith institutions. Details of how to apply for this additional funding are available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 03/07/2017 16:56:30 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

732298

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum grant will be for individual places of worship under the places of worship: security funding scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>There is no upper limit on individual grants within the existing places of worship funding scheme.</p><p>On the 22 June the Home Secretary announced an additional £1 million worth of funding for vulnerable faith institutions. Details of how to apply for this additional funding are available on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> but there will be no upper limit on individual grants.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 03/07/2017 16:54:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

732312

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugee Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with other parties to the UN Convention on Refugees on reforming the Convention to improve its response to the global refugee crisis; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development and the Home Office regularly discuss refugee issues with our counterparts. We are committed to the 1951 Refugee Convention and the UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it. Across Government, we engage comprehensively with partners on the response to the refugee crisis.</p><p>We aim to support refugees as close to their homes as possible, to avoid dangerous journeys and enable returns in due course. We provide development and humanitarian assistance to refugees and the communities which host them. We have pledged £2.46 billion for Syria, our largest ever response to a single humanitarian crisis.</p><p>Our resettlement programmes are focussed on the most vulnerable; we have committed to resettle 23,000 under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons and Vulnerable Children Resettlement Schemes. We are working with partners, including the UNHCR, on taking forward the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework established by the New York Declaration last September and are fully engaged in the negotiations on a UN Refugee Compact.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/07/2017 08:52:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

732348

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to provide additional training for the emergency services to respond to fires following the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Training is a pivotal part of any emergency service role. In the case of fire, it is the responsibility of individual fire and rescue authorities to ensure that continuous training is in place to maintain professional competency and to meet operational requirements including responding to major events such as the Grenfell Tower fire.</p><p>The Government is funding the Joint Emergency Interoperability Service Programme (JESIP). Part of its work has included the largest and most successful joint training initiative across the emergency services. It has also introduced a new national system for joint organisational learning to assist in improving the way in which the emergency services identify learning from incidents and exercises, and implement positive change to front line services.</p><p>The College of Policing sets the standards of professional practice and training for policing and also run the Multi Agency Gold Incident Command course which is open to leaders from different sectors including fire and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/07/2017 10:39:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts