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1677700

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential factors that contribute to teenage involvement in knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	6915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Home Office analysts have previously produced a report examining risk factors for serious violence (including weapons carrying) based on two UK-based longitudinal surveys of young people.</p><p>The report is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d36d7fa40f0b604d8e5fe4b/analysis-of-indicators-of-serious-violence-horr110.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5d36d7fa40f0b604d8e5fe4b/analysis-of-indicators-of-serious-violence-horr110.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/12/2023 14:59:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1677704

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Safer Streets Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what lessons his Department has learned from the most recent independent evaluation of the Safer Streets Fund.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	6763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>All rounds of the Safer Streets Fund delivered to date have been subject to independent evaluation to grow the evidence base of what works to improve public safety and feelings of safety, and to inform future policy and funding decisions.</p><p>Findings from evaluation activities show interventions delivered with Safer Streets funding are boosting trust in local policing, making communities feel safer and restoring people’s pride in where they live. This reflects the efforts made to make residents aware of the work being done to make them feel more secure such as fitting home security measures and rolling out additional CCTV and streetlighting. In addition, evaluation findings have identified key learnings and several recommendations for the Home Office, which have been incorporated into the design and development of subsequent rounds.</p><p>The full findings of the independent evaluation of Round One can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safer-streets-fund-evaluation-round-1-year-ending-march-2021/evaluation-of-the-safer-streets-fund-round-1-year-ending-march-2021#impact-evaluation-findings" target="_blank">Evaluation of the Safer Streets Fund Round 1, year ending March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/12/2023 17:38:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1677748

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Smart Devices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of imported cellular internet of things modules in equipment used by police forces; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the security of such equipment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	6797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Each fire and rescue authority and police force is responsible for identifying and planning for the foreseeable risks in their area, including risks relating to organisational security.</p><p>Operational security decisions are made independently by Fire and Police chiefs, who are consistently seeking to identify, plan for, and mitigate against reasonably foreseeable operational risks.</p><p>The Government provides guidance on best practice and due diligence to the public sector, for the procurement of supplier contracts through <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-the-model-services-contract" target="_blank">Governments Model Services Contract Guidance.</a></p><p>The Home Office works closely with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in relation to the cyber security of Fire and Police Services. This includes the provision of active cyber defence services, guidance and best practice advice, and the response to cyber security.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 6798 question first answered 20/12/2023 13:28:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1677750

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Smart Devices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the prevalence of imported cellular internet of things modules in equipment used by fire services; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the security of such equipment.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	6798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Each fire and rescue authority and police force is responsible for identifying and planning for the foreseeable risks in their area, including risks relating to organisational security.</p><p>Operational security decisions are made independently by Fire and Police chiefs, who are consistently seeking to identify, plan for, and mitigate against reasonably foreseeable operational risks.</p><p>The Government provides guidance on best practice and due diligence to the public sector, for the procurement of supplier contracts through <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-the-model-services-contract" target="_blank">Governments Model Services Contract Guidance.</a></p><p>The Home Office works closely with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in relation to the cyber security of Fire and Police Services. This includes the provision of active cyber defence services, guidance and best practice advice, and the response to cyber security.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 6797 question first answered 20/12/2023 13:28:02 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1677906

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the backlog is for enhanced DBS checks by police area.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	6698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) operates to service standards of completing 80% of Enhanced check applications within 14 days. These service standards can be seen in quarterly performance reporting which the DBS publishes at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fdbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions&amp;data=05%7C02%7CNicholasDerek.Brown8%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C134a0a8f0c334ae16cbf08dbfca4ff1c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638381557837424282%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=i1T5qnXUsYG456%2BXa9Y6P7YGxCItCOnK7G5%2BZWKyeN8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">DBS dataset 1: DBS checks, the DBS Update Service, and disputes - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The latest published statistics are for September 2023 which show that the DBS is completing 78.1% of Enhanced check applications within 14 days. The DBS does not publish data by police area.</p><p>An Enhanced check requires the DBS to send applications to the police for local data searches and local intelligence checks. Currently some police forces’ turnaround times have been affected by increased volumes of disclosure applications against original forecasts.</p><p>Police forces are recruiting more staff to service the additional demand for Enhanced DBS checks The DBS is working collaboratively with policing partners to enhance the quality of an enhanced criminal record check referral to improve turnaround times and continues to modernise its services through the replacement of legacy systems and further digitisation of disclosure products.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/12/2023 14:25:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

1677925

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Protective Clothing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to help ensure the protective equipment supplied to fire-fighters is up to date.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	6757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Fire and Rescue Authorities are responsible for the health and safety of their employees.</p><p>It is for individual fire and rescue authorities, as employers with responsibility for health and wellbeing, to ensure that firefighters receive the appropriate equipment and training they need to safely respond to the wide range of incidents which they attend, based on their assessment of local risk. Research being commissioned on carcinogens.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/12/2023 17:43:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight