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date	18/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2019 to Question 229177 on visas: married people, if he will collate and publish figures for (a) the number of applications submitted under Appendix FM where the sponsor did not meet the financial requirement but argued that there were exceptional circumstances pertaining to their case and (b) the number of applications that were successful.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	278926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Information collected, collated and published in official statistics is kept under review, balancing user needs against burdens on suppliers, in accordance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, implementing the Statistics and Registration Act 2007 (copy available at <a href="https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice/the-code/" target="_blank">https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/code-of-practice/the-code/</a>).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 22/07/2019 16:15:21 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

1139892

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a national definition for rural crime.
tabling member constituency	Saffron Walden
tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
uin	278571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p><br>Those living in rural areas can be the victim of the same crimes as those living in urban areas. However, we know that certain crimes, such as hare coursing and livestock offences, predominantly affect rural communities and that is why we supported the introduction of the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Rural <br>Affairs Strategy, which was published last July.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/07/2019 16:16:12 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1139398

registered interest
date	16/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the criteria are for exclusion on medical grounds for police recruitment.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	277801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Recruitment to the police is managed locally by forces. This is done within a national application, assessment and selection framework, in line with national guidance maintained by the College of Policing. Individual police forces in England and Wales are therefore responsible for deciding when and how they run their recruitment and selection processes.</p><p>Guidance on medical standards for applicants is provided by the College of Policing. College guidance uses Home Office circular 59 / 2004 National Recruitment Standards - Medical Standards for Police Recruitment: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-recruitment-standards-medical-standards-for-police-recruitment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-recruitment-standards-medical-standards-for-police-recruitment</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/07/2019 16:11:43 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1138298

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Counselling
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce mandatory weekly counselling sessions for (1) frontline police officers in England and Wales, and (2) ambulance staff in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL17095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Front line police officers in England and Wales</p><p>Each Chief Constable has a duty to manage and support their workforce effectively, ensuring the welfare of all officers and staff. It is therefore for Chief Constables to determine the appropriate wellbeing and occupational health provision within their police forces, including access to counselling.</p><p>The Government takes the issue of police welfare very seriously and has invested in programmes which offer help directly to officers and staff. In July 2017 the Home Office awarded £7.5 million from the Police Transformation Fund to the College of Policing over three years to pilot and, if these pilots were successful, roll out a dedicated national service to help provide enhanced welfare support to serving police officers and staff.</p><p>Following two years of development and piloting, the National Police Wellbeing Service (NPWS) was launched in April 2019. The NPWS has developed evidence-based guidance, advice, tools and resources which can be accessed by forces, as well as individual officers and staff.</p><p>Ambulance staff in England</p><p>Policy relating to ambulance staff is the responsibility of the Department for Health and Social Care.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/07/2019 16:08:12 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1138299

registered interest
date	10/07/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Technology
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to invest in technology provided to police officers.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL17096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is working closely with policing on technology investment plans.</p><p>The current police settlement includes both a significant portfolio of Home Office led technology programmes as well as the Police Transformation Fund which supports a further group of national and local police led programmes. These are delivering transformational opportunities for officers including mobile communications, biometrics and programmes to improve contact with the public. As part of preparation for a spending review we are designing plans which build on these programmes as well as seeking innovative solutions to more complex problems.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/07/2019 16:08:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick