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1489584

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on away days for Ministers and staff in each of the last four calendar years.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	37456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish the information sought to the level of granularity required and identifying spending on away days specifically from our management systems can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/07/2022 16:51:52 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1489589

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Body Armour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness and adequacy of the standard of police officer body armour from the perspective of (a) health and safety and (b) comfort.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	37437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Home Office body armour standards take into consideration the relevant police operational requirements and threats to set the minimum performance levels for body armour.</p><p>These standards are internationally recognised and ensure that body armour is safe and fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/07/2022 13:00:18 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1489618

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment: Public Places
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 18899 on Sexual Harassment: Public Places, whether she plans to publish the consultation on public sexual harassment ahead of the summer recess.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	37489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>I confirm that we plan to publish the consultation on public sexual harassment before the summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 20/07/2022 16:53:18 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1489621

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre, published on 1 July 2022, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her Department’s policies of the (a) conclusions and (b) recommendations of that report.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	37506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has fully considered the recommendations made by HM Chief Inspector of Prison following his inspection of Colnbrook immigration removal centre in March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s response to the recommendations made, including the actions being taken forward, will be published on the Inspectorate’s website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes question first answered 20/07/2022 16:15:06 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1489623

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Removal Centres: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full time equivalent staff work in Detention Engagement Teams; and how many of those staff are based at each Immigration Removal Centre.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	37507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>For security reasons, we do not give out figures of how many staff are working within specific roles within Immigration Removal Centres.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes grouped question UIN 37508 question first answered 20/07/2022 15:54:59 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1489624

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of full time equivalent staff that worked in Detention Engagement Teams in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	37508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>For security reasons, we do not give out figures of how many staff are working within specific roles within Immigration Removal Centres.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring our operational teams have the resources they need to run an efficient and effective system and we actively monitor workflows to ensure sufficient resources are in place to meet demand.</p> answering member constituency Clwyd South answering member printed Simon Baynes grouped question UIN 37507 question first answered 20/07/2022 15:54:59 answering member 4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1489672

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the police to population ratio is for (a) police and (b) police community support officers (i) nationally and (ii) in York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	37534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fpolice-workforce-england-and-wales&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAmanda.Meyer%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C5fe29f836fa84a4a045a08da6a3ef5a9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939115876037196%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aCW%2FYhD4%2BXuLAO5EdRTBqqNmxDeQeEUj79znqGKJDbM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>These data are collected by Police Force Area only, and lower levels of geography, such as Parliamentary Constituencies or Metropolitan Boroughs are not collected.</p><p>Table H4 of the data tables accompanying the latest publication, shows the number of full time equivalent (FTE) police officers as at 31 March 2021 per 100,000 population both nationally and at a Police Force Area level. The data tables are available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1060642%2Fpolice-workforce-mar21-tables-second-edition.ods.ods&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAmanda.Meyer%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C5fe29f836fa84a4a045a08da6a3ef5a9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939115876037196%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Ua8E%2B4CLPhZeh6Mb26or1aF724mTobjFR%2F%2BUutJQ21E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1060642/police-workforce-mar21-tables-second-edition.ods.ods</a></p><p>As at 31 March 2021, there are 179 police officers per 100,000 population in North Yorkshire Police, and 227 in England and Wales.</p><p>Equivalently, as at 31 March 2021, there are 29 Police Community Support Officers per 100,000 population in North Yorkshire Police, and 16 in England and Wales.</p><p>The rate of police officers and PCSOs per 100,000 population has been calculated using the 2020 mid-year population estimates published by the Office for National Statistics at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fpopulationandmigration%2Fpopulationestimates%2Fbulletins%2Fannualmidyearpopulationestimates%2Fmid2020&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAmanda.Meyer%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C5fe29f836fa84a4a045a08da6a3ef5a9%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939115876037196%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=BzbCYK45Gs%2BMnIjBPsk1G%2BcD%2FFAQIIIMSQr7aIZfDYo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/bulletins/annualmidyearpopulationestimates/mid2020</a></p><p>The next release of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, which will cover the situation as at 31 March 2022, is scheduled for release at 9.30am on Wednesday 27<sup>th</sup> July.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/07/2022 17:15:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1489674

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
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 steps police forces are taking to recruit police officers from the local community.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	37535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers in England and Wales by March 2023, the biggest recruitment drive in decades.</p><p>As at 31 March 2022, 13,576 additional officers have been recruited across 43 forces in England and Wales as part of the Police Uplift Programme.</p><p>The Police Uplift Programme is supporting forces with a variety of attraction and recruitment strategies, whilst delivering a campaign that’s been designed to reach diverse audiences. This national activity complements local efforts to attract and recruit officers in each force from local communities.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/07/2022 13:17:43 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1489675

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police matters involve members of the public who are experiencing mental health challenges (a) nationally and (b) in York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	37536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Data on the proportion of police matters involving members of the public who are experiencing mental health challenges is an operational matter for individual police forces and is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>However, the Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of persons in mental health crisis who are detained under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983, broken down by police force area, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fpolice-powers-and-procedures-other-pace-powers-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CMalar.Gurunathan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C66885aa86d3743c7a28008da68a6ca18%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637937362799536907%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pIYa3r9yLSkb8SJgiDCcb%2F%2FOguF89yMfGp6IB2Lad34%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Police powers and procedures: Other PACE powers, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>These data were collected by the Home Office on a mandatory basis for the first time in 2016/17, and were published as part of the Police powers and procedures, England and Wales statistical bulletin.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/07/2022 13:11:37 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1489676

registered interest
date	15/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Community Policing
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 take steps to encourage and promote community policing.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	37537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Visible policing in local neighbourhoods is central to the British model of policing by consent. It is important that police are accessible and accountable to communities and engage with them to build trust and understand community needs.</p><p>We are committed to delivering on the people’s priorities and ensuring that policing has the resources it needs; we have increased the police funding settlement by £1.1billion in 2022/23, and through the Police Uplift Programme, police forces in England and Wales have already recruited over 13,500 additional officers (as at 31 March 2022) and are on track to deliver 20,000 additional officers by March 2023.</p><p>Decisions about frontline policing, and how resources are best deployed, are for Chief Constables and democratically accountable Police and Crime Commissioners. They are best placed to make decisions with their communities based on their local knowledge and experience.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/07/2022 16:49:49 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell