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1169836

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the trends in the level of violent crime in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	1787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Data collected by police forces in England and Wales shows that there has been an increase in rates of robbery, knife possession, offences with a knife or sharp instrument and offences involving violence against an individual. See table below for exact statistics:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Published data - Selected violent offences<strong>[1]</strong> recorded by the police in England and Wales:</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>% change year to June 2019 compared with:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England &amp; Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>Year to June 2010</p></td><td><p>Year to June 2018</p></td><td><p>Year to June 2019</p></td><td><p>Year to June 2010</p></td><td><p>Year to Mar 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Robbery</p></td><td><p>74,888</p></td><td><p>79,164</p></td><td><p>87,361</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Homicide</p></td><td><p>628</p></td><td><p>719</p></td><td><p>681</p></td><td><p><em>8</em></p></td><td><p><em>-5</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knife possessions</p></td><td><p>10,652</p></td><td><p>18,879</p></td><td><p>22,962</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Violence against the person offences</p></td><td><p>693,632</p></td><td><p>1,469,727</p></td><td><p>1,655,146</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offences with a knife or sharp instrument excluding West Midlands, Sussex and Greater Manchester Police[2] [3]</p></td><td><p>27,319</p></td><td><p>37,281</p></td><td><p>39,504</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>[1] The selected offences are: homicide, attempted murder, threats to kill, assault with intent to cause serious harm, assault with injury, &amp; robbery.</p><p>[2] West Midlands and Sussex police force included unbroken bottle and glass offences in their returns prior to year ending March 2011 but have excluded these offences in line with other forces since then. As such, they need to be excluded when comparing with years prior to 2010/11.</p><p>[3] Data from Greater Manchester Police are excluded. This force reviewed their recording of knife or sharp instrument offences in December 2017. This revealed that they were under-counting these offences. Following this review, there has been a sharp increase in the number of knife or sharp instrument offences recorded by GMP in 2018 compared with previous years. Previous data have not been revised and the data are therefore not comparable. Due to this, data from GMP have been excluded from the table.</p><p>About half the rise in knife/gun crime and robbery is thought to be due to improvements in police recording. However, we know from our analysis of the drivers of serious violence that the drugs market is also a major factor contributing to the increase in the rates of these crimes.</p><p>Violent crime has a devastating impact on victims, families and the wider community. That is why we are giving the police the resources and tools they need to keep families, communities and our country safe; this includes recruiting 20,000 new police officers and making it easier for them to use stop and search powers.</p><p>Funding for policing is also increasing by £1 billion this year, including council tax and the £100million Serious Violence Fund. This Fund is providing the critical investment needed in the 18 police forces worst affected by serious violence; such as providing £63.4 million towards surge operational activity, such as increased patrols, and £1.6 million to help improve the quality of data on serious violence, particularly knife crime, to support planning and operations. £35 million was invested in Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) which form a key component of our action to prevent violence by understanding its root causes. A further £35 million has been announced for VRUs for 2020/21.</p><p>We are also bringing forward the Serious Violence Bill which will aim to prevent and reduce serious violence by creating a new duty (and extending an existing duty) on public sector bodies to collaborate and plan with each other to prevent and reduce serious violence.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/01/2020 17:41:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1169866

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	David Duckenfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the estimated cost to the police service in England is of each of the three trials of David Duckenfield on charges of manslaughter arising from the Hillsborough tragedy and the work preparatory to those trials.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	1675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The overall cost of Operation Resolve, the police-led investigation into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, is estimated at £61.5 million since it was established in 2012.</p><p>Since charges were first brought in June 2017, the cost of Operation Resolve has been £15.2 million (including £3 million of estimated costs in 2019/20). The Home Office does not hold disaggregated data for the cost of each of the trials themselves, nor does it hold data pertaining to the costs of proceedings prior to Operation Resolve, as these were not sponsored by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/01/2020 17:42:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1169521

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Personation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of identity theft in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	1265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects information from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau on the number of recorded frauds. From information held centrally, it is not possible to separately identify offences of fraud in which identify theft has been involved.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/01/2020 16:42:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1169541

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Slough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the level of knife crime in Slough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	1417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Statistics are collected at the Police Force Area level only. Statistics for lower levels of geography are not held by the Home Office. The Government takes seriously the levels of serious violence over recent months.</p><p>The following table shows the number of knife and sharp instrument offences recorded by Thames Valley Police for the financial year 2010/11 and the years ending June 2018 and June 2019, for the Thames Valley Police area:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Number of offences</p></td><td><p>% change year to June 2019 compared with:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1165</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year to June 18</p></td><td><p>1493</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year to June 19</p></td><td><p>1523</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government is strengthening police numbers over the next three years and increasing sentences for violent criminals. Police will be given more powers to stop and search those who have been convicted of knife crime. 6,000 additional officers will be recruited in England and Wales by March 2021 and their ranks will be increased by 20,000 over the next three years.</p><p>Funding for policing is increasing by £1 billion this year, including council tax and the Serious Violence Fund, through which, we are providing £63.4 million to the 18 police forces worst affected by serious violence to pay for surge operational activity, such as increased patrols, and £1.6 million to help improve the quality of data on serious violence, particularly knife crime, to support planning and operations. This includes an additional £20.8 million of surge funding to the Metropolitan Police. In addition, £35 million of the Serious Violence Fund is being invested in Violence Reduction Units (VRUs), which will form a key component of our action to build capacity in local areas to tackle serious violence.</p><p>The Government will change the law so that police, councils and health authorities are legally required to work together to prevent and tackle serious violence. The Offensive Weapons Act introduces new laws which to give police extra powers to seize dangerous weapons and ensure knives are less likely to make their way onto the streets in the first place.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/01/2020 17:04:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1169544

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the availability of youth services on the level of violent crime committed by young people.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	1418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the Serious Violence Strategy there are a range of complex factors driving the increase in serious violence, most noticeably changes in the drugs market.</p><p>The Government is investing £220 million in early intervention and prevention initiatives to support children and young people at risk of exploitation and involvement in serious violence. We have provided £22 million through the Early Intervention Youth Fund, through which we are supporting 40 projects across England and Wales, and we are providing £200million through the Youth Endowment Fund which is a 10-year fund to prevent young people at highest risk of involvement in serious violence from becoming involved in crime and violence. Both these funds aim to support vulnerable young people to seek positive opportunities and lead lives free from violence and crime.</p><p>The Government recognises that local youth services are an important partner in tackling violent crime. In September 2019 the Chancellor announced £500million to go to a national Youth Investment Fund. This is a significant investment which will go towards building new youth centres across the country, refurbishing existing facilities, investing in activities for young people which teach important life skills, and investing in the youth work profession.</p><p>We are also providing £100million through the Serious Violence Fund in 2019/20 to the 18 police force areas worst affected by serious violence. £63.4 million of this fund was allocated to pay for an immediate surge in police operational activity; £1.6 million was deployed to improve the quality of data on serious violence; the remaining £35 million was invested in Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) which form a key component of our action to prevent violence by understanding its root causes. A further £35 million has been announced for VRUs for 2020/21.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/01/2020 17:07:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1169545

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gun Sports: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of disabled recreational target shooters that have given up their licence since the introduction of restrictions on the use of firearms.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	1264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of firearm and shotgun certificates on issue are published annually but they do not identify whether a certificate holder is disabled or where a certificate is voluntarily given up by the holder.</p><p>Firearms controls in this country are among the toughest in the world. They are kept under review and strengthened whenever necessary to protect the public from the misuse of firearms. For example, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 recently banned the manufacture and sale of rapid-firing rifles, owing to the serious threat they present should they fall into the hands of criminals or terrorists. Possession of such rifles will be banned following a surrender and compensation scheme later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/01/2020 17:09:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1169592

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Dorset Police: Council Tax
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 make it her policy to maintain the Police council tax precept in Dorset being increased by more than the level of inflation in 2020-21; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	1268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Police council tax precept referendum limits for 2020/21 will be announced as part of the forthcoming police funding settlement.</p><p>As usual, it will then be for individual Police and Crime Commissioners to determine specific precept levels within these limits, taking into account the views of the local community and Police and Crime Panels.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/01/2020 16:15:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1169597

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Thames Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of police officers in the Thames Valley area.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	1451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers in each Police Force Area (PFA) in England and Wales in the annual ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.</p><p>The number of officers in the Thames Valley area, in each year from 31 March 2007 to 31 March 2019, by headcount and full-time equivalence (FTE), can be found in open data tables available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817734/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817734/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p><p>We have also announced the allocation of 183 additional officers in Thames Valley Police by the end of 2020/21 as part of the Police Uplift Programme.</p><p>These new officers will be in addition to those hired to fill existing vacancies and the extra officers already being recruited due to the increase in police funding for 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/01/2020 16:44:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1168911

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fires: Australia
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 use UK fire resources to assist Australia in tackling the bushfires in that country.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Our High Commission and Consulates General are maintaining close contact with Australian authorities at federal and state level, exploring how the UK can support them and what assistance they would find most useful.</p><p>An initial expert team of specialists from defence, fire and health has been sent to Australia, as announced in the statement to the House on 9 January by Heather Wheeler, Minister for Asia and the Pacific. Its members have been working with Australian counterparts to establish what further UK support will be of most use to Australian emergency responders, and ensure that such contributions are fully integrated into the Australian response.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/01/2020 16:57:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1168954

registered interest
date	06/01/2020
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 assessment she has made of the effectiveness of entry requirements for people wishing to become police officers on the ability of the police force to recruit new staff.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to delivering the people’s priorities including the recruitment of an additional 20,000 police officers over the next three years. The national ‘Be a Force for All’ campaign was launched in September and has supported local recruitment across all forces in England and Wales.</p><p>Police officer entry requirements are set by the College of Policing. The Home Office is working with the National Police Chiefs Council, the College of Policing and forces to ensure there are no undue barriers for anyone who is qualified to do so from joining the police.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/01/2020 17:06:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan