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174267

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	British Nationals Abroad: Syria
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 300 United Kingdom citizens who have returned from Syria have been (1) investigated for criminal acts, and (2) charged with terrorism-related offences or other criminal acts.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL4211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2015 answer text <p>The number of individuals currently under investigation for criminal acts is a matter for the police and as such, the Government can not comment on current investigations. Numbers of individuals suspected of involvement in acts of terrorism or criminal matters, arrested and then formally charged with terrorism-related offences or other criminal offences is recorded and collated in the Home Office Quarterly Statistical Bulletin (last published 04 December 2014)</p><p>(<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2014" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2014</a> ).</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 28/01/2015 16:15:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name police-powers-terror-q2-2014snr.pdf title Quarterly Statistical Bulletin - 4/12/14
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

386093

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Nurses: Migrant Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of whether new immigration rules will exacerbate the shortage of nurses in the United Kingdom and cost the NHS tens of millions in recruitment.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office published a full impact assessment on the changes to Tier 2 settlement rules when they were laid before Parliament on 15 March 2012. The impact assessment is available on the gov.uk website at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/117957/impact-assessment-tier2.pdf.</p><p>The Department of Health take the issue of nursing recruitment seriously and have prioritised and invested in front-line staff, so there are over 8,600 more nurses on NHS wards than there were in 2010. Health Education England’s workforce plan for England for 2015-16 forecasts that, following further increases in the number of training commissions, the proposed levels for nurse training will deliver over 23,000 more nurses by 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/07/2015 11:24:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name impact-assessment-tier2.pdf title Copy of Impact assessment
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

428915

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery: Prosecutions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have about the number of persons brought to justice for trafficking in persons, enslavement, forced prostitution, labour exploitation, and other similar crimes in the last three years, both in the UK and in other jurisdictions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL3638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2015 answer text <p>The number of perpetrators of ‘slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour’, ‘human trafficking for sexual exploitation’ and ‘human trafficking for non-sexual exploitation’ found guilty and sentenced in each of the last three years is available at: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</p><p>The ‘Outcomes by Offence Tables’ should be selected, and can be filtered for each of the three offences listed above. The UK Government does not hold information on the numbers brought to justice in other jurisdictions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Copy of outcomes-by-offence-tables.xlsx title Copy - Outcomes of Offence Tables 2 file name criminal-justice-statistics-december-2014.pdf title Criminal Justice System Stats - Quarterly: Dec 14 question first answered 25/11/2015 15:31:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

92768

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Compass Contracts
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to the conclusions and recommendations of the 54th report of 2013–14 of the Public Accounts Committee: <i>COMPASS: Provision of asylum accommodation</i>.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL2004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has responded to the 54th report of 2013-14 of the Public Accounts Committee: COMPASS: Provision of Asylum Accommodation by way of a Treasury Minute published on 19 June 2014. The response was published by Command under number: 8871. The responses to the six recommendations are shown on pages one to three of the attached document. The response is also available on the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/treasury-minutes-june-2014.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2014 12:31:05 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Treasury Minute 54 - Asylum Accomodation.docx title Treasury Minute
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

434128

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Visas: Overseas Students
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria they use in auditing compliance with Tier 4 licences for non-EU students.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL4247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>All Tier 4 licensed sponsors are assessed against criteria set out in the published Tier 4 Guidance for Sponsors. This includes the following four documents:</p><ul><li>Document one – Applying for a Tier 4 licence</li><li>Document two – Sponsorship Duties</li><li>Document three – Tier 4 Compliance</li><li>Appendix D - record keeping</li></ul><p>Some of the key criteria includes:</p><ul><li>Ensuring that each sponsor has a genuine and lawful trading presence.</li><li>Ensuring that each sponsor holds the appropriate education oversight with the relevant external inspection body.</li><li>Compliance visits; where checks are undertaken to establish whether an institution’s HR functions are appropriate.</li><li>An annual basic compliance assessment (BCA); where the sponsor must meet demonstrate that their visa refusal, enrolment and course completion rates fall within the outlined requisites<em>.</em></li></ul> answering member printed Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Tier 4 Guidance 11-2015 - Documents 1-3 combined.pdf title Tier 4 Guidance - 1-3 Combined 2 file name Appendix D.pdf title Appendix D question first answered 21/12/2015 16:55:19 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

387696

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Child Sexual Abuse Independent Panel Inquiry
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the terms of reference of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse have been settled; whether the Inquiry will take place under the Inquiries Act 2005; and whether any time limits have been determined for the Inquiry to produce a report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Morris of Aberavon
	uin	HL1073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>On Thursday 12 March 2015, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse was set up with statutory powers under the 2005 Inquiries Act. The Terms of Reference were published on the same date and are attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Terms of Reference set out that the Inquiry must produce regular reports and an interim report by the end of 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 20/07/2015 10:45:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Terms of Reference.doc title Terms of reference
	tabling member	565 label Biography information for Lord Morris of Aberavon

164498

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the number and cost, in both absolute terms and as a percentage of the total departmental workforce, of non-payroll staff in the Home Office for each of the last 18 months for which data are available.
	tabling member printed	Lord Sharkey
	uin	HL3091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The number and cost of non-payroll staff in the Home Office in absolute terms and as a percentage of the total workforce for each of the last 18 months are set out in Table 1 and Table 2 below.</p><p>Over the period the number of non payroll staff each month has varied between 2,175 and 2,850 and their cost between £3.2m and £13m.</p><p>As a percentage of total workforce, the number of non payroll staff has varied between 7.7% and 9.5% and their cost between 3.6% and 11.5%.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="13"><strong>Table 1 - Home Office Headcount Full Time Equivalent for April 2013 to October 2014</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>HC FTE</strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Headcount Marker</strong></td><td><strong>Apr-13</strong></td><td><strong>May-13</strong></td><td><strong>Jun-13</strong></td><td><strong>Jul-13</strong></td><td><strong>Aug-13</strong></td><td><strong>Sep-13</strong></td><td><strong>Oct-13</strong></td><td><strong>Nov-13</strong></td><td><strong>Dec-13</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non Payroll</td><td>2,175.48</td><td>2,331.61</td><td>2,439.47</td><td>2,268.09</td><td>2,473.57</td><td>2,371.27</td><td>2,563.46</td><td>2,603.63</td><td>2,705.11</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Departmental Total</strong></td><td><strong>28,250.39</strong></td><td><strong>28,443.71</strong></td><td><strong>28,590.66</strong></td><td><strong>28,852.87</strong></td><td><strong>29,073.54</strong></td><td><strong>29,008.95</strong></td><td><strong>29,263.92</strong></td><td><strong>29,329.86</strong></td><td><strong>29,451.95</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non Payroll % of total workforce</td><td>7.7%</td><td>8.2%</td><td>8.5%</td><td>7.9%</td><td>8.5%</td><td>8.2%</td><td>8.8%</td><td>8.9%</td><td>9.2%</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>HC FTE</strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Headcount Marker</strong></td><td><strong>Jan-14</strong></td><td><strong>Feb-14</strong></td><td><strong>Mar-14</strong></td><td><strong>Apr-14</strong></td><td><strong>May-14</strong></td><td><strong>Jun-14</strong></td><td><strong>Jul-14</strong></td><td><strong>Aug-14</strong></td><td><strong>Sep-14</strong></td><td><strong>Oct-14</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non Payroll</td><td>2,743.15</td><td>2,825.95</td><td>2,832.39</td><td>2,850.05</td><td>2,715.64</td><td>2,792.27</td><td>2,759.52</td><td>2,844.01</td><td>2,815.21</td><td>2,649.04</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Departmental Total</strong></td><td><strong>29,402.04</strong></td><td><strong>29,675.40</strong></td><td><strong>29,879.41</strong></td><td><strong>30,028.32</strong></td><td><strong>30,052.15</strong></td><td><strong>30,346.49</strong></td><td><strong>30,609.09</strong></td><td><strong>30,829.62</strong></td><td><strong>31,269.43</strong></td><td><strong>31,252.67</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non Payroll % of total workforce</td><td>9.3%</td><td>9.5%</td><td>9.5%</td><td>9.5%</td><td>9.0%</td><td>9.2%</td><td>9.0%</td><td>9.2%</td><td>9.0%</td><td>8.5%</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><strong>Data Source:</strong> Data View - the Home Office’s single source of Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><strong>Period Covered:</strong> 1st April 2013 to 31st October 2014.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="14"><strong>Extraction Date:</strong> 1st day of each following month.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><strong>Organisational Coverage:</strong> Figures include core Home Office (including Border Force, UK Visas &amp; Immigration and Immigration Enforcement) and the Executive Agencies; Her Majesty's Passport Office and the National Fraud Authority</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><strong>nEmployee Coverage:</strong> Departmental total is based on headcount FTE of all paid, unpaid civil servants and non civil servants who were current on the last day of each month. Non payroll data are non civil servants which includes Agency, Contractor non paid and Incoming Secondment Unpaid (Non OGD)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><strong>Table 2 - Cost of payroll and non-payroll staff April 2013 to October 2014</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></td><td><strong>Apr-13</strong></td><td><strong>May-13</strong></td><td><strong>Jun-13</strong></td><td><strong>Jul-13</strong></td><td><strong>Aug-13</strong></td><td><strong>Sep-13</strong></td><td><strong>Oct-13</strong></td><td><strong>Nov-13</strong></td><td><strong>Dec-13</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Payroll staff</td><td>88.2</td><td>87.9</td><td>87.6</td><td>87.7</td><td>88.1</td><td>87.5</td><td>87.3</td><td>127.7</td><td>89.2</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non-payroll staff</td><td>4.2</td><td>3.3</td><td>5.9</td><td>6.7</td><td>3.6</td><td>5.7</td><td>5.3</td><td>6.8</td><td>8.2</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td><td>92.4</td><td>91.2</td><td>93.5</td><td>94.4</td><td>91.6</td><td>93.2</td><td>92.7</td><td>134.6</td><td>97.4</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Non-payroll % of total cost</td><td>4.5%</td><td>3.6%</td><td>6.3%</td><td>7.1%</td><td>3.9%</td><td>6.1%</td><td>5.8%</td><td>5.1%</td><td>8.4%</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Cost (£m)</strong></td><td><strong>Jan-14</strong></td><td><strong>Feb-14</strong></td><td><strong>Mar-14</strong></td><td><strong>Apr-14</strong></td><td><strong>May-14</strong></td><td><strong>Jun-14</strong></td><td><strong>Jul-14</strong></td><td><strong>Aug-14</strong></td><td><strong>Sep-14</strong></td><td><strong>Oct-14</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Payroll staff</td><td>89.7</td><td>89.9</td><td>99.9</td><td>94.4</td><td>90.4</td><td>93.0</td><td>96.8</td><td>96.6</td><td>96.9</td><td>95.3</td></tr><tr><td>Non-payroll staff</td><td>7.6</td><td>9.3</td><td>13.0</td><td>6.2</td><td>6.1</td><td>6.5</td><td>7.3</td><td>6.1</td><td>5.5</td><td>8.2</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Grand Total</strong></td><td>97.3</td><td>99.2</td><td>112.9</td><td>100.6</td><td>96.5</td><td>99.5</td><td>104.2</td><td>102.8</td><td>102.4</td><td>103.5</td></tr><tr><td>Non-payroll % of total cost</td><td>7.8%</td><td>9.4%</td><td>11.5%</td><td>6.2%</td><td>6.3%</td><td>6.5%</td><td>7.0%</td><td>6.0%</td><td>5.4%</td><td>7.9%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Data Source:</strong> Data View - the Home Office’s single source of Office for National Statistics compliant monthly snapshot corporate Human Resources data.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Period Covered:</strong> 1st April 2013 to 31st October 2014.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Extraction Date:</strong> 1st of each following month.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Organisational Coverage:</strong> Figures include core Home Office (including Border Force, UK Visas &amp; Immigration and Immigration Enforcement) and the Executive Agencies; Her Majesty's Passport Office and the National Fraud Authority</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><strong>Employee Coverage:</strong> Payroll staff data is based on cost of all paid and unpaid civil servants, who were current on the last day of each month. <br>Non-payroll staff costs are based on contingent labour and consultants/consultancy and does not include Incoming Secondments (Non OGD).</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 05/12/2014 14:36:46 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Tables 1 and 2 V2.xls title Tables 1&2
	tabling member	4196 label Biography information for Lord Sharkey

170058

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will update the table in the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 10 January 2012 (HL14312) showing how many members of Home Office staff have been convicted of criminal offences in connection with their official activities in each of the last five years, showing in each case the name of the offender, the date of conviction and the sentence received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
	uin	HL3693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2014 answer text <p>Since June 2013, there have been three additional cases of members of Home Office staff that have been convicted of criminal offences in connection with their official activities. The nature of the offences are in the table provided.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 22/12/2014 14:54:54 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name Table v1.doc title Table 1
	tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

388810

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: Northern Ireland
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many unresolved (1) asylum, and (2) immigration, cases there have been in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland since May 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
	uin	HL1287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>The number of outstanding asylum claims recorded as associated with each Northern Ireland parliamentary constituency can be found in in the attached table 1. The figures that have been provided relate to main applicants who have made an asylum claim between 1 May 2010 and 31 March 2015 whose claim was recorded as unresolved where an individual is either awaiting an initial decision on their claim, in the appeal process or considered to be a failed asylum seeker.</p><p>The number of outstanding immigration cases recorded as associated with each Northern Ireland parliamentary constituency can be found in the attached table 2. The figures that have been provided relate to main applicants who have made an immigration application between 1 May 2010 and 31 March 2015, whose application was recorded as unresolved where an initial decision had not been served or was made after 31 March 2015.</p><p>The data has been compiled using a breakdown of the latest published statistics, by identifying the latest valid postcode on the Case Information Database (CID). For Northern Ireland postcodes, this was then matched to the ONS Postcode database to associate it with a parliamentary constituency and local authority as far as possible. This postcode is the most recently recorded postcode for correspondence purposes and may not be represent the applicant’s of place of residence or be the same postcode provided at the time of applying. For example, this may be the solicitor or immigration advisor of the applicant. For data protection purposes, cohorts of fewer than 10 people have been indicated with a *.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/07/2015 16:16:45 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name TABLE 1 + TABLE 2.docx title Table 1 and Table 2 - Outstanding Cliams
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

417495

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for each police area in England and Wales for each year between 2012 and 2015.
	tabling member printed	Lord German
	uin	HL2091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not collate centrally information in respect of the cost of the former Police Authorities or of the Offices of the Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs).</p><p>Under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, it is the responsibility of PCCs to determine how each police area’s funding settlement is allocated, including setting the police force budget and the running of the PCC’s office.</p><p>The 2011 Act specifies that PCCs must publish key information as prescribed by the Secretary of State. The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 (and amended in 2012) sets out what information must be published: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3050/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3050/contents/made</a></p><p>The publication of this information enables the local electorate to judge whether the PCC is making the best use of public money at the ballot box.</p><p>PCCs perform a completely different role from the old Police Authorities they replaced. PCCs are providing accountable, visible leadership, and making a real difference to policing locally.</p><p>The Home Affairs Select Committee recognised in their 2014 report that individual PCCs are providing greater clarity of leadership for policing in their areas, and are increasingly recognised for the strategic direction they are providing. In contrast, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary found, in 2010, that only four of the 22 police authorities inspected were judged to have performed well in two of their primary functions: setting strategic direction and ensuring value for money.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 16/09/2015 14:03:14 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates attachment 1 file name SI - 2011 - No 3050 - Police, England and Wales - Elected Local Policing Bodies - Order 2011.pdf title The Elected Local Policing Bodies - Order 2011
	tabling member	4163 label Biography information for Lord German