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1484799

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) civil injunctions, (b) criminal behaviour orders, (c) dispersal orders, (d) community protection notices and (e) orders for recovery of possession of dwelling houses were issued for anti-social behaviour in England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	27540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides a range of flexible tools and powers to local agencies to tackle anti-social behaviour. Local areas decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances.</p><p>The Home Office does not collect information on civil injunctions, criminal behaviour orders, dispersal orders, community protection notices and orders for recovery of possession of dwelling houses, but this information will be held by individual police forces.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:14:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1467247

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Noise: Nuisance
	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 26 April 2022 to Question 157275 on Noise: Nuisance, which specific powers that are available to the police in Scotland to deal with noise complaints she plans to introduce in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	11558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The relevant Scottish legislation is Section 54 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2022 13:57:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1459306

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Noise: Nuisance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her Answer of 28 March 2022 to Question 145813, on Noise: Nuisance, and with reference to page 233 of the Government's white paper on Levelling Up in the United Kingdom, when she plans to ensure that police in England and Wales have the same powers to deal with noise complaints as are already available in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	157275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB), including noise nuisance. We know the serious impact that persistent noise nuisance can have on both individuals and communities.</p><p>We have provided the police, local authorities, and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB and noise nuisance through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>Home Office statutory guidance was updated in January 2021. It supports local areas and police to make effective use of the anti-social behaviour powers to tackle ASB and noise nuisance. The guidance highlights the importance of multi-agency approaches.</p><p>The Levelling Up White Paper commits the UK Government to ensuring that police in England and Wales have the same powers to deal with noise complaints as are already available in Scotland. This will be done when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/04/2022 15:15:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1455102

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Standards
	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 a duty of candour a legal requirement for all police officers.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	148058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes police integrity and accountability extremely seriously. In February 2020, we introduced a statutory duty of cooperation for serving police officers as part of wider integrity reforms, making it clear that officers have a responsibility to cooperate with investigations, inquiries and formal proceedings when acting as a witness. A failure to cooperate with this duty is a breach of the statutory standards of professional behaviour, by which all officers must abide, and could therefore result in disciplinary sanction.</p><p>The Home Office will continue to assess the impact of this existing duty on police co-operation with inquiries and investigations, and the Home Secretary will set out her conclusions on a specific duty of candour for the police later this year in response to the reports of Bishop James Jones on the experiences of Hillsborough families’, and of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 31/03/2022 10:00:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1453559

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Noise: Nuisance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to expand Police powers to allow noise nuisance to be more effectively tackled.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	145813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The impact of noise is significant. It can result in children struggling to get a good night’s sleep and disrupt the hard work of businesses and public.</p><p>The police already have a number of powers to tackle anti-social behaviour through the Anti-social behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. These powers are deliberately local in nature. It is for local authorities to work together to determine how best to respond to each individual case. Home Office statutory guidance supports them to do so.</p><p>The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, contains measures which will improve the police's ability to deal with unjustifiably noisy protests that may result in serious disruption to the activities of an organisation or in a significant detrimental impact on members of the public.</p><p>I am disappointed that the House of Lords did not back measures which are supported by the elected House and which would have helped to further reduce this disruption caused by a minority of protesters.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/03/2022 15:27:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1402243

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Sales
	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 23 June 2021 to Question 18468 on Knives: Sales, if she will introduce a licensing scheme for the possession of machetes.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	102553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The majority of machete owners use them for legitimate reasons such as gardening, camping or agricultural use. It is an offence to sell any machete to a person who is under the age of 18. In addition, possessing a machete in a public place without lawful authority or good reason is also an offence with a maximum penalty of 4 years imprisonment.</p><p>Where a machete is misused as a weapon, there are a range of offences that the offender may be charged with, such as causing grievous bodily harm. These can result in lengthy sentences, including life imprisonment in instances of murder.</p><p>We continue to keep the legislation in this area under review.</p><p>In 2021 we banned a whole range of knives weapons and firearms and existing legislation prohibits possession of any machete or large knife in a public place without good reason. We are always working with police to see what further action is needed to take deadly weapons off the street.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/01/2022 16:18:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1349233

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Waking Watch Relief Fund
	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 Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government's oral contribution of 21 July 2021 in response to the question from the hon. Member for Leeds Central, if she will publish the exceptional circumstances in which waking watches will still be needed in future.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	37361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the FSO), the Responsible Person for each particular building is required to ensure appropriate fire safety measures are in place within their building, as informed by a fire risk assessment.</p><p>The Government and the NFCC make available guidance to support those responsible in complying with the FSO and ensuring their premises remain safe for continued use. The NFCC has recently revised its Simultaneous Evacuation Guidance which reflects best practice and can be located at <a href="https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Simultaneous-evacuation-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Simultaneous-evacuation-guidance</a>.</p><p>This guidance encourages greater use of more cost-effective measures such as alarm systems to replace or reduce dependency on waking watch wherever possible.</p><p>Local fire and rescue authorities and other enforcers of the FSO can take action where the fire safety measures fall short of compliance.</p><p>Government does not collect data on the number of buildings where waking watch forms part of a building's fire safety strategy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 37362 37363 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:16:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1349234

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Waking Watch Relief Fund
	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 date on which waking watches will no longer be required with the exception of those considered essential.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	37362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the FSO), the Responsible Person for each particular building is required to ensure appropriate fire safety measures are in place within their building, as informed by a fire risk assessment.</p><p>The Government and the NFCC make available guidance to support those responsible in complying with the FSO and ensuring their premises remain safe for continued use. The NFCC has recently revised its Simultaneous Evacuation Guidance which reflects best practice and can be located at <a href="https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Simultaneous-evacuation-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Simultaneous-evacuation-guidance</a>.</p><p>This guidance encourages greater use of more cost-effective measures such as alarm systems to replace or reduce dependency on waking watch wherever possible.</p><p>Local fire and rescue authorities and other enforcers of the FSO can take action where the fire safety measures fall short of compliance.</p><p>Government does not collect data on the number of buildings where waking watch forms part of a building's fire safety strategy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 37361 37363 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:16:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1349235

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Waking Watch Relief Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many buildings have waking watches in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	37363
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the FSO), the Responsible Person for each particular building is required to ensure appropriate fire safety measures are in place within their building, as informed by a fire risk assessment.</p><p>The Government and the NFCC make available guidance to support those responsible in complying with the FSO and ensuring their premises remain safe for continued use. The NFCC has recently revised its Simultaneous Evacuation Guidance which reflects best practice and can be located at <a href="https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Simultaneous-evacuation-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Simultaneous-evacuation-guidance</a>.</p><p>This guidance encourages greater use of more cost-effective measures such as alarm systems to replace or reduce dependency on waking watch wherever possible.</p><p>Local fire and rescue authorities and other enforcers of the FSO can take action where the fire safety measures fall short of compliance.</p><p>Government does not collect data on the number of buildings where waking watch forms part of a building's fire safety strategy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 37361 37362 question first answered 06/09/2021 10:16:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1348057

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Rape: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the circumstances in which the name of the victim of an alleged rape may not be disclosed to the defendant.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	35503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>The disclosure of a victim’s name to a defendant charged with a criminal offence is a fundamental aspect of ensuring the defendant can prepare a defence at court and thus receives a fair trial.</p><p> </p><p>The one circumstance in which the name of the victim of an alleged rape would not be disclosed to the defendant during proceedings in a criminal court would be if, following an application by the CPS, the court made a witness anonymity order under section 88 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 in respect of the victim who was due to give evidence in the case and whose name had not already been disclosed during the investigation or earlier stages of the proceedings. The court must apply a number of stringent tests before granting such an order. These include that the proposed order is necessary, that it is in the interests of justice that the witness should testify and, having regard to all the circumstances, the effects of making the order would be consistent with the defendant receiving a fair trial.</p><p> </p><p>Victims of rape are currently granted lifetime anonymity under the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 and although this does not include anonymity from the defendant, publishing details of the victim, such as their name, address, place of education or work, is a criminal offence.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/07/2021 15:19:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn