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100459

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers in England and Wales have been trained on the law on stalking to date; and what further such training is planned.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	211539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2014 answer text <p>The College of Policing sets standards and provides relevant training products and services to police forces. This includes a College of Policing training package on stalking, which was completed 56,748 times between October 2012 and 30 September 2014 by police officers and staff in England and Wales, and continues to be available.<br><br>Neither the College of Policing nor the Home Office holds information which breaks this figure down by the number of police officers and staff in England and Wales that have completed the training.<br><br>In 2013-14, 743 prosecutions were commenced under the new stalking legislation. This is a significant increase from 2012-13 and shows that the legislation is taking effect. <br><br>We are also working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to raise awareness and improve professional knowledge. <br><br>To ensure prosecutors’ knowledge is continuously refreshed, in April 2014, the CPS launched a specific e-learning module on stalking which focused on victim support, working with the police and ensuring a strong case is built from the start. The College of Policing is also undertaking a review of how stalking incidents are investigated by the police. This will include how the police understand what constitutes a course of conduct in policing, how the police support victims, and further training on the appropriate use of Police Information Notices.<br><br>Since April 2014, offences of stalking and harassment are being reported separately in Police Recorded Crime figures. This will allow us to monitor the impact of the legislation more effectively. <br><br>Convicted stalkers will already be captured on the Police National Computer. We are working to make better use of existing databases and improve connectivity and information sharing rather than creating new databases or registers for each and every offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 211541 211543 question first answered 31/10/2014 15:06:20 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

100460

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of stalking were recorded by the police in England and Wales in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	211537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of crimes recorded by the police but not how many complaints the police receive. <br><br>Prior to 1 April 2014, offences relating to stalking recorded by the police were included in the offence classification of harassment and cannot be <br>identified separately. From the 1 April 2014 these offences have been supplied to the Home Office as a separate classification of stalking. Therefore data are only available for the months April to June 2014, when the police recorded 695 offences. They are published in the quarterly Office for National Statistics publication of ‘Crime in England and Wales’. <br><br>The most recent data are available in Table A4 of the appendix tables in this link:<br><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/period-ending-june-2014/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-stats/crime-statistics/period-ending-june-2014/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 30/10/2014 11:51:07 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

100481

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the effects of section 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	211541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2014 answer text <p>The College of Policing sets standards and provides relevant training products and services to police forces. This includes a College of Policing training package on stalking, which was completed 56,748 times between October 2012 and 30 September 2014 by police officers and staff in England and Wales, and continues to be available.<br><br>Neither the College of Policing nor the Home Office holds information which breaks this figure down by the number of police officers and staff in England and Wales that have completed the training.<br><br>In 2013-14, 743 prosecutions were commenced under the new stalking legislation. This is a significant increase from 2012-13 and shows that the legislation is taking effect. <br><br>We are also working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to raise awareness and improve professional knowledge. <br><br>To ensure prosecutors’ knowledge is continuously refreshed, in April 2014, the CPS launched a specific e-learning module on stalking which focused on victim support, working with the police and ensuring a strong case is built from the start. The College of Policing is also undertaking a review of how stalking incidents are investigated by the police. This will include how the police understand what constitutes a course of conduct in policing, how the police support victims, and further training on the appropriate use of Police Information Notices.<br><br>Since April 2014, offences of stalking and harassment are being reported separately in Police Recorded Crime figures. This will allow us to monitor the impact of the legislation more effectively. <br><br>Convicted stalkers will already be captured on the Police National Computer. We are working to make better use of existing databases and improve connectivity and information sharing rather than creating new databases or registers for each and every offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 211539 211543 question first answered 31/10/2014 15:06:20 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

100482

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Stalking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to introduce a register for serial stalkers.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	211543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2014 answer text <p>The College of Policing sets standards and provides relevant training products and services to police forces. This includes a College of Policing training package on stalking, which was completed 56,748 times between October 2012 and 30 September 2014 by police officers and staff in England and Wales, and continues to be available.<br><br>Neither the College of Policing nor the Home Office holds information which breaks this figure down by the number of police officers and staff in England and Wales that have completed the training.<br><br>In 2013-14, 743 prosecutions were commenced under the new stalking legislation. This is a significant increase from 2012-13 and shows that the legislation is taking effect. <br><br>We are also working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to raise awareness and improve professional knowledge. <br><br>To ensure prosecutors’ knowledge is continuously refreshed, in April 2014, the CPS launched a specific e-learning module on stalking which focused on victim support, working with the police and ensuring a strong case is built from the start. The College of Policing is also undertaking a review of how stalking incidents are investigated by the police. This will include how the police understand what constitutes a course of conduct in policing, how the police support victims, and further training on the appropriate use of Police Information Notices.<br><br>Since April 2014, offences of stalking and harassment are being reported separately in Police Recorded Crime figures. This will allow us to monitor the impact of the legislation more effectively. <br><br>Convicted stalkers will already be captured on the Police National Computer. We are working to make better use of existing databases and improve connectivity and information sharing rather than creating new databases or registers for each and every offence.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 211539 211541 question first answered 31/10/2014 15:06:20 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

43807

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when someone, held at a Border Force checkpoint, is officially considered a detainee.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	192474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>For immigration purposes, a person is considered detained on service of an IS81 form, pending examination or further examination for a decision on a grant, refusal or cancellation of leave.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

43808

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what circumstances all members of a group of travellers are detained following the retention of one member of the group at a Border Force checkpoint.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	192475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>All members of a group of adult travellers are assessed individually on arrival to ensure that they qualify for admission in line with immigration legislation. If one member of the group is detained for further enquiries but the rest of the group are granted admission then they are free to proceed without the detained person if they so wish.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 192476 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

43809

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department issues on dealing with people who have had one member of their group detained at a Border Force checkpoint.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	192476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>All members of a group of adult travellers are assessed individually on arrival to ensure that they qualify for admission in line with immigration legislation. If one member of the group is detained for further enquiries but the rest of the group are granted admission then they are free to proceed without the detained person if they so wish.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 192475 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

46573

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases where (a) an allegation of domestic violence was made or (b) a criminal conviction was obtained for domestic violence the victim was a man and the perpetrator a woman in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	194961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The requested information is not available centrally.<br><br>Home Office police recorded crime only covers offences recorded by the police <br>and not allegations. Furthermore, it is not possible to identify domestic <br>violence cases from the recorded crime figures returned to the Home Office by <br>police forces as these figures are based on counts of crime under the <br>appropriate offence classification (e.g. GBH, ABH). <br><br>With regard to stalking, the police started recording offences on April 1st <br>2014. Stalking offences recorded by the police will be included as part of the <br>regular crime statistics publications in due course.<br><br>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on <br>defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences <br>in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by <br>the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not all the specific <br>circumstances of each case. This centrally held information does not <br>specifically identify whether the crime was committed against males or females <br>for the offences of stalking and domestic violence. This detailed information <br>may be held on individual court files but is not reported to Justice Statistics <br>Analytical Services due to its size and complexity. As such this information <br>can only be obtained by the Ministry of Justice at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 194958 194959 194960 194962 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

46574

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases where (a) an allegation of domestic violence was made or (b) a criminal conviction was obtained for domestic violence the victim was a man and the perpetrator a man in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	194962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The requested information is not available centrally.<br><br>Home Office police recorded crime only covers offences recorded by the police <br>and not allegations. Furthermore, it is not possible to identify domestic <br>violence cases from the recorded crime figures returned to the Home Office by <br>police forces as these figures are based on counts of crime under the <br>appropriate offence classification (e.g. GBH, ABH). <br><br>With regard to stalking, the police started recording offences on April 1st <br>2014. Stalking offences recorded by the police will be included as part of the <br>regular crime statistics publications in due course.<br><br>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on <br>defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences <br>in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by <br>the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not all the specific <br>circumstances of each case. This centrally held information does not <br>specifically identify whether the crime was committed against males or females <br>for the offences of stalking and domestic violence. This detailed information <br>may be held on individual court files but is not reported to Justice Statistics <br>Analytical Services due to its size and complexity. As such this information <br>can only be obtained by the Ministry of Justice at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 194958 194959 194960 194961 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries

46576

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what proportion of cases where (a) an allegation of stalking was made or (b) a criminal conviction was obtained for stalking the victim was a man and the perpetrator a man in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Nadine Dorries
	uin	194959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The requested information is not available centrally.<br><br>Home Office police recorded crime only covers offences recorded by the police <br>and not allegations. Furthermore, it is not possible to identify domestic <br>violence cases from the recorded crime figures returned to the Home Office by <br>police forces as these figures are based on counts of crime under the <br>appropriate offence classification (e.g. GBH, ABH). <br><br>With regard to stalking, the police started recording offences on April 1st <br>2014. Stalking offences recorded by the police will be included as part of the <br>regular crime statistics publications in due course.<br><br>The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on <br>defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences <br>in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by <br>the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not all the specific <br>circumstances of each case. This centrally held information does not <br>specifically identify whether the crime was committed against males or females <br>for the offences of stalking and domestic violence. This detailed information <br>may be held on individual court files but is not reported to Justice Statistics <br>Analytical Services due to its size and complexity. As such this information <br>can only be obtained by the Ministry of Justice at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 194958 194960 194961 194962 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries