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1486165

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Threat to Life Notices
	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 30 June 2022 to Question 25867 on Threat to Life Notices, whether her Department holds figures on the cost to police forces of issuing Osman warnings in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	30025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect or hold figures on the cost to police force of issuing Osman warnings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:48:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1485318

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Ellesmere Port and Neston
	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 were based permanently in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	28890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 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://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" 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. Data on the number of police officers in Cheshire Police, on both a full-time equivalent (FTE) and a headcount basis, as at 31 March each year since 2007 are available in the Open Data Tables that accompany the release here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods</a></p><p>The next release of ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’, which will cover the situation as at March 2022, is scheduled for release on Wednesday 27th July.</p><p>While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, throughout the duration of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount only) in England and Wales by Police Force Area. The latest release contains provisional headcount figures for 31 March 2022, which are available here: Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:46:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1484969

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	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 protect the victims of cuckooing through the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	900903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>This Government is determined to crack down on the county lines gangs who exploit our children and have a devastating impact on our communities. That is why, through the ten-year Drugs Strategy, we are investing up to £145m over three years in our successful County Lines Programme. Since November 2019 police activity funded by the County Lines Programme has closed over 2,400 lines, made over 8,000 arrests, and engaged over 9,500 individuals through safeguarding interventions.</p><p>Also, through the County Lines Programme, the Home Office funds the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre (NCLCC) who have identified and are sharing best practice on ‘cuckooing’. Examples include working with local authorities and housing associations to raise awareness, to disrupt this malicious crime and signpost vulnerable victims to support.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:49:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1485066

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2022
	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, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2014 at tackling anti-social behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	28488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>It is important that local authorities have the powers they need to tackle all local issues quickly and effectively. That is why we introduced a range of flexible tools and powers to tackle anti-social behaviour through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>The powers in the 2014 Act are deliberately local in nature and it is for local authorities to determine how best to respond to each individual case. The powers support appropriate action to resolve anti-social behaviour, including through setting restrictions or positive requirements on individuals.</p><p>The Home Office published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-bill-anti-social-behaviour" target="_blank">statutory guidance</a> to support local areas to make effective use of these powers to emphasise the importance of focusing on the impact of anti-social behaviour on victims and further to support local authorities to make effective use of these powers. This guidance was updated in June 2022 to ensure a victim-centered approach to tackling ASB.</p><p>Last year the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Beating Crime Plan</em></a> laid out the Government’s plan for tackling crime and ASB and committed to working with local agencies and partners to drive down ASB using the full range of powers and tools in the 2014 Act.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:44:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1484614

	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	North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives of the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	27646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Home Office officials and Ministers are in regular contact with all fire and rescue authorities on a wide range of issues.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:21:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1484615

	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	Fire and Rescue Services
	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 an assessment of what constitutes a safe fire engine-to-population ratio with (a) a fire station with 24-hour cover, (b) day-time firefighter cover with a retained-only night service and (c) retained-only cover.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	27647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>No. These are operational matters for local fire and rescue leaders to assess based on an understanding of their local risk.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:14:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1484660

	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	Home Office: EU Law
	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 (a) the number of officials in her Department involved in recording retained EU legislation for the purposes of the Retained EU Law Dashboard in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) the cost to the public purse of recording that information.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	27728
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>There were a number of officials who provided information relating to their policy areas to identify retained EU legislation for inclusion in the Retained EU Law Dashboard. This was an iterative process over a number of months. In Full Time Equivalent terms this staffing resource would equate to 0.5 FTE.</p><p>There has been no additional non-pay cost to the public purse by creating the dashboard. The process was led by the Cabinet Office, who commissioned Government Departments to find REUL within their legislation and compile an authoritative account of where REUL sits on the UK statute book.</p><p>The dashboard itself is made by the Government Strategic Management Office and is hosted on Tableau Public, which is a free platform for hosting public dashboards. The dashboard will continue to be updated at no additional cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:47:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1484773

	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	Social Services: 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 potential merits of requiring all recruiting agencies in the care sector to register with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority in order to obtain a licence to operate.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	27629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes reports of illegal and unsafe employment practices, including in the social care sector, incredibly seriously. Enforcement bodies, including the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority, will take full and robust enforcement action in such cases.</p><p>The direction for the three labour market enforcement bodies is set out by the Director of Labour Market Enforcement in her annual strategy. The strategy includes an assessment of the highest risk sectors, which enables the enforcement bodies to target their activity in areas of greatest concern. The Government is guided by the annual strategy and considers appropriate policy interventions for sectors identified at highest risk, such as expanding the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority’s licensing scheme to the care sector and will keep this under review. It is imperative that we have a strong evidence base in considering policies that will best protect vulnerable workers and drive-up standards. The Director of Labour Market Enforcement will continue to monitor sectors at risk.</p><p>Furthermore, the 2019 manifesto included a commitment for the Government to continue its campaigns to eradicate the scourge of modern slavery. We will continue our leadership in tackling modern slavery including labour exploitation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:17:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

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

1484819

	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	Police
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in the UK are currently under special measures.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
	uin	27767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Service (HMICFRS) independently and continuously assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of every police force in England and Wales. Forces are escalated into an enhanced monitoring phase, 'Engage' on the basis of HMI concerns over their ability to address areas of significant and/or longstanding underperformance.</p><p>Forces in the engage phase of monitoring attend the Policing Performance Oversight Group (PPOG), comprising senior stakeholders from the College of Policing, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, National Police Chief’s Council and the Home Office, to provide the constructive support and challenge needed to address those areas of underperformance which are a cause for concern.</p><p>Chief Constables of ‘engaged’ forces are expected to present a comprehensive improvement plan to PPOG, which meets regularly to consider the progress being made and to support the force to address the failings identified. Forces are moved back into the ‘Scan’ phase of monitoring only when HMICFRS is satisfied that sufficient and sustained improvement has been made.</p><p>Out of 43 forces in England and Wales, there are currently six forces in ‘engage’: Cleveland, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, the Metropolitan Police Service, Staffordshire and Wiltshire.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:10:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1484821

	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	Public Sector: 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, if her Department will publish an (a) economic and (b) equality impact assessment of section 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	27594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Section 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 introduces a statutory aggravating factor for assaults committed against those providing a public service, performing a public duty or providing a service to the public.</p><p>The public facing nature of the victim’s role will therefore be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences. This will send a very strong signal that assaults of this kind are totally unacceptable. This Government wants to ensure those who are serving the public can feel protected from abuse when working. The provision commenced on 28 June 2022.</p><p>The economic impact assessment for the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 will be published in due course. An equality impact assessment was published on introduction of the Bill. There are no plans to update the assessment.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:09:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1484913

	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: Wakefield
	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 adequacy of the police response to reports of antisocial behaviour in Wakefield constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	27773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent anti-social behaviour can have on both individuals and communities.</p><p>We 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 through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>However, it is for local areas to decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances. They are best placed to understand what is driving the behaviour in question, the impact that it is having, and to determine the most appropriate response.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and PCCs, as operational leaders and elected local representatives, to decide how best to respond to local crime priorities and to help ensure that the police have the resources they need, we have given them the biggest funding increase in a decade and are recruiting 20,000 additional officers by March 2023, which provides extra resource to protect the public and keep us safe.</p><p>Home Office statutory guidance was updated in June 2022. It supports for local areas to make effective use of the anti-social behaviour powers. The guidance highlights the importance of multi-agency approaches (this is not limited to use of powers).</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:12:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1484230

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime: Rural Areas
	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 tackle rural crime (a) in Cumbria and (b) across England.
	tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
	tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
	uin	26917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Our manifesto committed us to use police resources to tackle rural crime. As well as recruiting 20,000 additional police officers, we are also taking steps to address issues that we know affect rural communities. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act empowers and equips the police and courts with the powers they need to combat hare coursing. The Government is also providing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit. As at 31 March 2022, Cumbria Police has recruited 117 additional uplift officers against a combined year 1 and 2 allocation of 101 officers. The force has been allocated 68 additional uplift officers in the final year of Uplift. The deployment of these officers is an operational decision for Chief Constables.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:41:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1484281

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Pay
	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 made an assessment of the impact of the two per cent pay offer made by fire and rescue services National Employers to the Fire Brigades Union on 27 June for the 2022-23 pay round on (a) industrial relations with firefighters and (b) firefighter recruitment and retention.
	tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
	tabling member printed	Beth Winter
	uin	26886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Firefighters’ pay in England is the responsibility of the National Joint Council and Central Government has no role to play in this process.</p><p>The Home Office funds the National Fire Chiefs’ Council’s People Programme which supports the recruitment and retention of firefighters.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:23:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1483384

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	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 and Crime
	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 trends in the level of (a) youth crime and (b) anti-social behaviour in (i) Bournemouth East and (ii) England in the last three years; and what steps she is taking to help tackle those crimes.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	25768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent ASB can have on both individuals and communities.</p><p>The Government introduced a range of flexible tools and powers for local agencies, including police forces, local authorities, and landlords, to tackle anti-social behaviour through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (‘the 2014 Act’). Local areas decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances.</p><p>Home Office statutory guidance, which was updated in June 2022, supports all local agencies in using the powers from the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and in taking the multi-agency approach that is needed to tackle and prevent anti-social behaviour in a way that takes account of the needs of the victim and the wider community.</p><p>Last year the Beating Crime Plan laid out the Government’s plan for tackling crime and ASB and committed to working with local agencies and partners to drive down ASB using the full range of powers and tools in the ‘2014 Act’.</p><p>The Home Office announced in March this year that ASB would be one of the primary crime and issue types being targeted in the fourth and fifth rounds of the Safer Streets Fund. This is a total of £150m over two rounds which aims to support local areas in preventing and tackling neighbourhood crimes, ASB and violence against women and girls.</p><p>The Levelling-up Fund (LUF), which is a total of £4.8billion, will invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK, including regenerating town centres and high streets, upgrading local transport, and investing in cultural and heritage assets. Crime and ASB forms part of the LUF prospectus, which means that local areas will be able to include reduction of crime and ASB within their bids for funding. The Minister for Crime, Policing and Probation wrote out to all Police and Crime Commissioner’s in April 2022 encouraging them to work closely with local authorities on their bids to incorporate crime and ASB reducing elements.</p><p>The ONS publish data on trends of anti-social behaviour incidents recorded by the police in England and Wales at Police Force Area (PFA) level annually and the latest figures can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables</a></p><p>Data is not held centrally at Parliamentary Constituency level.</p><p>For ten years, the Youth Endowment Fund has invested £200million in early intervention and support initiatives to support young people at risk of involvement in serious violence. Violence Reduction Units divert young people away from crime, they reached 26,000 in their second year of funding.</p><p>Trends on juvenile offenders is held by the Ministry of Justice and Youth Justice Board and statistics on young people (aged 10 to 17) receiving cautions and convictions at court are published on a quarterly basis and the latest statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2021</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:43:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1483405

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: First Aid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of bleed-control kits in the London Borough of Havering; and whether her Department has plans to roll out those kits nationwide.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	25756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The use of bleed control kits is determined at the local level. The Government does not provide specific funding for bleed control kits.</p><p>We do however provide an annual funding settlement for the police, allocated using the police funding formula.</p><p>On 2 February 2022, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23, an increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>In 2022/23, the Metropolitan Police Service will receive up to £3241.6 million; an increase of up to £169.3 million when compared to 2021/22. It is for Chief Constables, directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Mayors with PCC functions to make operational decisions including how to allocate resources based on their local knowledge and experience.</p><p>The Government has also made £130m available this financial year (22/23) to tackle serious violence, including murder and knife crime. This includes £12,691,400 for the London Violence Reduction Unit.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:47:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1483406

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Havering
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the financial contribution is of the London Borough of Havering to the Metropolitan Police; and how much is assigned from the London Metropolitan Police to the London Borough of Havering.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	25757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The average (Band D) council tax charge in the Borough of Havering is £1970.97, of which £277 is allocated to the Metropolitan Police. The Government does not collect data on the total amount collected from each borough or how those funds are allocated, as this is a matter for the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police.</p><p>Total funding for the Metropolitan Police in 2022-23 will be over £3 billion, of which around £849 million will come from council tax precept.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:39:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1483407

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	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 publish data on the number of knife crimes in (a) Romford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Havering in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	25758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office collects information on the number of offences involving the use of a knife or a sharp instrument recorded by the police in England and Wales at the Police Force Area level. These data can be found in the quarterly Office for National Statistics quarterly releases ‘Crime in England and Wales’.</p><p>The latest figures can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingdecember2021" target="_blank">Crime in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:37:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1483457

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Bicycles: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of bicycles stolen in each police region in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	25820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The number of bicycle theft offences reported to and recorded by the police in England and Wales, in the year ending December 2021, broken down by region, is presented in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Bicycle theft offences</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2,557</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>7,058</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>5,325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>5,136</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>4,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>7,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>21,115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>10,588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>5,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2,173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Transport Police</p></td><td><p>3,624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 74,393 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Statistics on the number of bicycle theft offences recorded by each police force in England and Wales are published on a quarterly basis on the Home Office website at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fpolice-recorded-crime-open-data-tables&amp;data=05%7C01%7CChristopher.Linehan%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C3dd0140f92c64235a79008da58e4a5a5%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637920036289641981%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JZ5A3iOmwlRQOsn0JgAX%2BOJZuOmt49rUpvapg6iFz2o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:46:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1483462

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Violence Reduction Units
	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 Violence Reduction Units.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	25825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government funds independent yearly evaluations into the Violence Reduction Unit programme. The recently published 20/21 VRU Evaluation (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-reduction-unit-year-ending-march-2021-evaluation-report/violence-reduction-unit-year-ending-march-2021-evaluation-report" target="_blank">Violence reduction unit year ending March 2021 evaluation report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>) has shown positive early signs of the programme’s impact, estimating that the combination of VRU and targeted enforcement activity has prevented approximately 49,000 violent offences over their first two years of activity compared to unfunded areas (41,377 violence without injury offences and 7,636 violence with injury offences). Relative to the amount of serious violence funding over the same period, this represents an estimated return of £3.16 for every £1 invested in serious violence.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to monitor trends in violence closely and conduct yearly independent evaluations into the VRU programme to assess the programme’s impact.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:35:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1483483

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Threat to Life Notices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics her Department holds on the number of Osman warnings (threat to life notices), issued by police forces in England in each of the last ten years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	25867
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally held.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on use of various police powers and procedures, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>However, information on Osman warnings is not collected.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/06/2022 14:40:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1483504

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Pets: Theft
	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 an estimate of the number of pet thefts in the last 12 months compared to the 12 months prior.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
	uin	26023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Information on the scale of pet theft was gathered as part of the recent Pet Theft Taskforce and evidence included data from 33 police forces in England and Wales on trends in reported dog thefts from 2015 to 2020 and is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pet-theft-taskforce-report/pet-theft-taskforce-report" target="_blank">Pet theft taskforce report - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Pet Theft Taskforce estimated that around 2,000 dog thefts were reported to the police each year (2019 and 2020) in England and Wales. The Pet Theft Taskforce recommended exploring options which would lead to improving the consistency of recording and collection data on pet thefts by all police forces across England and Wales and government across the entirety of the criminal justice system.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for acquisitive crime has written to all forces asking them to ensure details about stolen dogs are recorded consistently. Operation Opal (the NPCC’s national intelligence unit focused on serious organised acquisitive crime) has suggested that forces across England and Wales are seeing a fall in the number of these crimes, and we are pressing for a further update on the data.</p><p>The Government is acting on the recommendations of the Task Force which includes introducing a new dog abduction offence which has been added by the Government to the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, bolstering the raft of measures it already includes to further protect pets, livestock and kept wild animals.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:33:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1483582

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Flats
	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 include (a) guidance on and (b) specific reference to the storing and charging of e-bikes and e-scooters in the Government’s planned update to Fire safety in purpose-built blocks of flats.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	25795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Fire Safety in Purpose Built Blocks of Flats guide is currently being updated and we will shortly be launching a stakeholder engagement exercise seeking views on the revised version.</p><p>The guide includes a section on electrical hazards and specific reference to mobility scooters but there are no plans at present to include specific reference to the storing and charging of e-bikes and e-scooters. We would welcome views through the stakeholder engagement exercise on the content of the guide and any new or emerging issues that stakeholders would like to see included within it.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:28:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1473061

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls
	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 are taking to reduce waiting times on the 101 non-emergency line.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	24577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>Police forces are operationally independent and the handling of 101 calls is a matter for them. It is for Chief Constables and elected Police and Crime Commissioners or Mayors to decide how to handle communications with the public, based on their experience and knowledge of the communities they serve.</p><p>However, the Home Office is clear that any call to the 101 number should be answered in a timely manner, and after providing details of the incident the caller should be given a crime reference number to track progress or request an update from the police on the case. In its Beating Crime Plan the Government committed to improving the responsiveness of local police to 101 and 999 calls by developing league tables for call answering times and ensuring that the public know how responsive their local force is when they call them for help.</p><p>On 31 May we published national data on answering times to 999 calls and later this year we are planning to publish performance data for all forces showing responsiveness to 101 calls.</p><p>The Home Office is making sure that the police have the resources they need to beat crime, which remains one of the Government’s top priorities.</p><p>This includes £14m in funding to the NPCC’s Digital Public Contact Programme to support delivery of the Single Online Home national policing digital platform. This provides a digital 101 service, an online facility to make it easier for victims of ASB to report incidents.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 24578 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:38:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1473062

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	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: 101 Calls
	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 impact of delays in answering calls to the 101 non emergency line on reporting of anti-social behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	24578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>Police forces are operationally independent and the handling of 101 calls is a matter for them. It is for Chief Constables and elected Police and Crime Commissioners or Mayors to decide how to handle communications with the public, based on their experience and knowledge of the communities they serve.</p><p>However, the Home Office is clear that any call to the 101 number should be answered in a timely manner, and after providing details of the incident the caller should be given a crime reference number to track progress or request an update from the police on the case. In its Beating Crime Plan the Government committed to improving the responsiveness of local police to 101 and 999 calls by developing league tables for call answering times and ensuring that the public know how responsive their local force is when they call them for help.</p><p>On 31 May we published national data on answering times to 999 calls and later this year we are planning to publish performance data for all forces showing responsiveness to 101 calls.</p><p>The Home Office is making sure that the police have the resources they need to beat crime, which remains one of the Government’s top priorities.</p><p>This includes £14m in funding to the NPCC’s Digital Public Contact Programme to support delivery of the Single Online Home national policing digital platform. This provides a digital 101 service, an online facility to make it easier for victims of ASB to report incidents.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 24577 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:38:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1473063

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Motorcycles: 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, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of off road bike use in incidents of anti-social behaviour.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	24579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that misuse of off-road bikes can cause nuisance and distress to communities. The Minister for Safeguarding set out the Government’s approach to dealing with this problem in an adjournment debate on 20 June 2022. Data on the number of incidents is not held centrally.</p><p>Between May and September 2021, the Government held a consultation seeking views on new levels of fees applied to the removal and storage of vehicles under the Police Reform Act 2002 in England and Wales. The consultation also sought views on whether aspects of the regulations and legislation are adequate to provide a sustainable service for vehicle recovery. However, the consultation did not include plans to amend the Section 59 powers. We will shortly announce the next steps following our consultation.</p><p>The Government does not believe that the introduction of a mandatory registration scheme for off-road quad bikes would be the most effective way to tackle dangerous and anti-social use. It would also place a burden and cost on law abiding citizens who would be most impacted by the requirements.</p><p>We will continue to support the police to enforce road traffic legislation and will use every available measure to confront the scourge of antisocial behaviour.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 24580 24581 24582 24583 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:35:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1473064

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Motorcycles: Seized Articles
	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 raise the cost to recover an off road bike after it has been seized by the police.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	24580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that misuse of off-road bikes can cause nuisance and distress to communities. The Minister for Safeguarding set out the Government’s approach to dealing with this problem in an adjournment debate on 20 June 2022. Data on the number of incidents is not held centrally.</p><p>Between May and September 2021, the Government held a consultation seeking views on new levels of fees applied to the removal and storage of vehicles under the Police Reform Act 2002 in England and Wales. The consultation also sought views on whether aspects of the regulations and legislation are adequate to provide a sustainable service for vehicle recovery. However, the consultation did not include plans to amend the Section 59 powers. We will shortly announce the next steps following our consultation.</p><p>The Government does not believe that the introduction of a mandatory registration scheme for off-road quad bikes would be the most effective way to tackle dangerous and anti-social use. It would also place a burden and cost on law abiding citizens who would be most impacted by the requirements.</p><p>We will continue to support the police to enforce road traffic legislation and will use every available measure to confront the scourge of antisocial behaviour.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 24579 24581 24582 24583 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:35:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1473065

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Motorcycles: Crime
	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 potential merits of amending Section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to include vehicles which transport illegal off road bikes.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	24581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that misuse of off-road bikes can cause nuisance and distress to communities. The Minister for Safeguarding set out the Government’s approach to dealing with this problem in an adjournment debate on 20 June 2022. Data on the number of incidents is not held centrally.</p><p>Between May and September 2021, the Government held a consultation seeking views on new levels of fees applied to the removal and storage of vehicles under the Police Reform Act 2002 in England and Wales. The consultation also sought views on whether aspects of the regulations and legislation are adequate to provide a sustainable service for vehicle recovery. However, the consultation did not include plans to amend the Section 59 powers. We will shortly announce the next steps following our consultation.</p><p>The Government does not believe that the introduction of a mandatory registration scheme for off-road quad bikes would be the most effective way to tackle dangerous and anti-social use. It would also place a burden and cost on law abiding citizens who would be most impacted by the requirements.</p><p>We will continue to support the police to enforce road traffic legislation and will use every available measure to confront the scourge of antisocial behaviour.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 24579 24580 24582 24583 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:35:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1473066

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Motorcycles: Registration
	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 will take to help ensure that (a) all off road bikes are registered and (b) all owners of those types of bikes are identifiable.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	24582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that misuse of off-road bikes can cause nuisance and distress to communities. The Minister for Safeguarding set out the Government’s approach to dealing with this problem in an adjournment debate on 20 June 2022. Data on the number of incidents is not held centrally.</p><p>Between May and September 2021, the Government held a consultation seeking views on new levels of fees applied to the removal and storage of vehicles under the Police Reform Act 2002 in England and Wales. The consultation also sought views on whether aspects of the regulations and legislation are adequate to provide a sustainable service for vehicle recovery. However, the consultation did not include plans to amend the Section 59 powers. We will shortly announce the next steps following our consultation.</p><p>The Government does not believe that the introduction of a mandatory registration scheme for off-road quad bikes would be the most effective way to tackle dangerous and anti-social use. It would also place a burden and cost on law abiding citizens who would be most impacted by the requirements.</p><p>We will continue to support the police to enforce road traffic legislation and will use every available measure to confront the scourge of antisocial behaviour.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 24579 24580 24581 24583 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:35:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1473067

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Motorcycles: Registration
	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 ensure all off road bikes are registered to new owners when ownership is transferred.
	tabling member constituency	Islwyn
	tabling member printed	Chris Evans
	uin	24583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that misuse of off-road bikes can cause nuisance and distress to communities. The Minister for Safeguarding set out the Government’s approach to dealing with this problem in an adjournment debate on 20 June 2022. Data on the number of incidents is not held centrally.</p><p>Between May and September 2021, the Government held a consultation seeking views on new levels of fees applied to the removal and storage of vehicles under the Police Reform Act 2002 in England and Wales. The consultation also sought views on whether aspects of the regulations and legislation are adequate to provide a sustainable service for vehicle recovery. However, the consultation did not include plans to amend the Section 59 powers. We will shortly announce the next steps following our consultation.</p><p>The Government does not believe that the introduction of a mandatory registration scheme for off-road quad bikes would be the most effective way to tackle dangerous and anti-social use. It would also place a burden and cost on law abiding citizens who would be most impacted by the requirements.</p><p>We will continue to support the police to enforce road traffic legislation and will use every available measure to confront the scourge of antisocial behaviour.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 24579 24580 24581 24582 question first answered 29/06/2022 16:35:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4040 label Biography information for Chris Evans

1473074

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Keenie Meenie Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Office, what progress has been made on the investigation of Keenie Meenie Services in relation to alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
	uin	24702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>It would not be<strong> </strong>appropriate to comment on ongoing investigations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:24:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1473087

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to strengthen the accountability of Police and Crime Commissioners; what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Police and Crime Commissioner position since it was established; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	24663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>In March 2022 we completed a two-part Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Review, delivering on the manifesto commitment to strengthen and expand the role of PCCs. Ten years on from the introduction of the PCC model, it is right to have stepped back and evaluated the role of PCCs to ensure we can continue to evolve the model.</p><p>Recommendations from the Review will sharpen local accountability, improve transparency and enhance the public’s ability to hold their PCC to account for their record on reducing crime.</p><p>The package of reforms will also ensure that PCCs have the necessary tools and levers to cut crime in their local areas; turning the dial on their involvement in the criminal justice system, including establishing the foundations for a greater role in offender management; improving their levers in local partnerships; and increasing their access to criminal justice data.</p><p>We are working closely with our partners to implement these important reforms as quickly as possible, including legislating when parliamentary time allows.</p><p>Recommendations from Part One of the review were announced to Parliament on 16 March 2021 here: <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-03-16/debates/21031653000006/PoliceAndCrimeCommissionerReviewConcludingPartOne" target="_blank">https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2021-03-16/debates/21031653000006/PoliceAndCrimeCommissionerReviewConcludingPartOne</a>.</p><p>Recommendations from Part Two of the review were announced to Parliament on 7 March 2022 here: <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-03-07/hcws664" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2022-03-07/hcws664</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2022 15:50:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1473089

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forensic Science: Laboratories
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to establish a National Crime Laboratory.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	24665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>Establishing a National Crime and Justice Laboratory is part of the Government’s ambition to make better use of data in the fight against crime.</p><p>We are working closely with stakeholders from across the Criminal Justice System to deliver this manifesto commitment. This has included a project working with stakeholders and suppliers to explore the technical requirements needed to underpin its development.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2022 15:46:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1473093

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travellers: Trespass
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to (a) help tackle unauthorised encampments established by travellers, (b) introduce new powers for the police to seize (i) vehicles and (ii) other property owned by people who trespass and (c) make intentional trespass a criminal offence.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	24667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, which received Royal Assent in April, strengthened the police’s powers to arrest and seize the vehicles and other property of those who set up unauthorised encampments and cause damage, disruption or distress.</p><p>The measures also extend the powers of the police to direct trespassers to leave land.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2022 15:59:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

1473246

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Bolton
	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 were based in (a) Bolton South East constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	24570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 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://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" 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. Data on the number of police officers in Greater Manchester Police, on both a full-time equivalent (FTE) and a headcount basis, as at 31 March each year since 2007 are available in the Open Data Tables that accompany the release here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods</p><p>The next release of ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’, which will cover the situation as at March 2022, is scheduled for release on Wednesday 27<sup>th</sup> July.</p><p>While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, throughout the duration of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount only) in England and Wales by Police Force Area. The latest release contains provisional headcount figures for 31 March 2022, which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2022 16:39:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1473247

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average spending, per head, on police in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, (c) the North West and (d) England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	24571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold figures below the level of Police Force Area.</p><p>On the 2<sup>nd</sup> February 2022, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23, an increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>Lancashire’s funding will be up to £343.7m in 2022/23, an increase of up to £17.9m when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>Operational decisions, including those on local priorities, remain the responsibility of Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioner’s.</p><p>We recognise that the current police funding formula is out of date and no longer accurately reflects demand on policing. We are committed to introducing a new formula that fairly and transparently distributes the circa £8.6bn of annual core grant funding to the 43 police forces in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2022 15:52:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1472844

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	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 had recent discussions with the Road Collision Investigation Branch on trends in the level of investigations into road traffic fatalities.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government consulted from October to December 2021 on the potential to create a Road Collision Investigation Branch. The Government published its response to the consultation on 29 June, announcing our intention to create a Road Safety Investigation Branch. This Branch will operate independently of Government and the police to better understand the causes of road collisions, with the aim of reducing death and injury on our roads.</p><p>The Home Office have no plans to introduce a review into the conduct of road death investigations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 23232 question first answered 30/06/2022 14:45:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472861

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fuel Oil: Theft
	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 help prevent the theft of domestic heating oil.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	23826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>This Government recognises the devastating impact theft and other forms of neighbourhood crime has on communities and businesses. That is why we are recruiting 20,000 extra police officers and have introduced the Safer Streets Fund to prevent these crimes from happening in the first place, supporting the deployment of solutions such as home security, increased street lighting and CCTV in high crime areas.</p><p>The Home Office has not provided specific guidance to the police on preventing the theft of domestic heating oil. Practical crime prevention advice on reducing the risk of fuel theft, including domestic heating oil, is published on the Secured by Design website, developed by the Police Crime Prevention Initiatives: <a href="https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft" target="_blank">https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft</a>.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on domestic heating oil thefts.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 23827 23828 question first answered 30/06/2022 14:51:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1472862

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fuel Oil: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has provided recent guidance to the police on preventing the theft of domestic heating oil.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	23827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>This Government recognises the devastating impact theft and other forms of neighbourhood crime has on communities and businesses. That is why we are recruiting 20,000 extra police officers and have introduced the Safer Streets Fund to prevent these crimes from happening in the first place, supporting the deployment of solutions such as home security, increased street lighting and CCTV in high crime areas.</p><p>The Home Office has not provided specific guidance to the police on preventing the theft of domestic heating oil. Practical crime prevention advice on reducing the risk of fuel theft, including domestic heating oil, is published on the Secured by Design website, developed by the Police Crime Prevention Initiatives: <a href="https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft" target="_blank">https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft</a>.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on domestic heating oil thefts.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 23826 23828 question first answered 30/06/2022 14:51:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1472863

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fuel Oil: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of domestic heating oil theft have been recorded by the police in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	23828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>This Government recognises the devastating impact theft and other forms of neighbourhood crime has on communities and businesses. That is why we are recruiting 20,000 extra police officers and have introduced the Safer Streets Fund to prevent these crimes from happening in the first place, supporting the deployment of solutions such as home security, increased street lighting and CCTV in high crime areas.</p><p>The Home Office has not provided specific guidance to the police on preventing the theft of domestic heating oil. Practical crime prevention advice on reducing the risk of fuel theft, including domestic heating oil, is published on the Secured by Design website, developed by the Police Crime Prevention Initiatives: <a href="https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft" target="_blank">https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft</a>.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on domestic heating oil thefts.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 23826 23827 question first answered 30/06/2022 14:51:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1472428

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Deaths on Duty: Medals
	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 potential merits of the Police Federation's proposals for a Victoria medal to be awarded to the families of Police officers killed whilst on duty.
	tabling member constituency	Halifax
	tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
	uin	23344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>It is important that we recognise the vital role the police play in society. This is never more true than when officers and staff make the ultimate sacrifice in order to help keep us safe. That is why the Government supported the creation of the National Police Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum and enshrined the Police Covenant in law.</p><p>All UK honours and medals are in the personal gift of HM The Queen under the Royal prerogative. The Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medal (HD Committee) gives advice to The Queen on honours matters, including new forms of official national recognition. The Honours and Appointments Secretariat in the Cabinet Office supports the Committee and will consider the options for recognition.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/06/2022 14:52:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

1472507

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Consultants
	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 spent on external consultants in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	23418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does hold information on consultancy spending and reports this in the Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>Refer to the links and pages below for the available published information that relates to consultancy spending.</p><p>Pages 99-101 of the 2020-21 Home Office Annual Report and Accounts</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1000127/HO_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2020-21_FINAL_AS_CERTIFIED__accessible_.pdf" target="_blank">HO annual report and accounts 2020-21 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Pages 88-89 of the 2019-20 Home Office Annual Report and Accounts</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/902593/HO_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2019-20_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">Home Office annual report and accounts 2019 - 2020 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Pages 79-80 of the 2018-19 Home Office Annual Report.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/807126/6.5571_HO_Annual_Report_201920_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">Home Office Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Pages 71-72 of the 2017-18 Home Office Annual Report.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727179/6_4360_HO_Annual_report_WEB.PDF" target="_blank">Home Office Annual Report - 2017-18 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Pages 59-61 (Pages 61-63 on the PDF reader) of the 2016-17 Home Office Annual Report.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627853/ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf" target="_blank">ho_annual_report_and_accounts_2016_2017.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Information relating to financial year 2021-22 will be available once the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts have been laid before Parliament. This is expected to be prior to the summer recess.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/06/2022 14:53:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1472541

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the process is for making a complaint about a police officer without that complaint being referred to the local force.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	23300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Members of the public can use the police complaints system to complain directly to the police force, or via the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) online form on its website which also explains the process.</p><p>The law provides for the most serious and sensitive matters, including allegations of assaults or serious corruption, to be referred directly to the IOPC. Since the Government’s reforms in February 2020, the IOPC has powers to initiate an investigation without having to wait for, or ‘call in’ a referral from the force itself. The IOPC has discretion to decide what matters it investigates and which it may direct the police to investigate or refer to the force to handle locally. All complaints have the right to a review to either the relevant Police and Crime Commissioner or the IOPC if they are dissatisfied.</p><p>Police officers are under a legal duty to report wrongdoing by fellow officers. They can do so via their own Professional Standards Department. An officer or former officer can also report concerns about actions of those within the police force with which they are serving or served by contacting the IOPC either via its dedicated report hotline or in writing. It is for the IOPC to decide how such reports are dealt with and which matters it investigates at the discretion of the Director General.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 23301 question first answered 28/06/2022 14:49:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1472542

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how a (a) serving and (b) retired officer can make an independent complaint about the police force they served in.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	23301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>Members of the public can use the police complaints system to complain directly to the police force, or via the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) online form on its website which also explains the process.</p><p>The law provides for the most serious and sensitive matters, including allegations of assaults or serious corruption, to be referred directly to the IOPC. Since the Government’s reforms in February 2020, the IOPC has powers to initiate an investigation without having to wait for, or ‘call in’ a referral from the force itself. The IOPC has discretion to decide what matters it investigates and which it may direct the police to investigate or refer to the force to handle locally. All complaints have the right to a review to either the relevant Police and Crime Commissioner or the IOPC if they are dissatisfied.</p><p>Police officers are under a legal duty to report wrongdoing by fellow officers. They can do so via their own Professional Standards Department. An officer or former officer can also report concerns about actions of those within the police force with which they are serving or served by contacting the IOPC either via its dedicated report hotline or in writing. It is for the IOPC to decide how such reports are dealt with and which matters it investigates at the discretion of the Director General.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 23300 question first answered 28/06/2022 14:49:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1472642

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	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 introduce a review into the conduct of road death investigations by police forces.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	23232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government consulted from October to December 2021 on the potential to create a Road Collision Investigation Branch. The Government published its response to the consultation on 29 June, announcing our intention to create a Road Safety Investigation Branch. This Branch will operate independently of Government and the police to better understand the causes of road collisions, with the aim of reducing death and injury on our roads.</p><p>The Home Office have no plans to introduce a review into the conduct of road death investigations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 23707 question first answered 30/06/2022 14:45:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1472042

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Rotherham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost was of the Independent Office for Police Conduct investigation into South Yorkshire Police response to child sexual exploitation cases, referred to as Operation Linden.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	22440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) published it’s report on Operation Linden on 22 June 2022. They have not yet compiled the total cost of the 91 investigations comprising this report.</p><p>The Director General of the IOPC will write to Sarah Champion MP in due course once the total cost is determined, and the Home Office will see that a copy of the letter is placed in the House library.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/06/2022 14:27:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1472092

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking in response to the finding by BBC Radio 4's File on 4 programme that an estimated 13,000 children have been strip-searched by police since 2017; what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the use of strip-searching by police; and if her Department will undertake a review of strip-searches of children by police.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	22570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and its use should not be a routine occurrence. The Government is clear that any use of strip search should be carried out in accordance with the law and with full regard for the dignity and welfare of the individual being searched – particularly if the individual being searched is a child.</p><p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice govern how the police should undertake a strip search. The College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on Stop and Search provides further guidance for the police on the use of strip search. We expect officers to follow the law and the best practice guidance set by the College of Policing in its APP.</p><p>To provide more transparency on this issue the Home Office have recently introduced a data collection on strip searches to the Annual Data Requirement. Police forces will be providing this data for 2021/22 on a voluntary basis, and it is due for publication towards the end of 2022. The data collection will include details on the age, sex and ethnicity of persons strip searched by the police in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/06/2022 16:13:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1472152

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the status of the Police Pension Scheme changes are as of 21 June 2022; and whether the Pensions Ombudsman has been involved in that process.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
	uin	22525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is taking steps to remove discrimination on the grounds of age. This is associated with the transitional protection arrangements and linked to the 2015 pension reforms, which was identified by the courts.</p><p>Since 1 April 2022, all police officers who continue in service do so as members of the 2015 police pension scheme. The Government is undertaking work to enable eligible pension scheme members to choose, at retirement, to receive legacy pension scheme benefits or benefits equivalent to those available under the 2015 pension scheme for service between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2022. The Government intends that the provisions for this deferred choice underpin will be implemented by 1 October 2023. <br> <br> The Pensions Ombudsman has been regularly updated on the development of the Government plans to remedy the identified age discrimination. The Pensions Ombudsman has not considered the case of any particular individuals affected as this would not be appropriate while the issue is the subject of legal proceedings before the Employment Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2022 16:01:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1472169

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	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 progress she has made on recruiting new police officers; and what the breakdown of operational officer numbers was for each of the past seven years in (a) the UK and (b) North Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Rob Roberts
	uin	22578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>As part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (in headcount terms) in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area (PFA). Data are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The Home Office collects and publishes information on officers in England and Wales only.</p><p>The latest statistics show that as at March 2022 police forces in England and Wales have recruited 13,576 additional officers as part of the Police Uplift Programme. In North Wales 164 additional officers have been recruited.</p><p>While the ‘Police officer uplift’ statistical bulletin provides a timely update on overall officer numbers, the Home Office also collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police workforce, England and Wales</a>’ statistical bulletin. These biannual statistics remain the key measure of the size of the police workforce and provide information on both a headcount and a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis.</p><p>Information on the total number of officers in England and Wales in each financial year since 2003 can be found in table H3 of the data tables which accompany the latest publication:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1060642/police-workforce-mar21-tables-second-edition.ods.ods" 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>Information on the number and proportion of officers performing frontline roles (both visible operational frontline and non-visible frontline) by financial year is published in table F5.</p><p>Both these tables are presented in full-time equivalent terms and should therefore not be directly compared with the ‘Police officer uplift’ statistics, which are published in headcount terms.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/06/2022 14:30:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4810 label Biography information for Mr Rob Roberts

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	registered interest
	date	20/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on delivering the Beating Crime Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
	uin	900593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>We are making great strides in delivering our plan to drive down crime.</p><p>We have recruited over 13,500 additional police officers, expanded our network of violence reduction units and hotspot policing to target those areas worst-affected by serious violence, and continued our relentless effort to degrade and dismantle the county lines drug-dealing model.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2022 15:24:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies