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732871

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Housing: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many home fire safety checks have been made in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	1267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of home fire safety checks made by Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) in England are published in fire statistics data table 1201 which accompanied the “Fire and rescue authorities: operational statistics bulletin for England 2015 to 2016” – the release is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics#fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics:-latest-version" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fire-statistics#fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics:-latest-version</a></p><p>Data for 2009-10 are published in Appendix table 14 accompanying the 2009-10 release here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics-bulletin-for-england-2009-to-2010" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-and-rescue-authorities-operational-statistics-bulletin-for-england-2009-to-2010</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/07/2017 12:10:24 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

747647

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Custody: Mental Illness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to issue guidance on the circumstances in which an adult with a mental disorder may be removed to a police station under section 81 of the Police and Crime Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	2409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The circumstances in which a police station may be used as place of safety for an adult with a mental disorder will be specified by regulations. These regulations are currently being finalised and will be laid in Parliament as soon as possible thereafter.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also issue guidance on the implementation of all of the amendments to sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 included in sections 80-83 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017, in time for their coming into force.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of people with a mental disorder removed to police stations (under section 135 or 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983) since January 2017 is not yet centrally available. Data for the period between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 will be included in Home Office statistics covering 2016-17, due for publication in October 2017. The latest published data showed a 54% reduction in the use of police stations between 2014-15 (4,537 occasions) and 2015-16 (2,100 occasions) for all ages.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2378 question first answered 06/07/2017 13:17:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

747643

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Action Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of fraud were reported to Action Fraud by each police force in each year from 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	2412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The way in which fraud offences are reported and subsequently recorded has changed in recent years. From April 2011 Action Fraud began gradually taking over the recording of fraud offences on behalf of individual police forces, completing in March 2013. Action Fraud is the UK’s national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre. The transfer to Action Fraud was rolled out at different times for different forces, therefore the year ending March 2014 was the first full year where all fraud offences previously reported to the police were recorded by Action Fraud. Due to this change caution should be applied when comparing data over this transitional period and with earlier years.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of fraud offences by police force area is only available for the years ending March 2010 to March 2013, when victims of fraud were still able to report to their local police force.<strong> </strong>These data are published on GOV.UK in the ‘Police recorded crime open data Police Force Area tables’ at this website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a>. The table attached provides information on the number of fraud offences recorded by each police force in England and Wales between the years ending March 2010 and March 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Since Action Fraud took over responsibility for recording fraud offences, victims reported fraud centrally to Action Fraud, therefore data from the year ending March 2014 is only available at national level and not by police force area. The Home Office collects this data via the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). These data, which are published by the ONS, are available in Table A4 of the ‘Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables’ at this website:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/07/2017 13:19:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

747651

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Custody: Mental Illness
	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) adults and (b) children with a mental disorder in each force area have been removed to police stations since January 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	2378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The circumstances in which a police station may be used as place of safety for an adult with a mental disorder will be specified by regulations. These regulations are currently being finalised and will be laid in Parliament as soon as possible thereafter.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also issue guidance on the implementation of all of the amendments to sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 included in sections 80-83 of the Policing and Crime Act 2017, in time for their coming into force.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of people with a mental disorder removed to police stations (under section 135 or 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983) since January 2017 is not yet centrally available. Data for the period between 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 will be included in Home Office statistics covering 2016-17, due for publication in October 2017. The latest published data showed a 54% reduction in the use of police stations between 2014-15 (4,537 occasions) and 2015-16 (2,100 occasions) for all ages.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2409 question first answered 06/07/2017 13:17:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

747100

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Stations
	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 purpose of front desks in police stations; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	2287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong>The purpose and use of front desks in police stations are local decisions for the directly accountable Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable of each area.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/07/2017 12:04:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

747488

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Greater Manchester
	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 ensure that Greater Manchester Police have sufficient resources to reduce harm caused by the drug spice.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	2572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>It is an operational decision for Chief Constables, working with Police and Crime Commissioners to determine the best use of their available resources. The 2015 Spending Review protected overall police spending in real terms, and the 2017/18 police funding settlement maintained that protection.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/07/2017 13:28:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

747063

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	War Crimes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process is in place for individual constituents to bring alleged cases of war crimes to the attention of the war crimes unit and the relevant authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	2281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The investigation and prosecution of individuals suspected of war crimes is an operational matter for the police. Any decision to investigate or prosecute is the responsibility of the police in consultation with Crown Prosecution Service. In particular, the War Crimes Team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) has national responsibility within England and Wales for the investigation of such offences, including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture; it is their responsibility, accordingly, to determine the recourses necessary to carry out this function.</p><p> </p><p>Referrals from the public can be made directly to the War Crimes Team at the following email address:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="mailto:SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk" target="_blank">SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidelines on this referral process can be found on the Crown Prosecution Service’s website:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html</a></p><p> </p><p>As policing is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the responsibility for investigations into alleged war crime offences, and the referral system, is an operational matter for Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, respectively.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2283 question first answered 06/07/2017 12:01:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

747064

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	War Crimes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to enable people to bring allegations of war crimes to the attention of the appropriate authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	2283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The investigation and prosecution of individuals suspected of war crimes is an operational matter for the police. Any decision to investigate or prosecute is the responsibility of the police in consultation with Crown Prosecution Service. In particular, the War Crimes Team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) has national responsibility within England and Wales for the investigation of such offences, including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture; it is their responsibility, accordingly, to determine the recourses necessary to carry out this function.</p><p> </p><p>Referrals from the public can be made directly to the War Crimes Team at the following email address:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="mailto:SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk" target="_blank">SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidelines on this referral process can be found on the Crown Prosecution Service’s website:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html</a></p><p> </p><p>As policing is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the responsibility for investigations into alleged war crime offences, and the referral system, is an operational matter for Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, respectively.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2281 question first answered 06/07/2017 12:01:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

747073

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Restraint Techniques: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the disproportionate use of force against BME people in prison and police custody.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	2303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is clear that all use of force in prison and police custody – or any other setting – must be lawful, necessary, proportionate and conducted as safely as is possible. If officers need to use force, it is right that they are expected to account for their actions.</p><p>We are committed to improving transparency and accountability on the police use of force, which is why in 2014 the then Home Secretary asked former CC David Shaw (Chief Constable for West Mercia until July 2016) to lead a review into what data should be recorded and published. The review reported in 2015 and recommended the police record and publish the ethnicity, age, location and outcome for all incidents where a reasonable level of force is used, including physical restraint, less lethal weapons and firearms.</p><p>All police forces in England and Wales have been working to implement this data collection system from April 2017. All forces are expected to publish their record level use of force data for the first time this summer. A subset of this use of force data will also form part of the Home Office 2017-18 Annual Data Requirement, which will be published on GOV.UK in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/07/2017 12:08:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

747464

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	South Yorkshire Police
	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 there have been in the South Yorkshire Police Service in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	2405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales, 30 September 2016’ statistical bulletin, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for previous years can be found in the Open Data tables, available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539270/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539270/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>The next release of ‘Police workforce’ statistics is due to be published on 20<sup>th</sup> July, and will represent the picture as at 31 March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/07/2017 13:14:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock