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1354826

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the adequacy of the regulation of nitrous oxide.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	uin	903408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2021 answer text <p>Cabinet colleagues and other ministers meet regularly to discuss a wide range of matters. The Government takes the supply of substances for their psychoactive effect very seriously. There are legitimate uses for nitrous oxide, such as in medicine, dentistry and as a propellant for whipped cream canisters, but those who supply nitrous oxide who know, or who are reckless as to whether, it will be used for its psychoactive effect may be subject to a maximum sentence of seven years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both under the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016. On 3 September, the Government asked the independent statutory advisory body, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, to provide an updated assessment of the harms of nitrous oxide and adequacy of controls.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/09/2021 15:37:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1388683

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street
	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 discussions with the Metropolitan Police Commissioner regarding (a) the Metropolitan Police presence at Number 10 on 18 December 2020 and (b) facilitating the Cabinet Secretary's investigation into allegations around social gatherings of staff on that date.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	94554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has regular meetings with the London Metropolitan Commissioner, Dame Cressida Dick to discuss matters of strategic interest.</p><p>The Metropolitan Police Service, in common with other police forces, is operationally independent of Government and free from political interference.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/01/2022 17:17:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1419062

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will launch a public inquiry into the Metropolitan Police’s handling of potential breaches of covid-19 regulations in 10 Downing Street.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	117004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police Service, in common with all other police forces in the United Kingdom, is operationally independent from Government. To protect and maintain that independence, Ministers do not intervene in individual cases, complaints or operational decisions made by the police and nor should MPs.</p><p>Allegations against the police are handled under a comprehensive legislative framework, which includes the role of the independent police “watchdog”, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). The IOPC is responsible for investigating the most serious and sensitive cases and, by law, forces must refer certain matters to them – including any allegation of serious corruption. The Government strengthened the police complaints and discipline systems in February 2020 making them more timely, proportionate and accountable. This included additional powers for the IOPC, including the “power of initiative” to ensure they can investigate of its own volition without first requiring a referral from a police force.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/02/2022 15:23:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1422672

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street
	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 any discussions with the Metropolitan Police in relation to Operation Hillman.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	125348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has regular meetings with serving London Metropolitan Commissioners to discuss matters of strategic interest as part of her duties under her departmental portfolio. However, the Metropolitan Police Service - in common with other police forces - are operationally independent of Government and free from political interference.</p><p>As a result, any decision to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for alleged breaches following the conclusion of Operation Hillman will be for the Metropolitan Police to determine.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2022 13:38:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1422673

	registered interest
	date	18/02/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police has shared any information with her Department regarding Operation Hillman.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	125349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has regular meetings with serving London Metropolitan Commissioners to discuss matters of strategic interest as part of her duties under her departmental portfolio.</p><p>However, the Metropolitan Police Service - in common with other police forces - are operationally independent of Government and free from political interference. As a result, any decision to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for alleged breaches following the conclusion of Operation Hillman will be for the Metropolitan Police to determine.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/02/2022 13:01:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1465937

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	10 Downing Street: Security
	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 adequacy of the security arrangements at 10 Downing Street during the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will undertake a review of whether the (a) police and (b) other security personnel observed parties occurring during their surveillance of the property.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	9061
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on protective security arrangements. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals and locations concerned.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/06/2022 14:50:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

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

1459100

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Abduction: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of child abductions in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	157366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>The number of offences of child abduction in England and Wales recorded by the police in the previous five years is presented in the table below.</p><p>Table 1, Police Recorded Crime, England and Wales</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 2021 – September 2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of child abduction offences</p></td><td><p>1,094</p></td><td><p>1,189</p></td><td><p>1,255</p></td><td><p>1,144</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>768</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This is published on the Home Office website at</p><p><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></p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of child abduction offences in Scotland or Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/04/2022 16:33:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1385779

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Males
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the outcomes of BAME men in the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	88826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2021 answer text <p>Disparities in the number of minority ethnic men, as well as women and young people, in the justice system is monitored and the data, including analysis of relative differences between groups, creates a detailed picture of where over-representation occurs. A comprehensive assessment of the ethnic population across the criminal justice system, including in prisons, published on 2 December, can be found in the <em>Ethnicity and the Criminal Justice system</em>. This now includes data-sharing on the educational background of offenders, broken down by ethnicity. The Youth Justice Board’s report <em>Understanding Racial Disparity </em>was also published on 2 December.</p><p> </p><p>Operational agencies covering criminal justice undertake their own analysis and develop measures to address differences where they cannot be explained or justified by other factors, such as offence type or geography. Detailed accounts of the steps being taken to improve the outcomes of Ethnic Minority men in the criminal justice system can be found in the published updates <em>Tackling Racial Disparity 2018</em> and <em>2020</em>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 88827 question first answered 14/12/2021 17:52:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1360563

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Neurology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If she will take steps with the Secretary of State for Justice to develop an overarching national strategy to improve the outcomes for neurodivergent people in the criminal justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Steven Bonnar
	uin	903773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>We are working closely with the Ministry of Justice on the development of a national strategy to improve outcomes for neurodivergent people in the criminal justice system (CJS).</p><p>The recent Criminal Justice Joint Inspection report on neurodiversity in the CJS is welcome. I look forward to discussing this with the new Secretary of State for Justice.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/10/2021 15:05:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4748 label Biography information for Steven Bonnar