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851617

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date	28/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Reserves
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 issued instructions to police authorities to build up financial reserves.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	130380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not mandate specific levels of police financial reserves as it is a matter for Police and Crime Commissioners to determine appropriate levels of reserves required to support their financial plans. As at March 2017 PCCs held usable resource reserves of over £1.6bn. This is public money and the public are entitled to more information around police plans for reserves and how those plans will support more effective policing. The Home Office has therefore published guidance to PCCs requiring them to publish their reserves strategies in plain English, with a clear justification for each reserve held. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-financial-reserves" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-financial-reserves</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/03/2018 15:18:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

851647

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of GPs in each police constabulary area who are not participating in the firearms licensing process.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	130410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>In accordance with arrangements introduced in 2016, the police write to the GPs of those who apply for a firearms licence to seek relevant information regarding the applicant’s health before the licence is issued. We do not collect statistics on the number of certificates that have been granted without the applicant’s GP having participated in the process. However, reports from police forces and firearms licence applicants indicate that the participation rates amongst GPs are variable. We have been in discussions with the police, medical bodies and shooting representatives about how greater consistency can be achieved.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 130407 question first answered 07/03/2018 16:07:13 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

851644

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
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 shotgun and firearms certificates that have been granted where the applicant's doctor has not participated in the licensing process in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
uin	130407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>In accordance with arrangements introduced in 2016, the police write to the GPs of those who apply for a firearms licence to seek relevant information regarding the applicant’s health before the licence is issued. We do not collect statistics on the number of certificates that have been granted without the applicant’s GP having participated in the process. However, reports from police forces and firearms licence applicants indicate that the participation rates amongst GPs are variable. We have been in discussions with the police, medical bodies and shooting representatives about how greater consistency can be achieved.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 130410 question first answered 07/03/2018 16:07:13 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

850897

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis
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 assess the health and economic benefits of legalising cannabis for medical use.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	130113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The World Health Organization’s Expert Committee on Drug Dependence has committed to reviewing the scheduling of cannabis under the United Nation’s 1961 Convention. This is due to consider the therapeutic use, as well as dependence and the potential to abuse constituent parts of cannabis. This is due in 2019 and we will await the outcome of this report before considering the next steps.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/03/2018 17:44:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

851774

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
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 potential merits of equipping more police officers with Taser non-lethal weapons, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Aldershot
tabling member printed	Leo Docherty
uin	130537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to giving the police the necessary tools to do their job and TASER<sup>®</sup>, a form of conducted energy device (CED), provides officers with an important less-lethal, tactical option when facing potentially physically violent situations.</p><p>While its use must be in line with the Home Secretary’s authorisation of the device, the deployment of TASER<sup>® </sup>is an operational matter for Chief Officers. It is for them to determine the number of devices and specially trained officers based on their force assessment of threat and risk.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/03/2018 15:59:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty