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1132887

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/06/2019
	date	18/06/2019
	date tabled	18/06/2019
	ddp created	18/06/2019 18:28:37
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	18/06/2019 18:38:42 26/06/2019 15:41:01
	hansard heading	Police: Biometrics
	house id	1
	identifier	266090
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/06/2019 16:34:28
	question first ministerially corrected	26/06/2019 15:09:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the statutory basis for the use of facial recognition technology by the police is.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
	tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 266090
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	266090
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The UK Government remains focussed on ensuring a smooth and orderly withdrawal from the EU with a deal as soon as possible, and we have been clear that we do not want or expect a no deal scenario. However, as a responsible government, we continue to prepare for all scenarios.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office has been planning and preparing for a no deal scenario for some time, and we have contingency plans in place across areas including law enforcement, passports and the border. Whatever the outcome of our exit from the EU, we remain committed to supporting the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals both domestically and internationally. The UK’s first Voluntary National Review (VNR) will be published shortly. The VNR will review UK action both domestically and internationally in support of Goal 16. It will also outline key challenges and next steps, recognising that while progress is being made, there is more work to do.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government believes that there is a legal framework for the use of live facial recognition technology, although that is being challenged in the courts and we would not want to pre-empt the outcome of this case.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The police have common law powers to use the technology for the purposes of preventing or detecting crime. Part 3 of the Data Protection Act 2018 is the statutory basis for the processing of the facial images obtained from the technology for these purposes. Possible matches produced by these sys-tems are always checked by a human operator before deciding what, if any, action to take.</ins></p> question first answered 25/06/2019 16:34:28 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1141037

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/07/2019
	date	22/07/2019
	date tabled	22/07/2019
	ddp created	22/07/2019 21:05:43
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	22/07/2019 21:24:50 25/07/2019 09:54:01
	hansard heading	101 Calls
	house id	1
	identifier	280458
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/07/2019 09:23:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of calls to the 101 service were (a) answered in under 30 seconds, (b) answered between 30 to 60 seconds, (c) answered between 60 seconds and 120 seconds, (d) answered between 120 and 180 seconds, (e) answered between 180 and 300 seconds (f) answered between 300 and 600 seconds (g) answered after 600 seconds, (h) unanswered in each of the last three years for which information is available; and how many calls there were in total in each of those years.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 280458
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	280458
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the 101 service, this is an operational decision for individual forces.</p> question first answered 25/07/2019 09:23:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1141031

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/07/2019
	date	22/07/2019
	date tabled	22/07/2019
	ddp created	22/07/2019 21:05:20
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	22/07/2019 21:24:36 24/07/2019 16:03:05
	hansard heading	Police: Wandsworth
	house id	1
	identifier	280452
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/07/2019 15:31:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of police officers in the Borough of Wandsworth in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 280452
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	280452
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The number of police officers in the Borough of Wandsworth is not collected centrally as the Home Office only collects this information at Police Force Area (PFA) level only.</p><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. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p><p>Data on the number of police officers in each PFA as at 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2019 can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817734/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817734/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p> question first answered 24/07/2019 15:31:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1140867

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/07/2019
	date	22/07/2019
	date tabled	22/07/2019
	ddp created	22/07/2019 20:57:45
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	23/07/2019 12:15:14 24/07/2019 16:32:02
	hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Misuse
	house id	1
	identifier	280381
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/07/2019 16:00:51
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the penalties incurred for (a) possession and (b) supply and production of synthetic cannabinoids.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 280381
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	280381
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Synthetic cannabinoids are controlled as Class B drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. There is a maximum penalty of five years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both for possession of a Class B drug and 14 years’ imprisonment, an unlimited fine, or both, for the supply and production of a Class B drug.</p><p>There was a total of 281 convictions for the principal offence of possession of synthetic cannabinoids in 2018, up from 71 convictions in 2017 and no convictions in 2016. For the principal offences of either supply, possession with intent to supply or production of synthetic cannabinoids there were 18 convictions in 2018, up from 4 convictions in 2017 and 4 convictions in 2016.</p><p>The Government has commissioned the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to provide an updated harms assessment on their previous reports on synthetic cannabinoids. The commission also seeks recommendations on whether the current classification under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 of synthetic cannabinoids is appropriate. The advice is due in summer 2020. The full commission has been published online on the gov.uk website. <br>The Government will await the ACMD’s further advice and recommendations</p> question first answered 24/07/2019 16:00:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1141092

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/07/2019
	date	22/07/2019
	date tabled	22/07/2019
	ddp created	22/07/2019 21:08:21
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	22/07/2019 21:26:59 25/07/2019 09:53:02
	hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	identifier	280335
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/07/2019 09:21:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contingency plans he has for the repatriation of UK defendants from the EU in the event the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement and is therefore no longer party to the European Arrest Warrant procedure.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 280335
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	280335
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>In a No Deal scenario and the absence of access to the European Arrest Warrant, the UK will operate the European Convention on Extradition with EU Member States.</p> question first answered 25/07/2019 09:21:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1140910

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/07/2019
	date	22/07/2019
	date tabled	22/07/2019
	ddp created	22/07/2019 20:59:42
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	22/07/2019 21:19:11 24/07/2019 15:58:03
	hansard heading	Police
	house id	1
	identifier	280281
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/07/2019 15:26:23
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Police Covenant will be introduced.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 280281
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	280281
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 18 July the Home Secretary announced his intention to establish a police covenant demonstrating his recognition of the bravery and commitment of police officers.</p><p>The Home Office will work with policing partners and other government departments over the coming months to develop more detailed proposals. This will be followed by a public consultation on the principle and scope of the police covenant in due course.</p><p> </p> question first answered 24/07/2019 15:26:23 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1140996

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/07/2019
	date	22/07/2019
	date tabled	22/07/2019
	ddp created	22/07/2019 21:03:41
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	23/07/2019 12:15:16 24/07/2019 16:00:03
	hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Fires
	house id	1
	identifier	280205
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	24/07/2019 15:28:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of domestic fires in the private rented sector in England that have occurred as a result of (a) smoking and (b) electrical fires since 2015.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 280205
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	280205
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect this information. Data on electrical fires and those caused by smoking are available in tables 6.02 and 6.05 here:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire%20" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables#cause-of-fire </a>but we do not collect information on the tenure of the property in which the fire took place.</p> question first answered 24/07/2019 15:28:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1141122

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/07/2019
	date	22/07/2019
	date tabled	22/07/2019
	ddp created	22/07/2019 21:09:43
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	24/07/2019 15:25:12 25/07/2019 09:52:01
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	identifier	280115
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	25/07/2019 09:20:08
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the GOLD Group on Operation GIANNA overseeing the Metropolitan Police Department of Professional Standards investigation into allegations in relation to Gurpal Virdi, how many participants in the GOLD Group had the rank or role of (a) Deputy Commissioner, (b) Deputy Assistant Commissioner, (c) Commander, (d) Chief Superintendent, (e) Superintendent, (f) Detective Chief Inspector, (g) Detective Inspector, (h) Detective Sergeant, (i) member of SCD2 Sapphire, (j) member of the Department of Media and Communications and (k) member of the Department of Legal Services; whether representatives of the Crown Prosecution Service were ever present; how many meeting were held; which attendees asked whether there was any evidence that Gurpal Virdi was present at the arrest of the complainant in autumn 1986; which attendees asked whether there was evidence taken from PC Markwick on the arrest for which he was the officer in charge; which attendees asked why evidence was not sought from PC Mady on the arrest of the complainant in spring 1987; what assessment he has made of the equity of the only review of the investigation being conducted by the Department of Professional Standards into its original investigation; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 280115
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	280115
	version	3
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Oversight and review of investigations conducted by professional standards departments are operational matters for forces and, where appropriate, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC). Such decision making is in-dependent of government.</p> question first answered 25/07/2019 09:20:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley written parliamentary question 1141122
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	117

1140234

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/07/2019
	date	18/07/2019
	date tabled	18/07/2019
	ddp created	18/07/2019 16:57:44
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	18/07/2019 17:16:57 23/07/2019 15:33:01
	hansard heading	Hemp: Scotland
	house id	1
	identifier	279072
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/07/2019 15:01:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences for the cultivation of industrial hemp are in effect in Scotland.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 279072
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	279072
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are currently 55 licences in extant to cultivate low THC cannabis (Industrial Hemp) in England, Wales and Scotland. <br>There are currently 2 licences in extant to cultivate low THC cannabis (Industrial Hemp) in Scotland.</p><p>The licences are generally issued for a validity period of three growing seasons and therefore will include licences issued in 2017, 2018 and 2019.</p> question first answered 23/07/2019 15:01:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara written parliamentary question 1140233 1140234
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4371

1140233

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	23/07/2019
	date	18/07/2019
	date tabled	18/07/2019
	ddp created	18/07/2019 16:57:42
	answering body	Home Office
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	ddp modified	18/07/2019 17:16:55 23/07/2019 15:33:03
	hansard heading	Hemp: Licensing
	house id	1
	identifier	279071
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	23/07/2019 15:01:58
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences for the cultivation of industrial hemp are in effect in the UK.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 279071
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	279071
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are currently 55 licences in extant to cultivate low THC cannabis (Industrial Hemp) in England, Wales and Scotland. <br>There are currently 2 licences in extant to cultivate low THC cannabis (Industrial Hemp) in Scotland.</p><p>The licences are generally issued for a validity period of three growing seasons and therefore will include licences issued in 2017, 2018 and 2019.</p> question first answered 23/07/2019 15:01:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	creator	4371
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4371