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1001946

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of lengthening the period that a funding settlement covers for (a) local policing and (b) Counter-Terror policing.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	188128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We agree that it is important for Police and Crime Commissioners to have financial certainty, which is why we set out in the last police funding settlement the basis upon which we expected to provide funding in 2019/20.</p><p>However, it is equally important to review the policing landscape and conditions regularly to ensure that funding provided recognises the changing demands on policing.</p><p>As the Chancellor stated in his budget speech, in addition to extra funding for counter-terrorism, the Home Office will review police spending power and reform ahead of the 2019/20 police funding settlement.</p><p>The Home Secretary has been clear that he will prioritise funding for the police at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 17:02:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1001962

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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, with reference to his speech to the APCC and NPCC joint summit 2018, published on gov.uk on 31 October 2018, what meetings he has held with police leaders to seek to build a smarter and better police system which is more collaborative, more innovative, more tech-savvy and less fragmented.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	188132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has engaged closely with policing over a number of years to support the transformation of policing and continues to do so. This takes place through a wide range of fora and engagements including the Police Reform and Transformation Board and the digital roundtables convened by the Minister of Policing and Fire in January and June 2018 to support transformation in the digital space.</p><p>In May, The Minister for Policing &amp; the Fire Service wrote to police leaders setting out our commitment to work with the police ahead of the Spending Review. We have since launched a comprehensive programme of work covering a range of issues including efficiency, productivity and better use of digital technology.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 16:59:24 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1001964

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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, with reference to his statement of 31 October 2018 to the APCC and NPCC joint summit that there needs to be more of an emphasis on crime prevention, what research his Department holds on the effect of a reduction in police resources on the levels of proactive policing.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	188133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>As we made clear in our Modern Crime Prevention Strategy, there are many factors that drive crime, and so preventing crime is the responsibility of many institutions, not just the police.</p><p>This Government has provided a strong and comprehensive settlement that is increasing total investment in the police system by over £460m in 2018-19, of which more than £280m from increased council tax precept will go direct to forces to spend locally. It is for operationally independent Chief Constables to decide how best to deploy officers in their force area.</p><p>HMICFRS’s 2017 PEEL: Effectiveness inspection graded 34 forces as good at preventing crime and anti-social behaviour, four more than in 2016. Some forces had changed their approach to neighbourhood policing to ensure sufficient officers and PCSOs dedicated to preventative and community focused activity. A Police Foundation (2017) study of changes to neighbourhood policing found that forces have pursued a variety of strategies in relation to organising neighbourhood teams.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 16:53:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1002094

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fires: Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many school fires involving combustible (a) cladding and (b) insulation have taken place in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	188177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 17:04:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1002195

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the use by the Metropolitan police of the Self Evident app is being discontinued; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	uin	187978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The use of digital applications and channels is an operational matter for individual police forces.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 17:01:13 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1002637

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	INTERPOL: Taiwan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will support the granting of observer status to Taiwan at the 87th Interpol General Assembly in Dubai from 18 to 21 November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	188779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>INTERPOL is an international police organisation which has a crucial role in ensuring co-operation on matters of international criminality.</p><p>The British Government continues to hold the view that the people of Taiwan have a meaningful contribution to make towards global issues such as organised crime. The UK has not made any representations to secure Taiwan’s observer status at INTERPOL this year. However, government officials are discussing this issue with international partners.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 16:55:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1002678

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the advice used to inform his Department on the requirements that (a) the decision to prescribe medicinal cannabis products must be made by a specialist doctor and (b) medicinal cannabis products may only be prescribed when the patient has an unmet special clinical need that cannot be met by other treatments.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	188750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The prescription of these products by doctors on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council (GMC) and only where there is an unmet clinical need follows the principles used by the Interim Expert Panel on cannabis-based products for medicinal use. This approach was agreed by senior clinicians on the Expert Panel, Chaired by Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland. This approach was subsequently supported by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in their advice to the Home Secretary on rescheduling cannabis. The ACMD advice has been published and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-advice-on-scheduling-of-cannabis-derived-medicinal-products" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-advice-on-scheduling-of-cannabis-derived-medicinal-products</a></p><p>Any unlicensed medicines, including cannabis-based products for medicinal use, will be supplied under long-standing arrangements for the supply of what are known, in healthcare settings, as ‘specials’. This process is underpinned by the Human Medicines Act and, outside of clinical trials, only allows these unlicensed medicines to be prescribed where there is an unmet clinical need. This restriction is in place because unlicensed medicines have not been through the same quality, safety and efficacy tests as licenced medicines.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 17:05:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

731366

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	A19: Accidents
	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 to increase patrols and speeding enforcement at accident blackspots on the A19.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for the police. How they enforce the law, including road traffic law and how available resources are deployed, are the responsibility of individual Chief Constables, taking into account the specific local problems and demands with which they are faced.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/06/2017 16:11:23 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731368

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: 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 dedicated officers there are in each police force that specialise in fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the specific information requested.</p><p>The Home Office collects data annually on the primary function of police officers. Under the functions framework there is no dedicated function for fraud. However, there is a dedicated function for officers working primarily on ‘Economic crime’, which includes officers working in financial investigation units, cheque and credit card fraud units, regional asset recovery teams, and other financial investigations.</p><p>Officers with multiple responsibilities or designations are recorded under their primary function. The data do not therefore provide a complete picture of all officers who work on economic crime.</p><p>Data on the number of officers working primarily on economic crime can be found in Table F4, under function 7c, of the ‘Police workforce’ statistics published in July 2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/544954/police-workforce-tabs-jul16.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/544954/police-workforce-tabs-jul16.ods</a></p><p>Any comparisons at force level should be made with care due to collaboration arrangements between forces for particular functions. Additionally, police functions data are often affected by re-structuring within police forces. Therefore comparisons over time may not be meaningful.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/06/2017 16:16:44 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

731369

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Fraud
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to provide police forces with additional resources when handling complex fraud cases.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>Allocation of resources to specific areas of operational policing is a local matter for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Chief Officers. While police forces should include within their policing and budget plans reasonable contingencies for unexpected events within their areas, if they face unexpected or exceptional events there is an established process by which PCCs can apply for Special Grant funding to help with these costs.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/06/2017 16:14:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris