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1659260

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: ICT
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect police officers following a security breach of an IT supplier to the Metropolitan Police.
	tabling member printed	Earl Russell
	uin	HL9995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Digital ID, an IT supplier to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) advised them on 26 August 2023 that they had been subject to a ransomware attack, potentially putting at risk data for officers and staff.</p><p> </p><p>The MPS immediately put in place appropriate security measures following the incident and reported the incident to the National Crime Agency and the Information Commissioner’s Office.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office, along with the National Crime Agency and National Cyber Security Centre is engaged with both the MPS and Digital ID to investigate and provide support.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 20/09/2023 13:31:30 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4983 label Biography information for Earl Russell

1659257

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that unaccompanied child asylum seekers arriving in the UK are not placed in adult prisons.
	tabling member printed	Earl Russell
	uin	HL9992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>Determining the age of a young person is a difficult task and therefore, the age assessment process for immigration purposes contains safeguards.</p><p>Where a new arrival does not have genuine documentary evidence of their age and their claimed age is doubted, an initial age decision is conducted as a first step to prevent individuals who are clearly an adult or minor from being subjected unnecessarily to a more substantive age assessment and ensure that new arrivals are routed into the correct accommodation and processes for assessing their asylum or immigration claim. The lawfulness of the initial decision on age process was endorsed by the Supreme Court in the case of R (on the application of BF (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 38.</p><p>Where doubt remains and an individual cannot be assessed to be significantly over 18, they will be treated as a minor for immigration purposes until further assessment of their age by a local authority.</p><p>The Home Office initial decision on age is not binding on the courts, and where the Court has doubt whether the individual is a minor or not, the courts will take a decision on the age of an individual before them based on the available evidence. This decision would then determine the type of detention estate someone is sent to if given a custodial sentence or remanded in custody. If an individual is sent to an adult prison and is later found to be a child, they can be moved to the youth custody estate if there continues to be a need to detain them.</p><p>The recent legislative reforms introduced by this government will improve the accuracy of the scientific age assessment outcomes, minimising the risk that a person will be incorrectly treated as either an adult or a minor and ensure that age-appropriate services and care are reserved for genuine minors.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 21/09/2023 15:24:27 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4983 label Biography information for Earl Russell

1659256

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied child asylum seekers have been placed in HMP Elmley in Kent; and how many are still held there.
	tabling member printed	Earl Russell
	uin	HL9991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of age dispute cases that have arisen in adult prisons and is unable to confirm the statistics referenced in the Guardian article, which are derived from local authority responses to an FOI request. Our published data on age assessment can be accessed here. Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Furthermore, the Home Office published data on age disputes aggregates the age disputes resolved by including the outcomes of initial age decisions by the Home Office taken at the point of first contact, comprehensive Merton compliant age assessments conducted by social workers and any subsequent legal challenge into one category.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 21/09/2023 15:25:34 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4983 label Biography information for Earl Russell

1659251

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the National Audit Office's report on the Government's Asylum and Protection Transformation Programme.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Leicester
	uin	HL9986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2023 answer text <p>The NAO report into the Asylum &amp; Protection Transformation Programme fully recognises the significance of the transformation programme, and the efforts of the Home Office to reform the asylum and protection system.</p><p>The report acknowledges the key work the programme has done to date to tackle the challenges facing the asylum system, but notes concern around securing dispersal accommodation, and the ability of decision makers to clear the backlog. The report suggested three recommendations for the programme to increase its chances of success, all of which are accepted and embedded within our programme approach going forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 21/09/2023 15:27:03 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4947 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Leicester

1659248

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Resignations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many police officers left the police force in each year since 2019.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
	uin	HL9983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the size and composition of the police workforce, including officer numbers and leavers, in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area (PFA), annually in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Data on the number of police officers in the police service, as at 31 March in each year from 2007 to 2023, can be found in the ‘Police Workforce Open Data Table’ here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172892/open-data-table-police-workforce-260723.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172892/open-data-table-police-workforce-260723.ods</a></p><p>This data is available on both a full-time equivalent (FTE) and headcount basis and includes officers seconded into forces as well as officers on career breaks or parental leave.</p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of police officers employed in the England in Wales, by year, in both headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE) terms.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Police officer numbers, by year, England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>As at 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of officers (headcount)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of officers (FTE)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>125,811</p></td><td><p>123,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>131,576</p></td><td><p>129,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>137,690</p></td><td><p>135,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>142,505</p></td><td><p>140,228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>149,566</p></td><td><p>147,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data on the number of police officers leaving the police service, in the years ending 31 March 2007 to 2023, can be found in the ‘Leavers Open Data Table’ here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172932/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-260723.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172932/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-260723.ods</a><br> <br> The table 2 below shows the number of police officers leavers (excluding transfers between forces) in the England in Wales, by year, in FTE terms.</p><p><strong>Table 2: Police officer leavers (excluding transfers) by year, England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Police officer leavers (FTE)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>7,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7,141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>6,018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>8,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>9,192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL9982 question first answered 20/09/2023 13:37:00 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

1659247

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what was the total number of serving police officers in each year since 2019.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
	uin	HL9982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes information on the size and composition of the police workforce, including officer numbers and leavers, in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area (PFA), annually in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Data on the number of police officers in the police service, as at 31 March in each year from 2007 to 2023, can be found in the ‘Police Workforce Open Data Table’ here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172892/open-data-table-police-workforce-260723.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172892/open-data-table-police-workforce-260723.ods</a></p><p>This data is available on both a full-time equivalent (FTE) and headcount basis and includes officers seconded into forces as well as officers on career breaks or parental leave.</p><p>Table 1 below shows the number of police officers employed in the England in Wales, by year, in both headcount and full-time equivalent (FTE) terms.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Police officer numbers, by year, England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>As at 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of officers (headcount)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of officers (FTE)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>125,811</p></td><td><p>123,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>131,576</p></td><td><p>129,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>137,690</p></td><td><p>135,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>142,505</p></td><td><p>140,228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>149,566</p></td><td><p>147,430</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data on the number of police officers leaving the police service, in the years ending 31 March 2007 to 2023, can be found in the ‘Leavers Open Data Table’ here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172932/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-260723.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1172932/open-data-table-police-workforce-leavers-260723.ods</a><br> <br> The table 2 below shows the number of police officers leavers (excluding transfers between forces) in the England in Wales, by year, in FTE terms.</p><p><strong>Table 2: Police officer leavers (excluding transfers) by year, England and Wales</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending 31 March</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Police officer leavers (FTE)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>7,387</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7,141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>6,018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>8,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>9,192</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL9983 question first answered 20/09/2023 13:37:00 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

1332170

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police Community Support Officers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police community support officers there were in each police force area in England and Wales in 2020.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
	uin	HL997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The latest police community support officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The number of police community support officers (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 30 September 2020 is provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Police Community Support Officers (PCSO), England and Wales</strong><strong><br> </strong>As at 30 September, 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>FTE</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon &amp; Somerset</p></td><td><p>315</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon &amp; Cornwall</p></td><td><p>188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London, City of</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan Police</p></td><td><p>1,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>-00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 9,115 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/06/2021 15:04:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1332169

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police constables there were in each police force area in England and Wales in 2020.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hay of Ballyore
	uin	HL996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size and composition of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>The latest officer numbers were released in the publication covering the situation as at 30 September 2020. Data covering the situation as at 31 March 2020 and previous years are available in open data format here: Police workforce open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p><p>Total officer numbers are collected and published twice each year covering the situation as at 31 March and 30 September. Data covering officer rank, however, is collected only once and covers the situation as at 31 March.</p><p>The number of police constables (full time-equivalent, FTE) in the 43 territorial England and Wales forces as at 31 March 2020 is provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Constables, England and Wales<br> </strong>As at 31 March 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Constables</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon &amp; Somerset</p></td><td><p>2,197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>998</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>1,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>1,622</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p>1,053</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>1,472</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon &amp; Cornwall</p></td><td><p>2,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>917</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>876</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>843</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p>2,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>5,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>1,031</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>2,058</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>1,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>1,549</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>2,985</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p>2,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>1,521</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London, City of</p></td><td><p>547</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>2,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan Police</p></td><td><p>26,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>1,275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>1,143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>1,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p>2,481</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>1,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Wales</p></td><td><p>2,262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>1,898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>1,291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>1,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>3,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p>1,717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>4,363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 101,415 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount) in England and Wales. Data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/06/2021 14:35:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4352 label Biography information for Lord Hay of Ballyore

1658889

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Pedestrian Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect disabled people from people riding bicycles, e-bikes, and e-scooters illegally on the pavement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
	uin	HL9955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The police have the powers they need within road traffic and anti-social behaviour legislation to enforce the law, including in relation to illegal e-scooter use and illegal driving. Decisions on when to use these powers are an operational matter for individual Chief Officers of police who will decide how to deploy available resources, taking into account any specific local problems and demands.</p><p> </p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to anti-social behaviour (ASB). This includes Civil Injunctions and Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs).</p><p> </p><p>It is for local authorities, forces and agencies to decide how best to use these powers depending on the specific circumstances as they are best placed to understand what is causing the behaviour in question, the impact that it is having, and to determine the most appropriate response.</p><p> </p><p>The police have powers under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Police Reform Act 2002 to seize vehicles being driven illegally without a valid driving licence or insurance or in an anti-social manner. It is for the officer dealing with an incident to collect and consider in each case the evidence available and decide whether there might have been an offence and if so what action to take.</p><p>We expect the police to work collaboratively with local authorities to deal with these matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL9953 HL9954 question first answered 20/09/2023 16:32:24 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin

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	registered interest
	date	06/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Estate: Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with Westminster Council about the (1) misuse, and (2) inappropriate parking, of e-bikes and e-scooters within a one-mile radius of the parliamentary estate.
	tabling member printed	Lord Shinkwin
	uin	HL9954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The police have the powers they need within road traffic and anti-social behaviour legislation to enforce the law, including in relation to illegal e-scooter use and illegal driving. Decisions on when to use these powers are an operational matter for individual Chief Officers of police who will decide how to deploy available resources, taking into account any specific local problems and demands.</p><p> </p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to anti-social behaviour (ASB). This includes Civil Injunctions and Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs).</p><p> </p><p>It is for local authorities, forces and agencies to decide how best to use these powers depending on the specific circumstances as they are best placed to understand what is causing the behaviour in question, the impact that it is having, and to determine the most appropriate response.</p><p> </p><p>The police have powers under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Police Reform Act 2002 to seize vehicles being driven illegally without a valid driving licence or insurance or in an anti-social manner. It is for the officer dealing with an incident to collect and consider in each case the evidence available and decide whether there might have been an offence and if so what action to take.</p><p>We expect the police to work collaboratively with local authorities to deal with these matters.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom grouped question UIN HL9953 HL9955 question first answered 20/09/2023 16:32:24 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
	tabling member	4557 label Biography information for Lord Shinkwin