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1123707

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Smallholdings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have sold off (a) all and (b) more than 50 per cent of council smallholdings since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	248573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">This information is not held centrally.</del><ins class="ministerial">Records held by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) show that in 1997 a total area of 119,977 hectares was held for smallholdings purposes by local authorities in England. Data on land held for smallholdings purposes by individual local authorities in 1997 is unavailable. A recent report published by Defra records that, at 31 March 2018, the total area of land held by 43 reporting smallholdings authorities in England was 89,020 hectares (for the whole estate), of which 83,600 hectares were let as smallholdings (for 40 reporting authorities).</ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse previous answer version 116395 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse 116427 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/05/2019 10:26:49 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2019 10:47:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1420698

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Reoffenders: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serious further offence notifications resulted in a conviction, by each type of offence, in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	120773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The table <del class="ministerial">below</del><ins class="ministerial">attached</ins> sets out the total number of notifications – that is, where an offender has been charged with a qualifying offence - followed by the resulting SFO convictions, by SFO offence, for notifications submitted to NOMS/HMPPS between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2020.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2010/11</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2011/12</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2012/13</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013/14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014/15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015/16</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016/17</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017/18</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2018/19</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2019/20</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total SFO notifications</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>485</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>466</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>489</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>507</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>477</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>558</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>685</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>678</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>577</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>536</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Total SFO convictions [1]</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>257</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>253</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>270</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>274</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>254</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>301</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>347</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>353</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>339</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>271</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Murder</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">50</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">67</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">51</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">59</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">46</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">41</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">56</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">80</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">97</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">74</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Attempted murder/ Conspiracy to commit murder</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">20</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">30</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Manslaughter</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">34</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">32</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">34</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">25</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Attempted Rape/Rape /Assault by penetration including on a child under 13</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">101</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">77</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">93</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">80</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">89</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">107</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">119</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">101</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">69</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">54</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Arson with intent to endanger life</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Kidnapping /Abduction/False imprisonment</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Death involving driving or vehicle taking</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">13</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Other serious sexual/violent offences [2]</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">58</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">53</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">66</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">60</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">58</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">83</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">87</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">70</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">65</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">60</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li><del class="ministerial">Time period for conviction data relates to the date of SFO notification to HMPPS not the date of conviction.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">“Other serious sexual/violent offences” refer to other serious violent or sexual offences which carry a maximum custodial penalty of more than 10 years.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">The data only includes convictions for serious further offences that have been notified to the national SFO Team, HMPPS.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">The data provided are provisional subject to change when any outstanding cases are concluded at court.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Conviction data also includes cases where the offender committed suicide or died prior to the trial, where the judicial process concluded that they were responsible.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">The data for April 2010 to March 2014 has been updated, and may differ to the original publication due to data cleansing, re-categorising and re-grouping.</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">Data Sources and Quality. We have drawn these figures from administrative IT systems which, as with some large-scale recording systems, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</del></li></ol> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/02/2022 10:51:40 question first ministerially corrected 28/03/2022 09:03:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse attachment 1 file name 2022-02-21 120773.xlsx title Table previous answer version 51730 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

836024

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Universal Credit: Publicity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to publicise information to claimants eligible for universal credit who do not have internet access.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	126379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The attached table shows all the contracts DWP currently holds with Capita including the total value of the contracts.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">Our data shows that over 99% of claimants using the Universal Credit Full Service make their claim online.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department uses multiple channels to publicise information for claimants about Universal Credit. These include:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Posters and leaflets in jobcentres, including a recent campaign to raise awareness about availability of advances.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Working closely with stakeholder organisations (many of whom interact with claimants, face to face and by telephone). This also includes working with local authorities as part of our on-going partnership to improve digital access and capability.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial">Playing short videos in Post Offices and GP surgeries in high claimant areas, and also advertising in transport hubs and shopping precinct locations.</ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">To further support claimants without internet access, all jobcentres across the country have Wi-Fi and computers available, including 8000 additional computers installed to support the introduction of Universal Credit. This provides access to digital channels in every jobcentre for claimants to use when they do not have access at home. A telephone helpline and face to face support are also available for claimants to make and manage a Universal Credit claim.</ins></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/02/2018 16:12:02 question first ministerially corrected 09/02/2018 14:43:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 40066 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse attachment 1 file name 125893 Capita Contracts FR.docx title Capita Contracts
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

834293

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of child poverty in Wolverhampton North East constituency using the four measures of poverty under the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	125913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to action that improves long-term outcomes for children and families by focusing on tackling the root causes of poverty and disadvantage. The four ‘Life Chances’ measures introduced through the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, which replaced the income based targets set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010, are designed to drive action and measure progress in the areas that we know can make the biggest difference - parental worklessness and children’s educational achievement.</p><p>The measures are based on official statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics on the proportion of children in workless households and the proportion of children in long-term workless households; and on Department for Education statistics on the educational attainment at Key Stage 4 of all pupils, and of disadvantaged pupils.</p><p>Although these statistics do not <ins class="ministerial">all<ins class="ministerial"> </ins></ins>provide data for individual constituencies, local authority-level data is available for the measure of all children in workless households and for both the educational attainment measures.</p><p>In 2016, 21.4 per cent of children were in workless households in Wolverhampton local authority. This compares to 27.2 per cent in 2010.</p><p>Source:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/bulletins/worklesshouseholdsforregionsacrosstheuk/2016" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peoplenotinwork/unemployment/bulletins/worklesshouseholdsforregionsacrosstheuk/2016</a></p><p>In 2017, pupils sat reformed GCSEs in English language, English literature and maths for the first time, graded on a 9 to 1 scale. 35.6 per cent of all pupils and 22.8 per cent of disadvantaged pupils in the Wolverhampton local authority area achieved 9-5 in English and maths.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">GCSE outcomes by constituency are available for all pupils but not broken down by disadvantaged pupils. In 2017, 28.3 per cent of all pupils in the Wolverhampton North East constituency achieved 9-5 in English and maths.</ins></p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/revised-gcse-and-equivalent-results-in-england-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/02/2018 16:57:03 question first ministerially corrected 15/03/2018 12:05:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 39408 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

882677

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pension, what estimate she has made of the cost incurred by (a) Jobcentre Plus, (b) her Department and (c) any other public agency in the preparation for the roll-out of the now aborted cut to housing benefit for 18-21 year olds.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	135739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The preparation costs associated with the removal of the automatic eligibility of 18 to 21 year olds to claim universal credit for housing costs are estimated to be £<del class="ministerial">5</del><ins class="ministerial">£3</ins> million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/04/2018 16:39:59 question first ministerially corrected 02/05/2018 15:02:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 52571 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1143254

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Leicestershire Police: Recruitment
	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 the Prime Minister's statement of 24 July 2019, if her Department will estimate the number of new police officer posts that will be established by Leicestershire Police by 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	284695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has committed to increasing the number of police officers by 20,000 over the next three years. We are committed to giving police the resources, tools and powers they need to tackle the scourge of crime.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office does not hold figures for the number of police officer vacancies advertised prior to 23 July 2019.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) had previously announced plans to recruit 3000 additional officers in 2019/20. The recruitment of 20,000 officers announced by the Government is in addition to these numbers already announced by PCCs.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Prime Minister and Home Secretary have announced the recruitment of 20,000 extra officers over the next three years. This demonstrates our commitment to support the police and give them extra resource to protect the public and keep us all safe. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The allocation of officers across England and Wales is yet to be confirmed. We are working closely with police leaders to put in place the plans and systems to deliver on our commitment. Police budgets and force level funding will be set out in the usual way at the provisional police settlement. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">On 31 March 2019, Leicester police force had 1,829 police officers, and increase of 2.9% from March 2018. </ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/10/2019 17:51:52 question first ministerially corrected 07/10/2019 20:31:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 138066 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1146635

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	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 in relation to perpetrators of crimes using sharp objects and (a) time spent in Pupil Referral Units, (b) housing status and (c) employment status.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	291477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As set out in the Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, there are a number of risk and protective factors for involvement in serious violence, some of which relate to background or personal circumstances. The Home Office does not, however, routinely collect information about whether those who are charged with, or convicted of, offences involving sharp objects have spent time in a Pupil Referral Unit or about their housing and employment status.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office does not routinely collect information about whether those who are charged with, or convicted of, offences involving sharp objects have spent time in a Pupil Referral Unit or about their housing and employment status.</ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/10/2019 14:44:29 question first ministerially corrected 08/10/2019 15:14:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 138591 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1171515

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police National Computer: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many conviction alerts on foreign nationals have not been sent to police in their home countries in each of the last three years, by country.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	4347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">ACRO and the Home Office are working to identify a technical fix and implement it as soon as possible.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In order to resolve this issue, an ongoing technical response has been put in place. It is not possible to provide a specific figure of the number of notifications per EU Member States until the technical response is complete. Each Member State will be notified with the number of notifications they will receive as they are sent, to enable them to process the data as they see appropriate. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office is working closely with the national Criminal Records Office (ACRO) to finalise the resolution of this issue as soon as possible. </ins></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2020 16:22:14 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2020 13:19:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 33916 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1180439

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police officers in England and Wales are from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
	uin	20575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Home Office collects and publishes information on the ethnicity of police officers, in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As at 31 March 2019, 7% of police officers in England and Wales were from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Home Office collects and publishes information on the ethnicity of police officers, in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As at 31 March 2019, 7% of police officers in England and Wales were from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. Up from 4% a decade earlier. </ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/03/2020 17:15:47 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2020 10:56:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 10332 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1199779

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Demonstrations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with representatives from the National Police Chiefs Council on (a) guidance for policing protests while the Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 are in force and (b) arresting protesters under those regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
	uin	53673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The footage of George Floyd’s death is deeply upsetting and we appreciate the strength of feeling behind the planned #BlackLivesMatter protests, but it is vital to remember that we are still in the midst of a public health crisis. We strongly support the right to protest peacefully, but this pandemic has led to many of our individual freedoms being curtailed because everyone has a role to play in helping to control the virus following the rules. This is how we can continue to save lives so we can recover. Under the current regulations, gatherings of more than six people from different households are not permitted. We are in close contact with police to ensure they are prepared to respond to any public disorder and have appropriate policing plans in place. How they use these powers is an operational matter for the police, who are independent of Government. The Police have adopted an effective approach of the 4Es; engaging, explaining and encouraging compliance before moving to enforcement options. The National Police Chiefs Council and the College of Policing have issued guidance on how they will enforce the regulation. This can be found at https://www.college.police.uk/News/College-news/Pages/Health-Protection-Guidelines.aspx. Chief constables from forces across the country, the Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the Chief Executive of the College of Policing and the President of the Police Superintendents' Association made a statement following the death of George Floyd, which is published at</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/uk-police-stand-with-those-appalled-by-george-floyd-death</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The footage of George Floyd’s death is deeply upsetting and we appreciate the strength of feeling behind the planned #BlackLivesMatter protests, but it is vital to remember that we are still in the midst of a public health crisis.We strongly support the right to protest peacefully, but this pandemic has led to many of our individual freedoms being curtailed because everyone has a role to play in helping to control the virus following the rules. This is how we can continue to save lives so we can recover.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under the current regulations, gatherings of more than six people from different households are not permitted. We are in close contact with police to ensure they are prepared to respond to any public disorder and have appropriate policing plans in place. How they use these powers is an operational matter for the police, who are independent of Government.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Police have adopted an effective approach of the 4Es; engaging, explaining and encouraging compliance before moving to enforcement options. The National Police Chiefs Council and the College of Policing have issued guidance on how they will enforce the regulation. This can be found at <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.college.police.uk%2FWhat-we-do%2FCOVID-19%2Funderstanding-the-law%2FPages%2Fdefault.aspx&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C64ad4701c60445d25ba808d8112557d3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637278199367742538&amp;sdata=IDKYcz7nyFPlAhGSHhncSLX86pm4qYnqvmJFi9Ljk5o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.college.police.uk/What-we-do/COVID-19/understanding-the-law/Pages/default.aspx</a></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Chief constables from forces across the country, the Chair of the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the Chief Executive of the College of Policing and the President of the Police Superintendents' Association made a statement following the death of George Floyd, which is published at <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.npcc.police.uk%2Freleases%2Fuk-police-stand-with-those-appalled-by-george-floyd-death&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCharlotte.Meyer%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C9cf8dbd92b8e42d9edd208d807c73185%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637267899391140130&amp;sdata=5q%2BK02t%2Fs5jgYUxc4oR%2FjQkVVOxwq1nzykmu0zWchYA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/uk-police-stand-with-those-appalled-by-george-floyd-death</a>.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/06/2020 08:00:46 question first ministerially corrected 15/06/2020 13:05:59 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 26767 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome