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817977

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to tackle county lines exploitation.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	903125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>We are taking a wide range of actions to tackle county lines and are working together closely across Government, with the police, the National Crime Agency, local authorities and voluntary sector partners. Most recently, in December we implemented the new Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders to enable the police and NCA to close down phone numbers being used for county lines drugs dealing.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/01/2018 16:21:58 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

874692

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 17 January 2018, Official Report, Column 348WH, on County Lines, when she plans to launch the nationwide awareness-raising campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	134993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The nationwide awareness-raising communications activity on county lines was launched on 9 April. The activity is targeted to young and vulnerable people on how to avoid becoming involved and exploited by gangs.</p><p>The Home Secretary also launched the Serious Violence Strategy on 9 April, which builds upon the significant programme of work already underway to tackle county lines and other forms of serious violence. The Strategy sets out a new balance between prevention and the rigorous law enforcement activity already happening up and down the country.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/04/2018 16:31:48 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

824638

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to issue further guidance on tackling county lines exploitation; and when that guidance will be shared (a) across Government, (b) with the police, (c) the National Crime Agency, (d) local authorities and (e) voluntary sector partners.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	123439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>In July last year we published guidance on county lines for frontline <br>practitioners to help them identify and respond to county lines exploitation. This guidance has been well received by a wide range of partners including the police, local authorities, and voluntary and community sector organisations.</p><p>More widely, the National Working Group on County Lines is driving delivery of a programme to tackle the issue of county lines and we will outline further measures in our forthcoming serious violence strategy which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 24/01/2018 15:54:02 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

900510

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what training and support his Department is providing to (a) accident and emergency services and (b) major trauma centres in (i) London and (ii) England to identify victims of county lines exploitation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	142311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is supporting a nationwide awareness raising campaign about county lines and the associated exploitation. The campaign is targeted to those best placed to spot potential victims, including those working in frontline health services. The campaign is supported by guidance we published in July 2017 for frontline professionals on how to identify potential victims of county lines and the appropriate referral routes.</p><p>Victims of county lines are often subjected to violence and as a result in end up in trauma centres and hospital emergency departments. Redthread operates a youth violence intervention scheme to reach young people at this ‘teachable’ moment in the four major trauma centres in London. In addition the Home Office is providing funding to support the expansion of Redthread’s scheme in hospital emergency departments outside London, starting with the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham in February, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham in July.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/05/2018 16:53:08 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

882179

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to be fully operational.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	135293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre is being established by the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead and the National Crime Agency. The Centre will be fully operational later this year subject to recruitment of staff.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 18/04/2018 10:54:27 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

798004

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	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 tackle the (a) organised crime, (b) gang activity and (c) drug dealing across county operating across county boundaries.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	116911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is leading a cross-Government programme of work to tackle the issue of county lines working with partners including the police and the National Crime Agency.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking a range of actions including: raising awareness in key sectors of the threat of county lines; legislating to enable police to shut down the mobile phone lines used to facilitate drug deals (the Drug Dealing Telecommunication Restriction Orders); supporting local and strategic reviews to strengthen resilience in areas at risk of county lines; and working with the police and the Crown Prosecution Service to take full advantage of powers in the Modern Slavery Act when making charging decisions against county line gang members.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office provides support to tackle county lines in various ways; including Publication of guidance for frontline professionals on how to identify potential victims of county lines and appropriate referral routes; match funding reviews for local areas facing new gang related threats including county lines; funding a pilot support service for exploited young victims caught up in county lines drugs running between London and Kent; funding through the EGVE Local Projects Fund delivering legislation to provide police and the NCA with the power to go to court to seek closure of phone numbers involved in county lines drug dealing.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 08/12/2017 12:22:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

992692

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations he has received from the (a) Secretaries of State for (i) Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (ii) Health and Social Care, (iii) Housing, Communities and Local Government, (iv) Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and (v) Justice and (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer on the (A) county lines drug trade and (B) Modern Slavery Act 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	182079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for the Home Department has not received any recent formal representations from the named departments on either county lines drug trade or the Modern Slavery Act 2015.</p><p>The Home Secretary regularly meets Secretaries of State across Whitehall to ensure a coordinated response to cross-cutting issues.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/10/2018 15:45:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

988663

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) Uber and (b) Airbnb on the county lines drug trade.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	180089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the value and opportunity presented by workers in those services used by county lines drug dealers to identify perpetrators and potential victims who are being used to move, store or deal drugs. This includes those in the transport and accommodation sectors.</p><p>Home Office officials have ongoing engagement with both representatives of Über and Airbnb in order to highlight county lines exploitation to their drivers and hosts respectively. We are also delivering a communications campaign to raise awareness within the wider transport sector and community.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 22/10/2018 16:25:30 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

982844

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings (a) he, (b) other Ministers and (c) staff of his Department have had with (i) the British Transport Police, (ii) taxi firms and (iii) private hire vehicle (minicab) firms on tackling the county lines drug trade.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	175837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the value and opportunity presented by those working in the transport sector to identify perpetrators and potential victims of county lines who are being exploited to move drugs. The Home Office has therefore been working with Crimestoppers to deliver an awareness raising campaign with these sectors about county lines.</p><p>The Home Office has met with representatives of the British Transport Police, local authority taxi licensing managers, Licensed Private Hire Car Association and Über and officials continue to engage with the transport sector in tackling county lines.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/10/2018 15:14:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

992706

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have had with representatives of (i) Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp, (ii) Kik Messenger, (iii) Snapchat, (iv) Telegram, (v) Viber, (vi) Wickr and (vii) other social media and messenger sites on the use of their encrypted messaging apps for county lines drugs dealing.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	182082
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The National County Lines Working Group brings together a range of agencies including law enforcement to assess the trends in county lines and action that should be taken. This ensures that we are up to date on the latest developments involving county lines reported by the police and National Crime Agency.</p><p>In June this year, the Home Secretary announced funding of £1.38m to support a new national police capability to tackle gang related activity on social media which will be operational shortly. Representatives from Google and Facebook also attended a meeting of the Serious Violence Taskforce chaired by the Home Secretary in June to present the action they are taking to tackle gang related content online.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 182081 question first answered 25/10/2018 16:15:45 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan