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1041344

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of fires in (a) publicly and (b) privately owned high rise residential blocks in each of the last 20 years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	208350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 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 17/01/2019 17:39:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1041272

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Forensic Science
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 announcement entitled, National operation to retest manipulated forensic samples continues, published by the National Police Chiefs' Council in December 2018, for which company does the independent expert employed to analyse the retest results work.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	208314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is not responsible for the independent expert, who is employed by the National Police Chief’s Council to conduct the retesting work.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2019 17:40:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1041357

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detection Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of unsolved crime in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	208190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of trends in the level of unsolved crime in the UK or regionally.</p><p>It is the responsibility of Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to make sure criminal cases are investigated properly. Together with the Crown Prosecution Service they must make sure cases are charged where there is sufficient evidence, and it is in the public interest to do so.</p><p>The Home Office collects outcomes data for police recorded crime. These data are published quarterly. The latest figures, for the year ending June 2018 can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>In the year ending June 2018, there were 4,978,455 crimes recorded by the police. 2,322,169 of these offences were closed with no suspect identified (46.6% of recorded crime).</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2019 17:38:15 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1038942

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	North Wales Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were employed by North Wales Police in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	207161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins.</p><p>Data on the number of police officers in North Wales, as at 31 March each year and going back to March 2007, can be found in the accompanying Open Data Table: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p><p>The next release of ‘Police workforce’ statistics is due to be published on 24th January, and will represent the picture as at 30 September 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 15/01/2019 17:14:22 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1037159

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, how many cases of sexual abuse of children by sports coaches are under investigation by the police.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	205996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Child sexual abuse investigations are an operational matter for the police. Police and Crime Commissioners and chief constables are best placed to decide how to deploy their officers to investigate these crimes. The police are operationally independent of Government; therefore, the Government does not hold information about the number of police officers allocated to investigate these crimes.</p><p>The Home Office is providing £1.9m financial support through Police Special Grant funding to Operation Hydrant towards the coordination of child sexual abuse and exploitation investigations concerning institutional settings. Operation Hydrant publishes statistics quarterly at: <a href="https://www.npcc.police.uk/NPCCBusinessAreas/OtherWorkAreas/OpHydrant/Statistics.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.npcc.police.uk/NPCCBusinessAreas/OtherWorkAreas/OpHydrant/Statistics.aspx</a>.</p><p>Latest published statistics by Operation Hydrant feature 329 sport institutions on the Operation Hydrant database up to and including the 30 September 2018. In relation to abuse in football specifically, 300 alleged suspects have been identified up to and including 29 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 205997 question first answered 15/01/2019 17:23:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1037160

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, how many police officers have been allocated to investigate claims of child sexual abuse by sports coaches in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	205997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Child sexual abuse investigations are an operational matter for the police. Police and Crime Commissioners and chief constables are best placed to decide how to deploy their officers to investigate these crimes. The police are operationally independent of Government; therefore, the Government does not hold information about the number of police officers allocated to investigate these crimes.</p><p>The Home Office is providing £1.9m financial support through Police Special Grant funding to Operation Hydrant towards the coordination of child sexual abuse and exploitation investigations concerning institutional settings. Operation Hydrant publishes statistics quarterly at: <a href="https://www.npcc.police.uk/NPCCBusinessAreas/OtherWorkAreas/OpHydrant/Statistics.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.npcc.police.uk/NPCCBusinessAreas/OtherWorkAreas/OpHydrant/Statistics.aspx</a>.</p><p>Latest published statistics by Operation Hydrant feature 329 sport institutions on the Operation Hydrant database up to and including the 30 September 2018. In relation to abuse in football specifically, 300 alleged suspects have been identified up to and including 29 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 205996 question first answered 15/01/2019 17:23:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1037228

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, How many police officers have completed the training contained within the National Disclosure Plan by police force area.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	205830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Statistics published by the College of Policing on 20 December 2018 show the number of officers and staff that had completed new 'disclosure and relevancy – conducting fair investigations' training as at 30 November 2018. This includes a breakdown by police force area. These are available at <a href="https://www.college.police.uk/News/College-news/Documents/Disclosure_programme_completion_figures191218v3.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.college.police.uk/News/College-news/Documents/Disclosure_programme_completion_figures191218v3.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 15/01/2019 17:10:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1037260

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Demonstrations: Greater London
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 Metropolitan Police Service discontinued its practice of estimating and publishing objective assessments of the number of people attending large demonstrations in London; when that practice was discontinued; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	205783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The management of demonstrations is an operational matter for the police, as is the decision on whether to publish estimated numbers attending protests.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/01/2019 15:21:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1035200

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the extent of resource sharing across police forces; what assistance his Department provides to support that sharing of resources; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	205160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>Decisions on the deployment and sharing of resources are matters for Chief Constables and elected Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p>The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 placed a duty on chief officers and policing bodies to keep collaboration opportunities under review and to collaborate where it is in the interests of the efficiency or effectiveness of their own and other police force areas.</p><p>Through the Police Transformation Fund the Home Office is supporting the National Police Chief’s Council’s Specialist Capabilities Programme which is developing new approaches for the provision of specialist capabilities across police forces.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/01/2019 17:41:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1035258

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Welfare: Protest
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to put in place protections against (a) vegan and vegetarian and (b) other activists for people employed in the meat industry.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	205201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>This country has a proud history of allowing free speech, but the right to peaceful protest does not extend to harassment or threatening behaviour. The police have a range of powers to deal with any such acts.</p><p>These include under the Public Order Act 1986, chief officers may impose conditions on assemblies to prevent serious public disorder, serious damage to property, serious disruption to the life of the community or when the purpose is to intimidate others to compel them not to do an act that they have a right to do.</p><p>The police also have dispersal powers (in public places) under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, and the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 includes criminal offences that protect individuals, who are conducting lawful activities, from harassment by protestors.</p><p>How these powers are deployed and the tactics used to manage protests are operational matters for the police.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 205202 question first answered 14/01/2019 15:47:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes