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1183288

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places of worship have made unsuccessful applications for funding from the Places of Worship Security Funding scheme in each category of place of worship in (a) England and (b) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	26191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2020 answer text <p>Over the first three years, the Places of Worship scheme has received 431 applications in total. Of the applications received, 134 were successful and 297 were unsuccessful.</p><p>In England, there have been 253 applications from Christian communities, 108 applications from Muslim communities, 19 applications from Hindu communities, 34 applications from Sikh communities and 1 application from Jain communities.</p><p>Of those applications, there have been 193 unsuccessful applications from Christian communities, 60 unsuccessful applications from Muslim communities, 14 unsuccessful applications from Hindu communities, 17 unsuccessful applications from Sikh communities, and 1 unsuccessful application from Jain communities.</p><p>In Wales, there have been 14 applications from Christian communities, 1 application from Muslim communities, 1 application from Hindu communities and 0 applications from Sikh and Jain communities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 26192 question first answered 06/04/2020 17:04:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1183289

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of each category of place of worship have applied for funding through the Places of Worship Security Funding scheme in (a) England and (b) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	26192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2020 answer text <p>Over the first three years, the Places of Worship scheme has received 431 applications in total. Of the applications received, 134 were successful and 297 were unsuccessful.</p><p>In England, there have been 253 applications from Christian communities, 108 applications from Muslim communities, 19 applications from Hindu communities, 34 applications from Sikh communities and 1 application from Jain communities.</p><p>Of those applications, there have been 193 unsuccessful applications from Christian communities, 60 unsuccessful applications from Muslim communities, 14 unsuccessful applications from Hindu communities, 17 unsuccessful applications from Sikh communities, and 1 unsuccessful application from Jain communities.</p><p>In Wales, there have been 14 applications from Christian communities, 1 application from Muslim communities, 1 application from Hindu communities and 0 applications from Sikh and Jain communities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 26191 question first answered 06/04/2020 17:04:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1203354

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms and 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 resources she has allocated to (a) researching and (b) tackling the causes of gun and knife-related crimes in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	59260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, published in April 2018, sets out our analysis of the trends and drivers behind rises in serious violence including gun and knife crime.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that the police must have the powers and resources they need to tackle gun and knife crime, wherever it occurs.  This is why we are recruiting 20,000 more police officers over the next three years and why the West Midlands police are receiving £620.4m in funding in 2020/21 – an increase of £49.1m on 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Home Office has committed over £176.5 million over two years to address</p><p>serious violence in the most affected 18 police force areas in England and Wales, which</p><p>includes £104.9 million to pay for a surge in police operational activity, of which £12,601,485 has been allocated to West Midlands police. The remaining £70 million is being invested in multi-agency Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) over two financial years, with £6,740,000 of this going directly to the West Midlands VRU. The VRU brings together police, local government, health and education professionals, community leaders and other key partners to identify the drivers of serious violence and agree a multi-agency response.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to gun crime specifically, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 has introduced a ban on certain rapid-firing rifles and we are introducing greater regulation of antique firearms to prevent their misuse by criminals. We have also consulted on statutory guidance on firearms licensing to improve standards and the consistency of police licensing decisions, and we have established a multi-agency national firearms threat assessment centre to improve our capability to disrupt the supply and use of illegal firearms by criminals and Organised Crime Groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 also gives the police more powers to tackle knife crime and will make it more difficult for young people to get hold of knives in the first place. The Act</p><p>introduces Knife Crime Prevention Orders which will help the police to steer those most at risk away from serious violence and knife crime, and we will be legislating to introduce new Serious Violence Reduction Orders to make it easier for the police to stop and search known knife</p><p>carriers.</p><p> </p><p>The Serious Violence Strategy also puts an emphasis on prevention and early intervention. We are investing £200 million through the Youth Endowment Fund to invest in and evaluate early intervention projects and an additional £500 million over five years through the new Youth Investment Fund to build new youth centres, refurbish existing youth facilities, provide mobile facilities for harder to reach areas, and to invest in the youth work profession and frontline services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/06/2020 16:19:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300018

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Fines
	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 monitor the use of police powers introduced in the Coronavirus Act 2020 in respect of imposing fines on members of the public.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	163730
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The Health Protection regulations are kept under continuous review to ensure that measures are proportionate and appropriate in addressing the threat to public health posed by Covid-19.</p><p>The Government moved quickly to give the police the powers and guidance they need to support compliance with essential social distancing measures. Officials have worked closely with operational partners to ensure that new changes are understood by police forces around the country and will continue to do so as we move through the stages of the roadmap.</p><p>Throughout the pandemic the police have continued to use the 4Es approach: engaging with individuals who are not following the rules, explaining the rules to them and encouraging them to comply before moving on to enforce the law. The Government works closely with the police to ensure that enforcement of the rules is both proportionate and legal. Police officers have received clear guidance that they should use their common sense, discretion and experience in enforcing coronavirus regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/03/2021 09:57:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1307294

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: 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 the Government took to ensure the health and safety of HS2 protestors during their eviction from the Euston tunnel in February 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	179608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>We have a long tradition in this country of respect for legal protest. However, these protestors were putting themselves and those who might have to try to rescue them at risk. The response to the situation was led by the police, who are operationally independent of Government.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/04/2021 15:28:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1337945

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: Abuse and Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help protect retail workers from abuse, threats and violence during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	17860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government conducted a call for evidence on violence and abuse toward shop staff to understand the extent of the issue and how we can work with retailers and police to improve the response to these crimes. The Government’s formal response was published 7 July 2020 and is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fviolence-and-abuse-toward-shop-staff-call-for-evidence&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFozia.Forsyth%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce6e3c1b87ba4487396cf08d92a5649a1%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637587372346138923%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=3gL0JAW0qW8%2BMFRzcr27I6AwQegO5MXXf0vZMilOUBc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/violence-and-abuse-toward-shop-staff-call-for-evidence</a></p><p>To address the actions raised in the call for evidence the Home Office has worked closely with retailers and trade organisations through the National Retail Crime Steering Group. We have developed resources to assist retailers to report crimes when they occur, resources for shop staff who are victims of violence and abuse, and the #Shopkind communications campaign. The downloadable resources are free to use and are available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrc.org.uk%2Fnrcsg-against-shop-worker-abuse-and-violence%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFozia.Forsyth%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce6e3c1b87ba4487396cf08d92a5649a1%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637587372346148878%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=drORsw8lKIockrV97lvIylbWxKZ55rxUnr4KkaH8Wps%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://brc.org.uk/nrcsg-against-shop-worker-abuse-and-violence/</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/06/2021 15:50:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1337965

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol in England.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	17863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to introduce minimum unit pricing at this time.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/06/2021 10:25:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1359834

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Crime Prevention
	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 firearm offences crime across (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	57398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling the threat posed by trafficking and the misuse of illicit firearms. The UK has some of the toughest firearms controls in the world. We are continuing to reduce the supply and availability of illegal firearms to prevent their use by criminal or terrorist groups in the UK. The Government works closely with law enforcement to protect the public by tackling criminal use of firearms and disrupting illegal supply routes. Our approach is centred around partnership working, securing and enhancing capabilities at the border and reducing diversion from the legal to the illegal market.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the NCA-led Operation Venetic, a sophisticated clampdown on organised criminals which saw international law enforcement agencies working together to infiltrate encrypted messaging platform EncroChat, has seen over 700 arrests for drugs and firearms offences across the UK, including in the West Midlands.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 57399 question first answered 25/10/2021 15:36:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1359835

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Smuggling
	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 gun smuggling across (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	57399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling the threat posed by trafficking and the misuse of illicit firearms. The UK has some of the toughest firearms controls in the world. We are continuing to reduce the supply and availability of illegal firearms to prevent their use by criminal or terrorist groups in the UK. The Government works closely with law enforcement to protect the public by tackling criminal use of firearms and disrupting illegal supply routes. Our approach is centred around partnership working, securing and enhancing capabilities at the border and reducing diversion from the legal to the illegal market.</p><p> </p><p>For example, the NCA-led Operation Venetic, a sophisticated clampdown on organised criminals which saw international law enforcement agencies working together to infiltrate encrypted messaging platform EncroChat, has seen over 700 arrests for drugs and firearms offences across the UK, including in the West Midlands.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 57398 question first answered 25/10/2021 15:36:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1472092

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
	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 in response to the finding by BBC Radio 4's File on 4 programme that an estimated 13,000 children have been strip-searched by police since 2017; what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the use of strip-searching by police; and if her Department will undertake a review of strip-searches of children by police.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	22570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>Strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and its use should not be a routine occurrence. The Government is clear that any use of strip search should be carried out in accordance with the law and with full regard for the dignity and welfare of the individual being searched – particularly if the individual being searched is a child.</p><p>The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice govern how the police should undertake a strip search. The College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice (APP) on Stop and Search provides further guidance for the police on the use of strip search. We expect officers to follow the law and the best practice guidance set by the College of Policing in its APP.</p><p>To provide more transparency on this issue the Home Office have recently introduced a data collection on strip searches to the Annual Data Requirement. Police forces will be providing this data for 2021/22 on a voluntary basis, and it is due for publication towards the end of 2022. The data collection will include details on the age, sex and ethnicity of persons strip searched by the police in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/06/2022 16:13:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1129642

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Coal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration he has made of the implications of the level of stockpiles of coal for planning decisions on new and proposed coal mining operations, including those currently under consideration or review.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	259967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to clean growth and is taking action to reduce our reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>Our world leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 are expected to further this trend, and I am delighted that 30 countries, 22 states and cities, and 28 businesses have signed up to our Powering Past Coal Alliance.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning permission should not be granted for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely impacts. The Framework is a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction in England. Given my quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits of current or future planning applications for coal extraction.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 259968 259969 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:55:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1129643

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Coal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications of the Committee on Climate Change's report on net zero carbon emissions for (a) current and future planning decisions on coal mines for which approval has recently been granted, recommended or sought, and (b) planning guidelines for new coal mining applications and possible revision of the National Planning Policy Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	259968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to clean growth and is taking action to reduce our reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>Our world leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 are expected to further this trend, and I am delighted that 30 countries, 22 states and cities, and 28 businesses have signed up to our Powering Past Coal Alliance.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning permission should not be granted for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely impacts. The Framework is a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction in England. Given my quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits of current or future planning applications for coal extraction.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 259967 259969 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:55:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1129644

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Coal: Opencast Mining
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce urgently a presumption against all applications for deep or opencast coal mines in England.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	259969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to clean growth and is taking action to reduce our reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>Our world leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 are expected to further this trend, and I am delighted that 30 countries, 22 states and cities, and 28 businesses have signed up to our Powering Past Coal Alliance.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning permission should not be granted for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely impacts. The Framework is a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction in England. Given my quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits of current or future planning applications for coal extraction.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 259967 259968 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:55:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1341331

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic abuse cases have been prosecuted as common assault under Section 39 of Criminal Justice Act 1998 in each year since 2015; and what that figure is as a proportion of all domestic abuse cases in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	23063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>Statistical information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute – in this case common assault or battery. It is not possible separately to identify from this centrally held information how many people were convicted for common assault in a domestic abuse context. This detailed information may be held on court records but is not reported centrally to the Ministry of Justice. As such, the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2021 16:46:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1169217

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the classification of drugs following the June 2019 recommendations of the Global Commission on Drug Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has considered the recommendations of the Global Commission on Drug Policy’s report of June 2019. We keep drug control under constant review and work in consultation with our independent experts, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), to consider any new evidence of misuse and harms.</p><p>Following any advice or recommendation from the ACMD, the Government will act to classify substances in the appropriate way, based on an assessment of harm or potential harms.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/01/2020 16:49:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1433722

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Sentences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to review imprisonment for public protection sentences.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	126610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government keeps the operation of sentences of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) under constant review. This includes continuing to ensure that IPP prisoners, as well as all prisoners serving indeterminate sentences, have every opportunity to progress towards safe release. This approach is working, with high numbers of unreleased IPP prisoners achieving a release decision each year. The number of IPP prisoners who have never been released stood at 1,602 on 31 December 2021, down from over 6,000 at its peak.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has brought forward an amendment relating to IPP licence terminations as part of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill, which is currently before Parliament. IPP offenders are eligible for Parole Board consideration of whether their IPP licence should be terminated, once 10 years has elapsed since their first release. The Bill will require the Secretary of State to refer all eligible IPP offenders to the Parole Board for consideration of licence termination. This will ensure that eligible IPP offenders have every opportunity to have their licence terminated.</p><p> </p><p>The Government welcomes the Justice Select Committee inquiry into the IPP sentence and will carefully consider the recommendations in the final report.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2022 17:56:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1439749

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of response times of police forces in providing disclosure and barring service checks; and what assessment she had made of the adequacy of provision of those services to service users.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	138015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>An Enhanced disclosure check shows full details of a person's criminal record such as cautions, reprimands, warnings, spent and unspent convictions. From the period April 2021 to December 2021, over 2.91m, enhanced checks were processed by the DBS of which 2.46m, (83%), were processed within 14 days. See link for published DBS performance information on Gov.uk:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dbs-dataset-1-disclosure-progress-information-disclosed-and-update-service-subscriptions</a></p><p>DBS and the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) have service level agreements in place with the 52 police forces that DBS work with to provide criminal record checks. This ensures service delivery against quality, output, cost, and timeliness measures. Individual forces are assessed monthly against these quantitative measures, with qualitative standards assessed through a Quality Assurance Framework (QAF) that provides a consistent approach to the quality of work done across all forces. See link below for information on the QAF:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-assurance-framework-version-nine-qaf-v9" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-assurance-framework-version-nine-qaf-v9</a></p><p>Performance against targets is monitored closely by the department.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/03/2022 14:19:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1473246

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Bolton
	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 based in (a) Bolton South East constituency and (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	24570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>These data are collected by Police Force Area only, and lower levels of geography, such as Parliamentary Constituencies or Metropolitan Boroughs are not collected. Data on the number of police officers in Greater Manchester Police, on both a full-time equivalent (FTE) and a headcount basis, as at 31 March each year since 2007 are available in the Open Data Tables that accompany the release here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods</p><p>The next release of ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’, which will cover the situation as at March 2022, is scheduled for release on Wednesday 27<sup>th</sup> July.</p><p>While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, throughout the duration of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount only) in England and Wales by Police Force Area. The latest release contains provisional headcount figures for 31 March 2022, which are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2022 16:39:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1473247

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average spending, per head, on police in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, (c) the North West and (d) England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	24571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold figures below the level of Police Force Area.</p><p>On the 2<sup>nd</sup> February 2022, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23, an increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>Lancashire’s funding will be up to £343.7m in 2022/23, an increase of up to £17.9m when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>Operational decisions, including those on local priorities, remain the responsibility of Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioner’s.</p><p>We recognise that the current police funding formula is out of date and no longer accurately reflects demand on policing. We are committed to introducing a new formula that fairly and transparently distributes the circa £8.6bn of annual core grant funding to the 43 police forces in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2022 15:52:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1200960

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment she has made of the adequacy of Government funding allocated to the recruitment of 6,000 police officers by March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	903015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>This Government is delivering on the people’s priorities by giving policing the biggest funding increase in a decade.</p><p>In total we’re increasing the funding available to the policing system by over £1bn this year.</p><p>In order to help recruit we are giving PCCs an additional £700 million this year to help deliver the recruitment of 6,000 additional officers by the end of March 2021; we have already recruited 3000 new officers.</p><p>We are giving the police the resources they need to fight crime and keep the public safe.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/06/2020 15:10:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1289636

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Redbridge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police staff serve in the London Borough of Redbridge in February 2021 compared to May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	158131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin. However, data are collected at Police Force Area (PFA) level only, and information on officer and staff numbers in specific London Boroughs are not held centrally.</p><p>The latest in this statistical series covers the situation in both full time-equivalent (FTE) and headcount terms as at 30 September 2020 and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2020</a></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 terms only) in England and Wales. Data are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/03/2021 15:11:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1289646

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Redbridge
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided to support the London Fire Brigade in the London Borough of Redbridge in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	158139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. The amount of funding allocated to London Fire Brigade is a matter for the Mayor.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/03/2021 13:33:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1220562

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT+ People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of instances of (a) hate crime, (b) serious violence and (c) malicious communications directed at BAME LGBTQ+ youth in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	68756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of hate crime offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, including a breakdown of those motivated by hatred of the racial, sexual orientation or transgender background of victims. The latest ‘Hate Crime, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin is available here:<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>However, from the information we hold it is not possible to identify the number of instances of hate crime, serious violence or malicious communications directed specifically at BAME LGBTQ+ youth or trans youth.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 68757 question first answered 13/07/2020 16:17:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1220563

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Transgender People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of instances of (a) hate crime, (b) serious violence and (c) malicious communications directed at trans youth in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	68757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of hate crime offences recorded by the police in England and Wales, including a breakdown of those motivated by hatred of the racial, sexual orientation or transgender background of victims. The latest ‘Hate Crime, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin is available here:<p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2018-to-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>However, from the information we hold it is not possible to identify the number of instances of hate crime, serious violence or malicious communications directed specifically at BAME LGBTQ+ youth or trans youth.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 68756 question first answered 13/07/2020 16:17:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1233505

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	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, for which foreign states the College of Policing provided training courses in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20; and what the subject of each of those training courses was.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	88375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>This is a matter for the College of Policing, but I can confirm that it does provide bespoke training packages to international partners.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/09/2020 15:52:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse