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748446

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Acids
	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 Answer of 23 March 2017 to Question 68460, whether it is her assessment that legislative change will be required to better control sales of products with a high acidic content.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	3214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office and the National Police Chiefs’ Council jointly hosted a meeting on 4 July with medical experts, police, retailers, and officials from a number of Government departments and agencies to share understanding about the nature of attacks and discussed action being taken by the respective agencies. We are currently considering a range of measures which includes with retailers what action can be taken to restrict access to the most harmful products used in acid and other corrosive substance attacks.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/07/2017 13:10:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

748542

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Mayor of London to discuss knife crime in London.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	3132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Tackling knife crime remains a priority for the Government and our work is centred on four key strands working with the police on operations and enforcement, work on the legislative framework, work with retailers on responsible sales, and early intervention and prevention.</p><p>The Home Office works closely with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime on a range of issues including knife crime. The Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability, Sarah Newton MP, met Sophie Linden, Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London on the 19 December to discuss knife crime and youth violence.</p><p>The Home Office are encouraging police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The operation includes targeting habitual knife carriers, weapon sweeps, test purchases of knives from identified retailers, and the use of surrender bins. The Home Office hosted an all force briefing event which I attended on Operation Sceptre on 14 June and the next week of action which will include the Metropolitan Police Service will take place in July.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/07/2017 13:13:26 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

748240

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	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 raids on care homes in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland resulted in potential victims of human trafficking being taken by the police to reception centres in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	2922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency holds the data collected on victims of modern slavery through the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The NRM is the process that identifies and supports victims of modern slavery. Modern slavery includes but is not limited to human trafficking, domestic servitude and labour exploitation.</p><p>In 2016, UK police forces identified and referred 914 potential victims of modern slavery into the NRM. The NRM statistics published break down the referrals made by their local constabulary. Data on the context in which the police identify the potential victim of modern slavery is not published. The NRM statistics for 2012-2016 can be viewed on the National Crime Agency website: <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/national-referral-mechanism-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 10/07/2017 13:08:54 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

747455

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Synthetic Cannabinoids: Misuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on the legal status of (a) Spice, (b) Black Mamba and (c) the new highly potent and lethal crystalised form of Spice.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	2406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>A third generation of synthetic cannabinoids was controlled under class B of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in December. Synthetic cannabinoids are commonly found under a number of brand names, including ‘spice’ and ‘black mamba’, which contain a wide range of these substances that varies from sample to sample.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/07/2017 15:34:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

747490

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register
	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 how many people on the sex offenders register will be moved to a reactive management monitoring regime in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2388
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be.</p><p> </p><p>Registered sex offenders are managed by the police, who are in the best position to identify the risk posed by individuals. There is a range of legislative measures available to the police including civil orders to manage known sex offenders living in the community.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 25 January a new policing practice was rolled out nationally to address the increasing rise in the number of sexual offenders. This practice provides for a bespoke visit regime based upon the individual risk management plan for every offender, introducing reactive management for only those offenders who have been assessed as a low risk consistently for at least three years and have not reoffended. The offence people on the register have been convicted of, and whether they are on the barred list, are factors but not determining factors in assessing offenders risk.</p><p> </p><p>Other criminal justice partners and social care agencies contribute to the effective management of sex offenders through Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). These are statutory arrangements that seek to reduce the serious re-offending behaviour of sexual and violent offenders by the sharing of information. The MAPPA annual report contains statistical information on Registered Sex Offenders, including those who breach their notification requirements. The report can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We are very clear that the police are best placed to assess the risk of an offender committing another crime, and they will rightly put the public first. No offender who continues to pose a risk to the public will be subject to reactive management but will continue to be managed closely by the police. Those offenders who are considered for reactive management are still subject to the annual notification requirements and monitoring through police intelligence systems. If at any point there are any concerns about an offender in reactive management, they will be reverted back to active management. The police estimate that of the 52,000 Registered Sex Offenders in England and Wales, those subject to the reactive management regime will, at this moment in time, be in the low hundreds.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with the Police and other law enforcement agencies to ensure that the right powers are available for the authorities to tackle sexual crimes and to bring perpetrators to justice.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 2389 2390 2391 2646 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:48:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

747491

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what offences people on the sex offenders register, who are due to be subject to a reactive management regime, have been convicted of.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be.</p><p> </p><p>Registered sex offenders are managed by the police, who are in the best position to identify the risk posed by individuals. There is a range of legislative measures available to the police including civil orders to manage known sex offenders living in the community.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 25 January a new policing practice was rolled out nationally to address the increasing rise in the number of sexual offenders. This practice provides for a bespoke visit regime based upon the individual risk management plan for every offender, introducing reactive management for only those offenders who have been assessed as a low risk consistently for at least three years and have not reoffended. The offence people on the register have been convicted of, and whether they are on the barred list, are factors but not determining factors in assessing offenders risk.</p><p> </p><p>Other criminal justice partners and social care agencies contribute to the effective management of sex offenders through Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). These are statutory arrangements that seek to reduce the serious re-offending behaviour of sexual and violent offenders by the sharing of information. The MAPPA annual report contains statistical information on Registered Sex Offenders, including those who breach their notification requirements. The report can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We are very clear that the police are best placed to assess the risk of an offender committing another crime, and they will rightly put the public first. No offender who continues to pose a risk to the public will be subject to reactive management but will continue to be managed closely by the police. Those offenders who are considered for reactive management are still subject to the annual notification requirements and monitoring through police intelligence systems. If at any point there are any concerns about an offender in reactive management, they will be reverted back to active management. The police estimate that of the 52,000 Registered Sex Offenders in England and Wales, those subject to the reactive management regime will, at this moment in time, be in the low hundreds.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with the Police and other law enforcement agencies to ensure that the right powers are available for the authorities to tackle sexual crimes and to bring perpetrators to justice.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 2388 2390 2391 2646 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:48:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

747492

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of the people on the sex offenders register, who are due to be subjected to a reactive management regime, are on the Disclosure and Barring Services automatic barring list (i) with and (ii) without representations.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be.</p><p> </p><p>Registered sex offenders are managed by the police, who are in the best position to identify the risk posed by individuals. There is a range of legislative measures available to the police including civil orders to manage known sex offenders living in the community.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 25 January a new policing practice was rolled out nationally to address the increasing rise in the number of sexual offenders. This practice provides for a bespoke visit regime based upon the individual risk management plan for every offender, introducing reactive management for only those offenders who have been assessed as a low risk consistently for at least three years and have not reoffended. The offence people on the register have been convicted of, and whether they are on the barred list, are factors but not determining factors in assessing offenders risk.</p><p> </p><p>Other criminal justice partners and social care agencies contribute to the effective management of sex offenders through Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). These are statutory arrangements that seek to reduce the serious re-offending behaviour of sexual and violent offenders by the sharing of information. The MAPPA annual report contains statistical information on Registered Sex Offenders, including those who breach their notification requirements. The report can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We are very clear that the police are best placed to assess the risk of an offender committing another crime, and they will rightly put the public first. No offender who continues to pose a risk to the public will be subject to reactive management but will continue to be managed closely by the police. Those offenders who are considered for reactive management are still subject to the annual notification requirements and monitoring through police intelligence systems. If at any point there are any concerns about an offender in reactive management, they will be reverted back to active management. The police estimate that of the 52,000 Registered Sex Offenders in England and Wales, those subject to the reactive management regime will, at this moment in time, be in the low hundreds.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with the Police and other law enforcement agencies to ensure that the right powers are available for the authorities to tackle sexual crimes and to bring perpetrators to justice.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 2388 2389 2391 2646 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:48:39 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

747493

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals on the sex offenders register who are deemed low risk (a) committed offences whilst on the register and (b) breached their notification requirements in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2391
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be.</p><p> </p><p>Registered sex offenders are managed by the police, who are in the best position to identify the risk posed by individuals. There is a range of legislative measures available to the police including civil orders to manage known sex offenders living in the community.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 25 January a new policing practice was rolled out nationally to address the increasing rise in the number of sexual offenders. This practice provides for a bespoke visit regime based upon the individual risk management plan for every offender, introducing reactive management for only those offenders who have been assessed as a low risk consistently for at least three years and have not reoffended. The offence people on the register have been convicted of, and whether they are on the barred list, are factors but not determining factors in assessing offenders risk.</p><p> </p><p>Other criminal justice partners and social care agencies contribute to the effective management of sex offenders through Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). These are statutory arrangements that seek to reduce the serious re-offending behaviour of sexual and violent offenders by the sharing of information. The MAPPA annual report contains statistical information on Registered Sex Offenders, including those who breach their notification requirements. The report can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We are very clear that the police are best placed to assess the risk of an offender committing another crime, and they will rightly put the public first. No offender who continues to pose a risk to the public will be subject to reactive management but will continue to be managed closely by the police. Those offenders who are considered for reactive management are still subject to the annual notification requirements and monitoring through police intelligence systems. If at any point there are any concerns about an offender in reactive management, they will be reverted back to active management. The police estimate that of the 52,000 Registered Sex Offenders in England and Wales, those subject to the reactive management regime will, at this moment in time, be in the low hundreds.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with the Police and other law enforcement agencies to ensure that the right powers are available for the authorities to tackle sexual crimes and to bring perpetrators to justice.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 2388 2389 2390 2646 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:48:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

747498

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Violent and Sex Offender Register
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her oral contribution of 3 July 2017, on the child sexual abuse inquiry, which police forces (a) are and (b) are not planning to implement a reactive management regime for some people on the sex offenders register in their areas.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	2646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has some of the toughest powers in the world to deal with sex offenders and we are committed to ensuring that the system is as robust as it can be.</p><p> </p><p>Registered sex offenders are managed by the police, who are in the best position to identify the risk posed by individuals. There is a range of legislative measures available to the police including civil orders to manage known sex offenders living in the community.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 25 January a new policing practice was rolled out nationally to address the increasing rise in the number of sexual offenders. This practice provides for a bespoke visit regime based upon the individual risk management plan for every offender, introducing reactive management for only those offenders who have been assessed as a low risk consistently for at least three years and have not reoffended. The offence people on the register have been convicted of, and whether they are on the barred list, are factors but not determining factors in assessing offenders risk.</p><p> </p><p>Other criminal justice partners and social care agencies contribute to the effective management of sex offenders through Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA). These are statutory arrangements that seek to reduce the serious re-offending behaviour of sexual and violent offenders by the sharing of information. The MAPPA annual report contains statistical information on Registered Sex Offenders, including those who breach their notification requirements. The report can be found on the GOV.UK website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/563117/MAPPA_Annual_Report_2015-16.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>We are very clear that the police are best placed to assess the risk of an offender committing another crime, and they will rightly put the public first. No offender who continues to pose a risk to the public will be subject to reactive management but will continue to be managed closely by the police. Those offenders who are considered for reactive management are still subject to the annual notification requirements and monitoring through police intelligence systems. If at any point there are any concerns about an offender in reactive management, they will be reverted back to active management. The police estimate that of the 52,000 Registered Sex Offenders in England and Wales, those subject to the reactive management regime will, at this moment in time, be in the low hundreds.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with the Police and other law enforcement agencies to ensure that the right powers are available for the authorities to tackle sexual crimes and to bring perpetrators to justice.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 2388 2389 2390 2391 question first answered 06/07/2017 15:48:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

747507

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2017 to Question 219, if she will publish the Home Office report on foreign funding of extremism and radicalisation in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	2416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Honourable gentleman to the answer given on the 3<sup>rd</sup> July to question 1467.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/07/2017 12:58:24 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron