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1125062

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of calls made to the police on the non-emergency 101 number are terminated by the caller while they are waiting for a person to answer that call.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	251242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on total amount of charges for calls to 101.</p><p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on calls to 101 terminated by the caller.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 251240 251241 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:33:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1121525

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of removing the 15 pence service charge on 101 calls so that non-emergency phone calls to the police are free of charge.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	244012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>Calls to 101 cost 15p from a mobile device or landline phones, from anywhere in the country and regardless of duration. Calls are free from payphones.</p><p>The public have always paid to contact the police by telephone for non-emergencies and the 15p charge per call is a transparent rate that fully funds the 101 non-emergency service. Police non-emergency numbers (such as 0845 numbers) which were used before 2011 could cost members of the public up to 40p per minute. While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge.</p><p>The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/04/2019 14:24:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1125057

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total amount of charges to people for calls made to the 101 line was in each year since that line has been in operation.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	251240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on total amount of charges for calls to 101.</p><p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on calls to 101 terminated by the caller.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 251241 251242 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:33:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1125058

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make calls to the police on the non-emergency 101 number free of charge or require that all funds raised from those call charges be allocated towards frontline policing.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	251241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on total amount of charges for calls to 101.</p><p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on calls to 101 terminated by the caller.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 251240 251242 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:33:02 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1125452

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of abolishing the charge for phone calls to the 101 non emergency number.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	252110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. <br> <br>The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 252112 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:34:31 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1125454

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to abolish the 15 pence charge for 101 calls to the emergency services.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	252112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office is reviewing charges for the 101 non-emergency telephone number.</p><p>While it may not be an option for everyone, the public can also report non-emergency crimes online via forces’ websites, free of charge. <br> <br>The Home Office is supporting the digital transformation of policing through programmes such as the Digital Policing Portfolio (DPP), led by the NPCC. Within the DPP, the Digital Public Contact programme aims to provide appropriate digital channels for the public to report and track crime online, facilitating greater public-police interaction in real time.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 252110 question first answered 13/05/2019 16:34:31 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1122517

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Barbecues
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the risks of disposable barbecues to wildlife and the natural environment.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	246571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office works in close partnership with local fire and rescue authorities to promote a range of fire safety messages through the national Fire Kills campaign. Messages on outdoor fire safety, including the fire risks related to barbecues, are included within the educational materials made available to fire and rescue authorities to support local activity. In addition, the campaign works with the Gas Safe Register to support the promotion of carbon monoxide safety messages associated with barbecues.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 29/04/2019 13:27:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

1123625

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cars: Theft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cars were reported stolen in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	248627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data specifically on the number of cars that were reported stolen. However, information about all stolen vehicles recorded by police in the last 2 years is available and have been released in the Police Recorded Crime Open Data tables, which can be found here:<br><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> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/05/2019 14:14:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1122188

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) Police and Crime Commissioners and (b) Chief Constables have informed him in the last year that they require more funding to tackle serious violent crime.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
	uin	245577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has regular meetings with senior police officers and Police and Crime Commissioners in which they discuss a range of issues, including serious violence.</p><p>We have engaged closely with the police about the additional complex demands they face, including from serious violence. In response, we increased funding for policing by over £1 billion this year, including the £100 million announced at Spring Statement to tackle serious violence which includes £80m of new funding from the Treasury.</p><p>This additional funding follows the Home Secretary’s roundtable on 6 March with senior police officers from Metropolitan Police, West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, where they discussed what more can be done to tackle serious violence and the resources they needed to fight violent crime.</p><p>The majority of this additional investment will go towards supporting police forces where violent crime is impacting the most, to take immediate action to suppress the violence we are seeing, to make our streets safer. Officials are engaging with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners in relation to this funding.</p><p>Last year we also provided £4.6m of Special Grant funding to Bedfordshire Police to support Operation Boson, the force’s specialist response to gang, gun and knife crime.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/04/2019 12:42:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1123155

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Criminal Investigation
	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 ensure that the police investigate all reported crime.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	247672
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>We expect the police to take all reports of crime seriously and to investigate where appropriate. It is the responsibility of Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners to make sure criminal cases are investigated properly</p><p>Funding to the police in 2019/20 is increasing by over £1 billion in 2019/20, including council tax, extra funding for pensions costs, and £100 million funding to tackle serious violence.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/05/2019 13:20:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord