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1156432

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many licences for the cultivation of high THC cannabis are in effect in the UK; and how many have been awarded in the past 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	5392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>There are currently 19 licences in extant that have been issued in the last 12 months to cultivate high THC cannabis in England, Wales and Scotland.</p><p>The licences are issued for a validity of one year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/11/2019 15:52:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1173434

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Licensing
	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) high-THC cultivation licences, (b) low-THC cultivation licences, (c) Schedule 1 domestic licences and (d) Schedule 1 import licences were granted in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	8134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2019, the Drugs and Firearms Licensing unit issued to premises in Great Britain (a) 33 low THC licences to cultivate low THC cannabis (b) 20 licences to cultivate high THC cannabis (c) 362 domestic licences covering possession of schedule 1.</p><p>Import licences are issued for individual drug substances as opposed to by schedule of drug. Thousands of drug substances could fall within schedule 1 control so it is not possible to provide a figure for the number of ‘schedule 1’ import licences granted.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/02/2020 15:56:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1173534

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Antisemitism: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of antisemitic hate crime took place in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	8294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of religious hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales by perceived religion of the victim.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data, for 2018/19, can be found in ‘Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2018/19’ which can be accessed here:</p><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>The number of religious hate crimes for 2018/19, where the perceived religion of the victim was Jewish or Muslim, recorded by South Yorkshire Police and for the Yorkshire and Humber region are shown in the table.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 8295 question first answered 03/02/2020 15:24:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1173535

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islamophobia: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of Islamophobic hate crime took place in (a) South Yorkshire and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	8295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of religious hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales by perceived religion of the victim.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data, for 2018/19, can be found in ‘Hate Crime, England and Wales, 2018/19’ which can be accessed here:</p><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>The number of religious hate crimes for 2018/19, where the perceived religion of the victim was Jewish or Muslim, recorded by South Yorkshire Police and for the Yorkshire and Humber region are shown in the table.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 8294 question first answered 03/02/2020 15:24:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1176388

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many schedule 1 (a) domestic and (b) import licences cannabis and cannabis-based products were granted in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	12828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2019, the Drugs and Firearms Licensing unit issued to premises in Great Britain 362 domestic licences covering possession of schedule 1 drugs.</p><p>Controlled drug import licences are issued for individual consignments with reference to the drug substance(s) contained in the shipment. An import licence can cover up to four different types of drug substance or preparation. A total of 452 import licences for shipments containing cannabis or with a controlled cannabinoid content were issued in 2019.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:44:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1196447

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 paragraphs 4 and 5 on page 3 of her Department's Factsheet on Cannabis, CBD and other cannabinoids, what assessment she has made of the limit of detection that is the appropriate level of sensitivity to accurately determine through laboratory analysis that there are no controlled cannabinoids present in a CBD product and that the product contains CBD in its pure form.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	48249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of limits of detection in relation to testing for the presence of controlled cannabinoids in CBD products. The Home Office approach is one of caution, that is, that a CBD product is likely to be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (‘the 2001 Regulations’) if it contains any controlled cannabinoids.</p><p>The term ‘administration’ in the exempt product definition is not defined by the 2001 Regulations. The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 provides the following as part of its definition:</p><p>““administer” means administer to a human being—</p><p> </p><p>(a) orally, by injection, or by introduction into the body in any other way; or</p><p>(b) by external application (whether or not by direct application to the body)”</p><p> </p><p>The interpretation of legislation is ultimately a matter for the courts to decide.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 48250 question first answered 02/06/2020 07:41:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1196456

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
	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 limb A of the definition of an exempted product on page five of her Department's Drug Licensing Factsheet - Cannabis, CBD and other cannabinoids, what her Department's definition is of the term administration.
	tabling member constituency	Reigate
	tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
	uin	48250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has made no assessment of limits of detection in relation to testing for the presence of controlled cannabinoids in CBD products. The Home Office approach is one of caution, that is, that a CBD product is likely to be controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 (‘the 2001 Regulations’) if it contains any controlled cannabinoids.</p><p>The term ‘administration’ in the exempt product definition is not defined by the 2001 Regulations. The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 provides the following as part of its definition:</p><p>““administer” means administer to a human being—</p><p> </p><p>(a) orally, by injection, or by introduction into the body in any other way; or</p><p>(b) by external application (whether or not by direct application to the body)”</p><p> </p><p>The interpretation of legislation is ultimately a matter for the courts to decide.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 48249 question first answered 02/06/2020 07:41:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1203355

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Royal Commission On Criminal Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timescale is for announcing the (a) Chair and (b) terms of reference of the proposed Royal Commission on Criminal Justice announced in the Queen's Speech of December 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Witney
	tabling member printed	Robert Courts
	uin	59243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Royal Commission is an important opportunity to address some of the key issues affecting the criminal justice system.</p><p>As we emerge from this unprecedented pandemic, we are carefully addressing the scope, terms of reference and membership of the Commission. In doing so we intend to embrace the lessons we can learn from the present crisis with Covid-19 to help make the system more resilient.</p><p>As this work develops, further announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/06/2020 15:50:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1204279

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime: Gambling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of (a) cash and (b) goods stolen from acquisitive crime where the arrested person cited debts from (i) gambling and (ii) gambling addiction as the reason for their criminal activity in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	59909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 59908 question first answered 24/06/2020 14:49:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1218868

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Police
	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 report by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety entitled Roads policing and its contribution to road safety, published on 4 June 2020, if she will make roads policing a strategic policing requirement.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	65938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>There is a high threshold for inclusion of national threats in the Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR) which is subject to periodic review. Before the Secretary of State can make any changes, legislation requires her to seek advice from key policing stakeholders. The department remains committed to reviewing the SPR this year and subject to sufficient recovery from the COVID-19 response and consequent capacity in policing, the review of the SPR is scheduled to commence in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/07/2020 08:59:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman