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1133645

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Rape
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) released under investigation and (b) released on police bail in cases of rape in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	267293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.</p><p>From April 2017 the Home Office requested information on a voluntary basis from the police on the number of individuals released on pre-charge bail, broken down by bail length. Data, from a subset of 17 forces, were published as ‘Experimental statistics’ in the latest edition of the ‘Police powers and procedures’ statistical bulletin, available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751215/police-powers-procedures-mar18-hosb2418.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/751215/police-powers-procedures-mar18-hosb2418.pdf</a></p><p>The data were collected on a mandatory basis from April 2018 and are intended for publication in the next edition of the release, scheduled for October 2019.</p><p>However, information on the specific offence are not collected, nor are data on cases which resulted in a person being released under investigation.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/06/2019 16:30:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1133677

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vagrancy Act 1824: Arrests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made under the Vagrancy Act 1824 in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	267314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not centrally available as the Home Office only collects data on arrests for notifiable offences, that is indictable and triable-either-way offences that may be heard at a Crown Court. Offences under the Vagrancy Act are not notifiable.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/06/2019 16:28:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132798

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the police force prices for goods and services in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016; and whether there is a policing-specific rate of inflation.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	266144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The data for 2015 and 2016 has been published at <a href="https://www.police.uk%20" target="_blank">https://www.police.uk </a>and is published by individual Force.</p><p>There is no police specific rate of inflation applied to the commonly bought items.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/06/2019 15:09:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132896

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime Prevention: Finance
	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 press release of 18 June 2019 entitled Home Office allocates £35 million to Police and Crime Commissioners in 18 local areas, whether any areas requesting funding for a violence reduction unit had their bid rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	266196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>As announced on 18 June, the £35 million VRU funding has been provisionally allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners in 18 local areas experiencing the highest volumes of serious violence. Funding has provisionally been allocated with reference to data on hospital admissions relating to injury with a sharp object.</p><p>These areas have been notified of their provisional allocations and have been invited to submit a light-touch application form, setting out their proposals for spend. Once received, the Home Office will review applications to ensure consistency with funding requirements before the final awards are confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 24/06/2019 15:15:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1133016

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	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 18 June 2019 to Question 264436, when (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service last met with the National Police Chiefs' Council to discuss forensic retesting.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	266292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to pro-vide details of all such meetings.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/06/2019 15:49:48 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132386

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	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 7 February 2019 to Question 216372 on Police: Finance, what the Police Transformation Fund underspend was in (a) 2016-17 and (b) 2017-18; and what estimate he has made of that underspend in 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	265556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Police Transformation Fund underspend was:<br>a) £ 5,922,195.65 in 2016-17, £5m of which was used for Emergency Services Mobile Communication research costs in 2016-17.</p><p>b) £42,884,039 in 2017-18, this was used to bring forward 2019-20 com-mitments which enabled us to finance the ministerial commitment to tackling serious violence in 2018-19</p><p>c) £3,084,351.34 in 2018-19</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/07/2019 14:23:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132388

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	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 press release of 6 December 2018 by the National Police Chiefs Council, National operation to re-test manipulated forensic samples continues, what proportion of the 10,500 cases identified in that press release as potentially at risk of manipulation because of alleged criminal activity at Randox have been re-tested.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	265558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) coordinates the re-testing programme and they are responsible for providing updated information.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/06/2019 16:24:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132392

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forensic Science
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many digital forensic laboratories are accredited by UK Accreditation Services.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	265562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of digital forensics laboratories accredited by UKAS can be accessed through the website of the UKAS:</p><p><a href="https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=4938&amp;parent=&amp;type_id=2%20" target="_blank">https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=4938&amp;parent=&amp;type_id=2 </a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/06/2019 15:23:39 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132224

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Randox Testing Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of cases of erroneous testing results at Randox laboratories that resulted in a person wrongly having their diving licence suspended.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	264783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has made no assessment on the number of suspended driving licenses based on tests by Randox Testing Services. The NPCC leads the retesting programme with assistance from the Crown Prosecution Service and others and is committed to giving regular updates.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/06/2019 15:00:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1132128

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forensic Science: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate his Department has made of the number of digital forensics labs operating (a) without accreditation and (b) without compliance with digital forensics standards.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	264430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that appropriate quality standards are met across the system and supports the Forensic Science Regulator’s call for police forces to achieve accreditation for a range of forensic techniques. However, the commissioning of forensic tests is an operational matter for the police and the Home Office does not collect information on the number of specimen examined within laboratories of any kind not in compliance with ISO 17025.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of laboratories of all kind accredited to ISO 17020 or ISO 17025, but this information can be accessed through the website of the UK Accreditation Service: <a href="https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=2242&amp;&amp;parent=&amp;&amp;type_id=2" target="_blank">https://www.ukas.com/browse-accredited-organisations/?org_cat=2242&amp;&amp;parent=&amp;&amp;type_id=2 </a></p><p>In her latest annual report, published on 15 March 2019, the Forensic Science Regulator set out her view of the national picture for accreditation. The report can be accessed through the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786137/FSRAnnual_Report_2018_v1.0.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786137/FSRAnnual_Report_2018_v1.0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 264431 264432 264434 question first answered 18/06/2019 14:57:04 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh