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1486165

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date	04/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Threat to Life Notices
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 30 June 2022 to Question 25867 on Threat to Life Notices, whether her Department holds figures on the cost to police forces of issuing Osman warnings in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	30025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect or hold figures on the cost to police force of issuing Osman warnings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:48:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1485318

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Ellesmere Port and Neston
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 permanently in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	28890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 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 Cheshire 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: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods</a></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 27th 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: Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:46:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1485333

registered interest
date	01/07/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 25871 on Community Orders, how many hours of Community Payback is yet to be delivered in each (a) region of (i) England and (ii) Wales and (b) probation service area in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	28888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p><strong></strong>The below table provides a breakdown of the number of hours on the Community Payback caseload by Probation region as of 27/06/22.</p><p>It outlines the number of hours handed down by the courts (including recently sentenced hours) which still need to be worked.</p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring that offenders work all of their sentenced hours, subject to judicial decision.</p><p>We are boosting the number of hours offenders spend doing tough Community Payback, such as cleaning up public places, by nearly two thirds – from five million to eight million hours a year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Probation Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Caseload of Community Payback Hours </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 374,615.8 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby City</p></td><td><p>21,928.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>34,234.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland</p></td><td><p>75,605.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire East and West</p></td><td><p>15,007.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City</p></td><td><p>35,591.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>34,131.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other East Midlands Region</p></td><td><p>158,117.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East of England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 513,991.2 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>36,741.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough</p></td><td><p>43,474.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex North</p></td><td><p>110,644.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex South</p></td><td><p>91,922.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>36,568.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p>63,515.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>66,600.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>63,303.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other East of England</p></td><td><p>1,221.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Greater Manchester</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 345,023.9 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>27,752.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury and Rochdale</p></td><td><p>35,672.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester North</p></td><td><p>40,585.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester South</p></td><td><p>31,889.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>25,090.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>22,014.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport and Trafford</p></td><td><p>31,438.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>22,011.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>24,482.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>84,086.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Kent Surrey Sussex Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 360,166.8 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton and East Sussex</p></td><td><p>58,613.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kent</p></td><td><p>67,102.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>60,347.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Kent</p></td><td><p>119,825.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Sussex</p></td><td><p>52,913.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Kent Surrey Sussex Region</p></td><td><p>1,365.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 849,204.5 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham and Havering</p></td><td><p>51,914.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>34,225.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden, Islington</p></td><td><p>30,109.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>31,883.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing and Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>31,754.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield and Haringey</p></td><td><p>45,730.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich and Bexley</p></td><td><p>39,660.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney and City</p></td><td><p>29,639.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster</p></td><td><p>32,480.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow and Barnet</p></td><td><p>31,241.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston, Richmond and Hounslow</p></td><td><p>32,074.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>23,328.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham and Bromley</p></td><td><p>46,789.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>44,479.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge and Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>51,924.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>23,016.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>37,316.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton</p></td><td><p>36,975.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other London</p></td><td><p>194,660.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North East Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 200,402.0 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>County Durham and Darlington</p></td><td><p>19,739.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead and South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>25,418.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle Upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>15,074.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside and Northumberland</p></td><td><p>29,707.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar, Cleveland and Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>19,154.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton and Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>16,397.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>15,017.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other North East Region</p></td><td><p>59,895.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 510,398.6 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn and Darwen</p></td><td><p>9,884.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Lancashire</p></td><td><p>29,460.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>28,540.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West</p></td><td><p>28,792.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>31,000.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lancashire</p></td><td><p>23,942.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton and Warrington</p></td><td><p>29,306.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley and St Helens</p></td><td><p>26,413.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool North</p></td><td><p>34,095.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool South</p></td><td><p>34,535.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>39,715.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>22,513.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>37,475.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other North West Region</p></td><td><p>134,722.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South Central</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 351,656.0 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buckinghamshire and M Keynes</p></td><td><p>48,551.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Berkshire</p></td><td><p>33,317.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire North and East</p></td><td><p>52,774.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>23,929.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth and IoW</p></td><td><p>26,117.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton, Eastleigh and New Forest</p></td><td><p>34,784.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>37,259.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other South Central</p></td><td><p>94,921.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 404,434.6 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North Somerset</p></td><td><p>19,903.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol and South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>103,488.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall and Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>18,229.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon and Torbay</p></td><td><p>32,491.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>73,086.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>34,267.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>27,462.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerset</p></td><td><p>38,190.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon and Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>56,374.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other South West</p></td><td><p>940.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 304,529.4 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff and Vale</p></td><td><p>66,898.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cwm Taf Morgannwg</p></td><td><p>45,412.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed Powys</p></td><td><p>38,891.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwent</p></td><td><p>36,714.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wales</p></td><td><p>85,236.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea, Neath Port-Talbot</p></td><td><p>28,893.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Wales</p></td><td><p>2,483.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 403,012.7 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Central and South</p></td><td><p>54,245.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham North, East and Solihull</p></td><td><p>45,832.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>46,190.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley and Sandwell</p></td><td><p>19,188.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford</p></td><td><p>15,311.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire and Stoke</p></td><td><p>52,068.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall and Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>33,985.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>29,432.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>16,994.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other West Midlands Region</p></td><td><p>89,763.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and The Humber</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 688,056.9 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley and Rotherham</p></td><td><p>48,170.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford and Calderdale</p></td><td><p>168,798.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>34,181.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull and East Riding</p></td><td><p>60,515.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>65,751.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>128,704.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North and North East Lincs</p></td><td><p>27,857.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>44,007.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>44,698.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>49,025.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>15,075.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>1,271.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 5,305,492.4 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data as at 27/06/2022. It is worth noting that some recording of hours sentenced or worked takes place retrospectively and therefore won't be included in this data.</p><p>Data is sourced from nDelius and while this data has been assured as much as practical, as with any large administrative dataset, the data should not be assumed to be accurate to the last value presented.</p><p>Cases held in an 'Other' Delivery Unit include cases held by a Region-wide Community Payback function, cases held in the region's enforcement function, or cases pending allocation to a Probation Delivery Unit.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/07/2022 17:28:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1484969

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
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 protect the victims of cuckooing through the criminal justice system.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	900903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>This Government is determined to crack down on the county lines gangs who exploit our children and have a devastating impact on our communities. That is why, through the ten-year Drugs Strategy, we are investing up to £145m over three years in our successful County Lines Programme. Since November 2019 police activity funded by the County Lines Programme has closed over 2,400 lines, made over 8,000 arrests, and engaged over 9,500 individuals through safeguarding interventions.</p><p>Also, through the County Lines Programme, the Home Office funds the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre (NCLCC) who have identified and are sharing best practice on ‘cuckooing’. Examples include working with local authorities and housing associations to raise awareness, to disrupt this malicious crime and signpost vulnerable victims to support.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/07/2022 15:49:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1485066

registered interest
date	30/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2014 at tackling anti-social behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	28488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>It is important that local authorities have the powers they need to tackle all local issues quickly and effectively. That is why we introduced a range of flexible tools and powers to tackle anti-social behaviour through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>The powers in the 2014 Act are deliberately local in nature and it is for local authorities to determine how best to respond to each individual case. The powers support appropriate action to resolve anti-social behaviour, including through setting restrictions or positive requirements on individuals.</p><p>The Home Office published <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-bill-anti-social-behaviour" target="_blank">statutory guidance</a> to support local areas to make effective use of these powers to emphasise the importance of focusing on the impact of anti-social behaviour on victims and further to support local authorities to make effective use of these powers. This guidance was updated in June 2022 to ensure a victim-centered approach to tackling ASB.</p><p>Last year the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf" target="_blank"><em>Beating Crime Plan</em></a> laid out the Government’s plan for tackling crime and ASB and committed to working with local agencies and partners to drive down ASB using the full range of powers and tools in the 2014 Act.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:44:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1484799

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
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) civil injunctions, (b) criminal behaviour orders, (c) dispersal orders, (d) community protection notices and (e) orders for recovery of possession of dwelling houses were issued for anti-social behaviour in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	27540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides a range of flexible tools and powers to local agencies to tackle anti-social behaviour. Local areas decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances.</p><p>The Home Office does not collect information on civil injunctions, criminal behaviour orders, dispersal orders, community protection notices and orders for recovery of possession of dwelling houses, but this information will be held by individual police forces.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:14:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1484819

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which police forces in the UK are currently under special measures.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	27767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Service (HMICFRS) independently and continuously assesses the efficiency and effectiveness of every police force in England and Wales. Forces are escalated into an enhanced monitoring phase, 'Engage' on the basis of HMI concerns over their ability to address areas of significant and/or longstanding underperformance.</p><p>Forces in the engage phase of monitoring attend the Policing Performance Oversight Group (PPOG), comprising senior stakeholders from the College of Policing, Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, National Police Chief’s Council and the Home Office, to provide the constructive support and challenge needed to address those areas of underperformance which are a cause for concern.</p><p>Chief Constables of ‘engaged’ forces are expected to present a comprehensive improvement plan to PPOG, which meets regularly to consider the progress being made and to support the force to address the failings identified. Forces are moved back into the ‘Scan’ phase of monitoring only when HMICFRS is satisfied that sufficient and sustained improvement has been made.</p><p>Out of 43 forces in England and Wales, there are currently six forces in ‘engage’: Cleveland, Gloucestershire, Greater Manchester, the Metropolitan Police Service, Staffordshire and Wiltshire.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:10:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1484821

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: 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, if her Department will publish an (a) economic and (b) equality impact assessment of section 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>Section 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 introduces a statutory aggravating factor for assaults committed against those providing a public service, performing a public duty or providing a service to the public.</p><p>The public facing nature of the victim’s role will therefore be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences. This will send a very strong signal that assaults of this kind are totally unacceptable. This Government wants to ensure those who are serving the public can feel protected from abuse when working. The provision commenced on 28 June 2022.</p><p>The economic impact assessment for the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 will be published in due course. An equality impact assessment was published on introduction of the Bill. There are no plans to update the assessment.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/07/2022 16:09:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

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registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour: Wakefield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the police response to reports of antisocial behaviour in Wakefield constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	27773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent anti-social behaviour can have on both individuals and communities.</p><p>We provided the police, local authorities, and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>However, it is for local areas to decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances. They are best placed to understand what is driving the behaviour in question, the impact that it is having, and to determine the most appropriate response.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and PCCs, as operational leaders and elected local representatives, to decide how best to respond to local crime priorities and to help ensure that the police have the resources they need, we have given them the biggest funding increase in a decade and are recruiting 20,000 additional officers by March 2023, which provides extra resource to protect the public and keep us safe.</p><p>Home Office statutory guidance was updated in June 2022. It supports for local areas to make effective use of the anti-social behaviour powers. The guidance highlights the importance of multi-agency approaches (this is not limited to use of powers).</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/07/2022 10:12:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood