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1307777

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Protest: Journalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with police chief constables on the importance of protecting freedom of the press for journalists covering protests.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	179315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is clear that freedom of the press is an absolute priority. That is why the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport set up the National Committee for the Safety of Journalists last year which brings together representatives from government, journalism, policing, prosecution services and civil society. The Committee published its National Action Plan on 9 March 2021 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-action-plan-for-the-safety-of-journalists/national-action-plan-for-the-safety-of-journalists" target="_blank">National Action Plan for the Safety of Journalists - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Following engagement with the police and others, we are introducing measures through the Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill to give the police the powers they need to manage highly disruptive protests that infringe on the rights of others to go about their daily business. How the police use their powers are operational matters for the police.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/04/2021 15:26:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1304110

registered interest
date	18/03/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support she is making available to police forces in England to increase the recruitment of (a) women (b) BAME officers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	171683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the police uplift is a once in a generation opportunity to increase the diversity of police officers in England and Wales. This includes increasing the proportion of female police officers and Black Asian and Minority Ethnic officers.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Secretary has been clear that the Uplift is a once in a generation opportunity to increase police diversity and chaired a detailed discussion with senior policing partners the National Policing Board on 3 March. Both the Home Secretary, and most recently the Minister for Policing and Crime have written to Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables urging all forces take the opportunity presented by the Uplift to increase police diversity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to deliver the diverse police workforce that our communities need and through the Police Uplift Programme we are coordinating efforts between Government and policing to not only attract more diverse candidates into policing, but to ensure it’s a career where all recruits can thrive.</p><p> </p><p>Sharing best practice, engagement with staff associations, upskilling recruitment teams and enhanced data capture are just some of the efforts being made to support all forces to improve police diversity through Programme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/03/2021 14:45:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1287414

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what enforcement measures her Department is planning to tackle the anti-social use of e-scooters on pavements.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	155277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>It is illegal to use privately owned e-scooters on the roads and the pavements. How the police enforce road traffic laws is an operational matter for individual Chief Officers who will decide how to deploy available resources, taking into account any specific local problems and demands.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/02/2021 12:23:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1281067

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catalytic Converters: Theft
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 November 2020 to Question 120050, what steps she has taken to tackle catalytic converter theft since the National Police Chiefs' problem solving workshop.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	144780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>We welcome the work which the National Police Chiefs’ Council did to host a problem-solving workshop in November to bring together representatives from the motor industry, policing and Government to discuss what can be done to tackle the theft of catalytic converters.</p><p>We are committed to providing funding to set up the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership, ensuring national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft. Through this, the partnership has already started sharing intelligence and providing training to police forces, and the partnership will also enable intelligence sharing between police and industry partners such as transport, power, and telecommunications, to target offenders and implement crime prevention measures.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/02/2021 14:27:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1279157

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services and Official Secrets
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 recommendations of the Intelligence and Security Committee's 2020 report on Russia, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals on (a) a Foreign Agents Registration Act and (b) updates to the Official Secrets Act.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	141643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the Queen’s Speech, the Government will be introducing new legislation to provide the security services and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to tackle the evolving threat of hostile activity by foreign states. As part of this work, we are considering a range of powers, including reviewing the Official Secrets Acts, and intend to introduce our own registration scheme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/01/2021 14:45:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1278310

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Computer Misuse Act 1990
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to update the provisions of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	140222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 111646 on 16 November 2020.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/01/2021 17:29:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1275894

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect police officers and police staff from covid-19; and whether they will be prioritised for the covid-19 vaccine.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	136579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that police officers and staff are playing a vital role helping to control the spread of coronavirus while continuing to keep criminals off our streets.</p><p>We continue to work extremely closely with police to ensure they receive the equipment they need, including Personal Protective Equipment, when they need it, in order to carry out their jobs safely.</p><p>Maintaining the health and wellbeing of police officers and staff during the pandemic is of critical importance. The College of Policing has developed guidance for them on a range of issues as part of the National Police Wellbeing Service: <a href="https://beta.college.police.uk/guidance/covid-19/looking-after-yourself" target="_blank">https://beta.college.police.uk/guidance/covid-19/looking-after-yourself</a></p><p>On vaccines, the current priority list, produced by the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), targets those assessed to be at the greatest risk of dying from coronavirus. In line with this advice those being vaccinated first are people in care homes, the elderly, those with underlying health conditions and frontline health workers. Those over 50, and all adults in an exposure risk group, will then also be eligible for vaccination in the early phase of the programme. This already includes members of the police.</p><p>Under phase 2 of the Vaccine Delivery Plan the JCVI may include key public services and occupations with a high risk exposure to the virus like police officers who have frequent close contact with members of the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/01/2021 14:04:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1274735

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new police officers have been recruited since 2019 by region of deployment.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	134516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>As part of the drive to recruit an additional 20,000 officers by March 2023, the Home Office now publishes “<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">Police officer uplift</a>” statistics on a quarterly basis, which include the number of joining officers in each quarter, broken down by joining month, as well as the number of officers that count towards the uplift.</p><p> </p><p>The latest data in this series, covering the period to September 2020, are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-officer-uplift-quarterly-update-to-september-2020</a></p><p> </p><p>Table U4 of the accompanying data tables contains information on the number of new recruits, by Police Force Area, in each month since November 2019. Breakdowns at lower levels of geography are not collected.</p><p>The next release of the “Police officer uplift” statistics is scheduled for release on Thursday 28<sup>th</sup> January, and will cover the period to 31 December 2020. It will be available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/01/2021 16:08:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1232082

registered interest
date	07/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Racial Discrimination
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) police officers, (b) police staff, (c) National Crime Agency staff and (d) UK Border Force staff have been (i) suspended and (ii) dismissed for racism in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	86124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>A &amp; B) The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the outcome of misconduct proceedings and criminal investigations involving police officers, including the number of officers that have been dismissed following proceedings. However, information on the reason for dismissal is not collected centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The latest data on the outcomes following misconduct proceedings, which covers cases in the year ending March 2019, is available here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fpolice-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2019&amp;data=02%7C01%7CIan.Balbi%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C7c49a6ea3fc84e42b09408d812974d62%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637279788326284378&amp;sdata=%2Bszgj2iARrfzOkeUZM30tmgw9prkPPQGUCP0rQRIWqc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-30-september-2019</a>.</p><p>The College of Policing publish data annually relating to those who have been dismissed from policing and placed on the Police Barred List. The most recent data shows that, in the period ending 31 March 2019, 15 officers and 7 members of police staff were dismissed under the category ‘equality and diversity’. This data is available here: <a href="https://www.college.police.uk/News/Collegenews/Documents/Barred_List_2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.college.police.uk/News/Collegenews/Documents/Barred_List_2019.pdf</a></p><p>Suspension of police officers or police staff is a matter for local forces. The Home Office does not collect or store this data.</p><p>C) No NCA officer has been suspended on grounds of racism in the last 3 years. There has been one dismissal of an NCA officer on racism grounds in the last 3 years.</p><p>D) Border Force does not hold the data on suspensions on the grounds of racism in the last three years. There has been one dismissal of a Border Force officer on racism grounds in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/09/2020 16:01:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1227262

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Racial Discrimination
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 trends in the level of racism in British policing.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	78786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2020 answer text <p>Racism, in any form, is abhorrent and has no place in policing. The power of the police to fulfil their duties is wholly dependent on their ability to secure and maintain public confidence and respect.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in place measures to ensure that policing is subject to appropriate levels of transparency and accountability – with regular inspections by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) of the way forces engage with communities, publication of data on the use of police powers, including stop and search, and strengthening the police complaints and discipline systems.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) publishes a range of information and statistics on police complaints and in 2019 submitted evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee, as part of the committee’s inquiry into “Macpherson 20 years on”, setting out findings from a series of Public Confidence Surveys carried out since 2004.</p><p> </p><p>The College of Policing publishes data annually on officers and staff who have been dismissed and placed on the Police Barred List.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/09/2020 16:04:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West