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1110456

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the direct entry at Inspector scheme.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	242058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Direct Entry Inspector’s scheme launched in November 2016 and is attracting existing exceptional leaders from a range of backgrounds into policing, bringing fresh perspectives and new ideas. An evaluation of the scheme will be published in autumn 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/04/2019 12:33:03 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1109922

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons he is increasing the use of section 60 stop and searches without first reviewing their effectiveness in tackling crime; and if will undertake such a review.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	241468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The government has made it simpler for police in seven forces particularly affected by serious violent crime to use stop and search powers set out Section 60 (s60) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, in anticipation of serious violence.</p><p>These changes will help the police to tackle serious violence by enabling 3,000 more officers to authorise their use. S60s are publicly communicated, which the police believe can deter individuals from carrying weapons into areas in which these powers are known to be in operation.</p><p>These changes are being piloted for up to 12 months, and we have been clear that no one should be stopped based on their race or ethnicity. All forces will continue to collect and report data to the Home Office on the race and ethnicity of people searched, and the use of stop and search will also be inspected by HMICFRS as part of their annual inspection round.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/04/2019 12:30:07 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1109926

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search: 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 steps he he taken to safeguard against race disproportionality in the use of section 60 powers.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	241469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The government has made it simpler for police in seven forces particularly affected by serious violent crime to use stop and search powers set out Section 60 (s60) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, in anticipation of serious violence.</p><p>These changes will help the police to tackle serious violence by enabling 3,000 more officers to authorise their use. S60s are publicly communicated, which the police believe can deter individuals from carrying weapons into areas in which these powers are known to be in operation.</p><p>These changes are being piloted for up to 12 months, and we have been clear that no one should be stopped based on their race or ethnicity. All forces will continue to collect and report data to the Home Office on the race and ethnicity of people searched, and the use of stop and search will also be inspected by HMICFRS as part of their annual inspection round.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/04/2019 12:41:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1109980

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Staff
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) full-time and (b) on-call firefighters were available for duty in each fire and rescue service in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	241477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data on the number of firefighters that were available for duty. Data are collected on how many firefighters are employed by fire and rescue services.</p><p><br>The latest published statistics on firefighter numbers in England were published on 18 October 2018. The number of firefighters (full time equivalent) employed by FRSs in England on the 31st March each year are shown in the table below:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td>2014</td><td>2015</td><td>2016</td><td>2017</td><td>2018</td></tr><tr><td>Wholetime firefighters</td><td>29,735</td><td>29,018</td><td>28,166</td><td>27,185</td><td>26,180</td><td>25,098</td><td>23,887</td><td>22,867</td><td>22,580</td></tr><tr><td>On-call firefighters</td><td>11,898</td><td>12,149</td><td>11,513</td><td>11,269</td><td>10,989</td><td>10,828</td><td>10,469</td><td>9,894</td><td>9,760</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 10/04/2019 11:59:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1109710

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is available from (a) the police and (b) other organisations to victims of grooming and sexual exploitation following (i) Operation Optic in Newcastle and (ii) other examples of failed prosecutions.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	241032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Following Operation Optic agencies including Northumbria Police committed to a multi-agency action plan to ensure safeguarding and ongoing support to victims, including the provision of dedicated support officers and the offer of bespoke counselling.</p><p><br>The Government wants to ensure that all victims of sexual abuse and exploitation get the support they need, whether they are a child or an adult. We provide funding for victim support services across the country, which victims can access throughout their lifetime, whether they are involved in a criminal justice process or not.</p><p><br>In 2018/19, the Ministry of Justice allocated almost £1.7m to Northumbria PCC to provide support to victims in the area, including £116K specifically for services supporting victims of child sexual abuse. Additionally, the Ministry of Justice directly allocated around £272,600 to four services in Northumbria providing specialist support to victims of sexual violence.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/04/2019 09:10:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1109796

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
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 Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on (a) security and policing in the UK and (b) the ability of British security services to work with their European counterparts.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	241064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government published ‘EU Exit: Assessment of the Security Partnership’ (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/759760/28_November_EU_Exit_-_Assessment_of_the_security_partnership__2_.pdf) on 28 November 2018.</p><p><br>This assessed the potential impacts of the UK leaving the EU, comparing the Future UK-EU Security Partnership (as set out in the Political Declara-tion) against a no deal scenario. <br>In a deal scenario, the agreement reached with the EU would provide for an implementation period during which we’d continue to use all the EU security tools we use now. For the future relationship, the Future Security Partnership would enable strong operational capabilities to tackle serious crime and terrorism: swift and effective data exchange; fast-track surrender arrangements; and continued close cooperation with Europol and Eurojust.</p><p>In a no deal scenario, the UK would no longer be able to cooperate with the EU using EU law enforcement and criminal justice mechanisms. The Home Office has therefore coordinated the preparation of robust contingency plans, to ensure that we can transition our cooperation with European partners and continue to work together through alternative channels, should that be required. Broadly speaking, this would mean making more use of Interpol, Council of Europe Conventions and bilateral channels. Whilst these alternatives are not like-for-like replacements, they are largely tried and tested mechanisms which the UK already uses to cooperate with many non-EU countries. Our overriding objective, however, remains to secure a deal that is in the interests of both the UK and the EU.</p><p>Much of our national security cooperation with our European partners takes place outside EU structures and so is not dependent on our membership of the EU.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/04/2019 09:17:09 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1109861

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search: Greater London
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 trends in the level of section 60 stops and searches in London between the Mayor of London's announcement of an intended increase in January 2018 and the latest quarter for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	241065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on stop and searches from police forces on a quarterly basis and, therefore, we cannot assess trends in the use of Section 60 stop and search in London between January 2018 and April 2019.</p><p>The Home Office is, however, able to assess trends in the use of Section 60 stop and search over annual reporting periods.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on stop and searches conducted by each police force in England and Wales annually. The most recent data was published in October 2018 for the year ending March 2019 as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statisti-cal bulletin, which can be accessed here:<br><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales</a></p><p>In the year ending March 2018, police in England and Wales carried out 2,501 stop and searches under section 60.</p><p>This is quadruple the number of searches under this power in the year ending March 2017 (from 631 to 2,501) but follows a downward trend since a peak of around 150,000 searches in the year ending March 2009. The increase in the use of this power has been driven by uptake in the Metropolitan Police Service in response to high levels of serious violent crime in the capital.</p><p>The next release of these statistics is due to be published in October 2019, for the year ending March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/04/2019 09:21:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1109862

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what change there has been in the number of (a) deaths and (b) injuries from knife crime in London between January 2018 and the latest quarter for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	241066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Information on the number of sharp instrument homicides recorded by the police by Police Force Area can be found in the Home Office Knife Crime Open Data Tables available here: <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><p>These tables also include information on the number of offences involving knives or sharp instruments for selected offences but information on how many of these offences resulted in an injury is not held by the Home Office.</p><p>Tackling serious violence is a top priority for the Government and it is clear we must continue to step up the response to stop this violence. The Serious Violence Strategy sets out the Government’s approach, which depends also on a multi-agency approach across several sectors and stresses the im-portance of early intervention to tackle the root causes.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/04/2019 09:23:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1109515

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Emergency Services Network: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the cross-government programme to deliver the Emergency Service Network critical communications system in (a) Angus and (b) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	240657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Emergency Services Network is being provided primarily to deliver world class critical voice and data to the emergency services to replace the aging and expensive Airwave network.</p><p>To provide the necessary coverage for ESN, mobile network operator EE is building over 400 new sites and upgrading its entire existing network to 4G.</p><p><br>Across the whole of Scotland, EE is deploying over 350 sites for the ESN programme, with 277 having been activated to date. The new 4G coverage these sites deliver, in addition to the upgrading of existing masts, will be available to EE’s commercial customers in addition to the emergency services. In Angus, EE has deployed and activated one new site.</p><p><br>For all new sites being built by EE, they are encouraging sharing with the other MNOs through a clear and well-understood industry process, in line with our State Aid requirements. In addition to the new sites being provided by EE, the ESN programme is responsible for providing approximately 300 sites in the most remote and rural areas of Great Britain as part of the Extended Area Service (EAS) project.</p><p>Twelve of these EAS sites are planned in Angus and these are composed of nine greenfield sites and three sites shared with the existing Airwave service. Construction is forecast to start on the first greenfield site this month, with a second site in May, followed by three sites beginning construction in June, one in July, two in August and the final one in November.</p><p><br>Across the whole of Scotland 123 EAS sites are planned, including 75 greenfield sites, 30 sites shared with the existing Airwave service, and 18 sites shared with other mobile network operators. Of these 18 shared sites, 11 are proposed as shared sites with the Scottish Government 4G infill programme.</p><p>Of the 75 greenfield sites across Scotland, six have now completed construction, and construction is underway on a further 11 sites. The remainder are at various different stages of the necessary planning and legal processes before construction can begin.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/04/2019 16:25:43 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1109029

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stop and Search
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cases where Section 60 is used result in (a) an illegal object being found and (b) a crime being detected in (i) London and (ii) England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	240049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>In the year ending March 2017/18, there were 2,501 stop and searches conducted in England and Wales under Section 60 (s60) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. Of these searches 202 (or 8%) resulted in an arrest, including 71 arrests for offensive weapons and 131 arrests for other reasons. 85 (or 3%) resulted in an outcome which was linked to the initial reason for conducting the search.</p><p>The Metropolitan Police Service conducted 1,836 s60 searches in this period, of which 175 (or 10%) resulted in an arrest- including 55 arrests for offensive weapons and 120 arrests for other reasons. 62 (or 3%) resulted in an outcome which was linked to the initial reason for conducting the search.</p><p>Full figures can be found in the annual police powers and procedures statistical release <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/04/2019 16:23:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West