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1057096

registered interest
date	08/02/2019
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: Rotherham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was (a) requested in Special Grant funding by South Yorkshire Police for Operation Stovewood in each year between 2015-16 and 2018-19 and (b) provided in Special Grant funding to South Yorkshire Police for Operation Stovewood in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	218838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>Information regarding all Special Grant claims and awards from 2014/15 to 2017/18 has been published on the .gov.uk website at:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications</a></p><p>In 2018/19 the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner claimed £12 million in funding for Operation Stovewood. The Home Office has, in line with previous years and funding contributions for other major investigations, awarded 85% of the claim (£10.1 million).</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/02/2019 16:42:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1055779

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of the Special Grant for 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	217628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the recent funding settlement, the amount of Special Grant funding available in 2019/20 will be £73 million. This is a reduction on the 2018/19 figure, when additional funds were provided to cover the cost of the Commonwealth Summit. However, the 2019/20 Special Grant fund is more than £20m higher than in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/02/2019 16:27:54 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1055886

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Expenditure
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 31 January 2019 to Question 213415, what the total amount requested by the Metropolitan Police was between 2017-18 and 2018-19 for which the Government chose to award £22 million in Special Grant funding.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	217646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Please see attached document with answer.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The £22 million awarded in Special Grant funding to the Metropolitan Police referred to in our answer to question 213415 was solely for the Grenfell Tower investigation and response. It does not represent the full amount of Special Grant funding provided to the Metropolitan Police for 2017-18 and 2018-19.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Please see table below regarding Metropolitan Police Special Grant claims and awards for 2017/18 and 2018/19:</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017/18</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2018/19</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Claimed</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Awarded</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Claimed</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Awarded</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Grenfell Tower</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£11 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£10.1 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£13.5 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£11.4 million</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Madeleine McCann investigation</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£308,500</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£308,500</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£300,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£300,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Royal Wedding</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£237,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£237,000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">USA President visit</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£1.3 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£1.3 million</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Commonwealth Summit</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£602,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£602,000</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£4.6 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£4.6 million</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Commonweath Summit – Hostile Vehicle Mitigation measures</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£5.2 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£5.2 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">London terrorist attacks</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£7.7 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£7.7 million</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">N/A</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Total</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£24.8 million</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£23.9 million</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£19.9million</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>£17.8 million</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">Information regarding all Special Grant claims and awards from 2014/15 to 2017-18 has been published on the .gov.uk website at:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-funding-special-grant-applications</a></ins></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/02/2019 18:00:51 question first ministerially corrected 18/02/2019 10:54:36 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ Answer 217646.docx title PQ answer previous answer version 101137 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ Answer 217646.docx title PQ answer
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1055002

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
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 proportion of police officers that are trained to use a taser in each police force.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	216915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>All armed officers are required to be Taser trained and carry the device. As at 31 March 2018, there were 6,459 armed officers in England and Wales.</p><p>Unarmed officers can also carry the device if they have completed special Taser training. However, the number of specially trained Taser officers is an operational matter for chief officers to determine based on their assessment of threat and risk. The Home Office does not hold information on the number of unarmed officers who have been trained.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/02/2019 12:07:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1055209

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Fixed Penalties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of penalty notices issued in the last 12 months as a result of images taken by cameras across the country have been challenged by drivers on the grounds that (a) the vehicle was not theirs and (b) the registration number had been read incorrectly.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	216964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. The enforcement of motoring offences is an operational matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 08/02/2019 14:18:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

1055366

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Havering
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 have served in Havering in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	216996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These figures present a picture of the workforce as at the 31 March and as at 30 September each year. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical publication, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a></p><p>Data on the number of police officers are collected at Police Force Area level only, and cannot be broken at local authority/borough level.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/02/2019 12:10:25 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1055369

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Identification of Criminals: Biometrics
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 outcomes of the live facial recognition trial recently undertaken by police forces.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	216999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Metropolitan Police Service and South Wales Police are piloting auto-matic facial recognition. The pilots are important to test this technology, which has the potential for improving public safety. Both forces have com-missioned independent reviews of the pilots.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/02/2019 12:12:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1054623

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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, what the (a) budget and (b) force-level allocations of the Police Transformation Fund are for each year since its inception including planned spend for 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	216372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>a) Budget</p><p>• Decisions on the size of the Police Transformation Fund (PTF) are made by Ministers as part of the annual Police Funding Settlement. The Final Police Funding Settlement voted for by Parliament in 16/17 included PTF of £76m, and £175m for 17/18 and 18/19. The Final Police Funding Settlement for 19/20, debated in Parliament today, includes £175m for the PTF. Each of these years include a Spending Review commitment to fund a national Firearms Uplift.</p><p>• So far the planned spend for 19/20 is limited to existing commitment levels and, subject to Ministerial agreement, further funding allocations will be confirmed as per recommendations by the Police Reform and Transformation Board (PRTB) to further progress its Reform Portfolio.</p><p>b) Force level allocation</p><p>• Recommendations on the use of the sector led PTF is made by the PRTB to Ministers for final decision. The PRTB use the National Policing Vision 2025, agreed with the sector to identify priority areas of Police Reform with bids commissioned from Lead Forces that deliver programmes and projects. The fund is supporting projects identified as having wider benefit than for the individual forces that host them.</p><p><br>Details of forces receiving PTF funding are published on gov.uk here;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2016-to-2017%20, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2018 and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-investments-in-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2016-to-2017 , https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2018 and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/police-transformation-fund-investments-in-2018-to-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/02/2019 13:25:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1054750

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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: Retirement
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 effect of Fire and Rescue services choosing to re-engage fire service staff following their retirement on that service’s commitment to equality and diversity.
tabling member constituency	Lincoln
tabling member printed	Karen Lee
uin	216406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>In May 2018, revisions were made to the Fire and Rescue National Frame-work for England to discourage fire and rescue services from re-engaging staff following retirement except in exceptional circumstances when such a decision is necessary in the interests of public safety. Any such appointment must be transparent, justifiable and time limited.</p><p>No specific assessment has been made of the effect of this practice on equality and diversity, however we have been clear with fire and rescue service leaders that the current lack of diversity amongst firefighters is unacceptable and must be tackled.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/02/2019 12:04:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

1052418

registered interest
date	01/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to reclassify cannabis use as a health and not a criminal issue.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	215603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no intention of reviewing the classification of cannabis and it will remain a class B drug. The evidence from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs is that cannabis is a “significant public health issue and can unquestionably cause harm to individuals and society”.</p><p>The Government’s Drug Strategy 2017 underlines the importance of coordinated action to tackle the harms of drugs through reducing demand, restricting supply, building recovery and taking global action</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/02/2019 17:44:52 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel