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227306

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Reorganisation
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 made an estimate of potential savings from mergers of police forces.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made any estimate as to the potential savings from merging police forces. It is not necessary for forces to merge in order to <br>become more efficient. Chief constables and police and crime commissioners are demonstrating that they can collaborate in order to make efficiency savings <br>without sacrificing the local accountability and identity of their forces. A programme of force mergers would also impose significant transition and reorganisation costs on the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/03/2015 14:36:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

227170

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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, on how many occasions tasers were used by the police in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mark Hendrick
uin	227464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office routinely publish the Police Use of Taser Statistics in England and Wales. The Police Use of Taser Statistics in England and Wales for July to <br>December 2014 have not yet been published. The Police Use of Taser Statistics for January to June 2014 are published on Gov.uk. <br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-taser-statistics-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2014-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-taser-statistics-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2014-data-tables</a><br><br>The statistics show that Taser was used (either drawn, red-dot, aimed, arced, drive-stun, angle drive-stun, or fired) by the police 84 times in Lancashire <br>between January and June 2014. Police forces in the North West, including Merseyside, Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Lancashire, used Taser on <br>756 occasions in this period.The Home Office cannot provide detailed figures on the number of occasions Taser was used in Preston. Data on location is incomplete. The cost to retrieve, validate and quality assure this data would be disproportionate.<br><br>The Home Secretary has already set out, in October 2014, that there is a need to bring much greater transparency and accountability to how this sensitive tactic <br>is used, and has asked Chief Constable David Shaw to conduct an in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/03/2015 14:57:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

227172

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
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, how many full-time equivalent neighbourhood police officers there were in March 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>There were 15,670 full-time equivalent police officers within the neighbourhoods function as at 31 March 2010, which represents 10.9% of the total number of police officers in England and Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/03/2015 14:58:12 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones

226743

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for neglect of traffic direction in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued for various motoring offences on a calendar year basis. The latest published figures relate to 2012.<br><br>In 2012 there were 97,134 FPNs issued for ‘neglect of traffic signs and directions, and of pedestrian rights’, in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/03/2015 15:07:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

226746

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the implementation of recommendations of the Report of the Independent Commission on Mental Health and Policing, published in May 2013.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Commission on Mental Health and Policing was commissioned by <br>the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in relation to mental health issues in <br>London. It is therefore the responsibility of the Metropolitan Police Service <br>(MPS) to implement the recommendations. I am aware that the MPS has undertaken <br>considerable work both on the Commission’s recommendations and enhancing its <br>response to those experiencing mental ill health. <br><br>Many of the issues raised in the report have wider national applicability and <br>the Home Office has worked jointly with the Department of Health, police <br>and local health partners on a wide range of measures to improve the way in <br>which those experiencing a mental health crisis can be assisted. These include <br>the introduction of the Crisis Care Concordat in February 2014 now being <br>implemented in all local areas and which defines the roles and responsibilities <br>of local partners in respect of those experiencing mental ill health thereby <br>improving the speed and effectiveness of their responses. They also include <br>the roll out of Liaison and Diversion schemes in police custody and the courts,<br>which from April this year will cover 50% of the population of England; street triage <br>schemes which have reduced by around a quarter the number of police arrests <br>under section 136 of the mental health act and reduced the frequency of use of <br>police cells as places of safety for those so detained; and the launch of an <br>innovative pilot of an alternative place of safety in Sussex to increase local <br>capacity. <br><br>The Home Office and Department of Health recently jointly reviewed the <br>operation of Mental Health Act powers and the resulting report published in <br>December 2014 made clear our intention to amend relevant legislation, including <br>making it unlawful to use police cells as places of safety for those under 18. <br><br>In addition, the Home Secretary commissioned a further inspection by Her <br>Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary of the treatment of <br>vulnerable people in police custody (which reported on 10 March). In October, <br>the Home Secretary announced a review of police data on the use of powers under <br>the Mental Health Act and the use of force to improve our knowledge of, and <br>the transparency of, police actions in respect of the mentally ill. <br><br>The College of Policing is conducting a thorough review of relevant training, <br>and work is underway to transfer custody health care commissioning from the <br>police to NHS England from next year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/03/2015 15:14:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226749

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 proportion of people on whom tasers were used by the police in (a) each London borough, (b) each police authority and (c) in the UK were aged (i) under 12, (ii) under 14, (iii) under 16, (iv) under 18, (v) under 21, (vi) under 24, (vii) over 35, (viii) over 40, (ix) over 50, (x) over 55, (xi) over 60, (xii) over 65, (xiii) over 70, (xiv) over 75 and (xv) over 80 in the last five years; and what proportion of those people were (A) from each ethnic group and (B) estimated to have had mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The cost of identifying the information and providing it in the format <br>requested would be disproportionate.<br><br>The Home Secretary already set out in October 2014 that there is a need to <br>bring much greater transparency and accountability to how the sensitive tactic <br>of Taser is used, and has asked Chief Constable David Shaw to conduct an<br>in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force. This review will <br>consider how to publish data on the age, ethnicity and location of Taser usage <br>for publication.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/03/2015 15:15:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226754

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether police forces have access to Government data on benefit payments in order to assist in locating wanted persons.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	227137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Police forces do not routinely have access to government data on benefit payments. If benefit data is required in order to assist with locating wanted <br>persons, it can be requested from the appropriate government department. Each request is carefully considered on a case-by-case basis to ensure compliance <br>with the relevant legislation, including the Data Protection Act 1998.<br><br>There is a memorandum of understanding between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) for <br>disclosures that determine how the DWP provides data. All requests are managed through a central disclosure unit on a case-by case-basis. ACPO do not have <br>direct access to the data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/03/2015 14:36:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

226760

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions bail decisions were challenged using powers granted under section 90 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally. Applications to the High Court under section 90 are rare but the Crown Prosecution Service is ready to use this right of challenge in suitable cases.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/03/2015 14:11:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

226762

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Parole Board
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether relatives of victims of crime are compensated for the cost of attending parole boards to make victim impact statements.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	227320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to putting victims and witnesses first in the criminal justice system and to ensure they have access to high-quality, effective and timely support to help them cope and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime.</p><p>We are working with the Parole Board to increase the number of hearings which Parole Board Panels hold using video-link technology at oral hearings. This has the positive benefit of giving more victims the opportunity to deliver their victim personal statement locally rather than incur the cost, inconvenience and potential distress of travelling to the prison in which the Parole Board hearing is taking place.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/03/2015 16:26:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

226766

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Driving: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects section 29 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 to be commenced.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	227226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Driving offences resulting in the tragic consequences of death or serious injury bring untold misery to victims’ families. It is right that the maximum prison sentence for causing death by driving while disqualified has been increased and a new offence of serious injury has been created. These new provisions will be commenced very soon.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/03/2015 16:22:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti