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518276

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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 the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the (a) extra cost to police forces and (b) extra staff hours in police forces resulting from the change in the level of reported cases of contact child sex offences in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	36786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>Resourcing is an operational matter for individual Chief Constables. We have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat in the Strategic Policing Requirement to empower police forces to maximise specialist skills and expertise to prevent offending and resolve cases. This means that police forces must have in place the capabilities they need to protect children from sexual abuse.</p><p>In 2015/16 the Government provided an additional £10 million to the National Crime Agency to create specialist teams to tackle online child sexual exploitation. We have also made available £1.7 million to fund Operation Hydrant, which coordinates the handling of multiple non-recent child sexual abuse investigations specifically concerning institutions or persons of public prominence, and up to £1.5 million to support regional coordinators and analysts to oversee the implementation of the National Policing Plan for tackling child sexual exploitation.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/05/2016 09:24:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

518277

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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 traffic police officers were employed in each police force area in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	36785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent police officers employed in traffic policing roles as at 31 March in each of the last 5 years is provided in the tables. Officers with multiple responsibilities are recorded under their primary function or role. Data for 31 March 2015 (the latest period for which figures are available) can also be found in the supplementary tables of the July 2015 police workforce statistics publication:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/444537/police-workforce-supptabs-mar15.ods</p><p>Reclassification of roles within a force can lead to fluctuations in the number of officers in a particular role.</p><p>As HMIC has made clear, there is no simple link between police numbers and crime levels, between numbers and the visibility of police in the community, or between numbers and the quality of service provided.</p><p>Decisions on the size and composition of the police workforce are operational matters for Chief Officers working with their Police and Crime Commissioners and taking into account local priorities. What matters is how officers are deployed, not how many of them there are.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/05/2016 09:20:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

518278

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on the potential implications of the proposals in the Policing and Crime Bill to put a limit of 28 days on pre-charge bail for the resources required for bail extension hearings.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	36787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>A full Impact Assessment, setting out the cost across Criminal Justice System of the proposed bail reforms, was drawn up as part of the consultation process in late 2014 and was updated in the light of that consultation in March 2015. The Impact Assessment was updated again and published with the Policing and Crime Bill in February 2016; a copy of the latest version is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/499365/Impact_Assessment_-_Reform_Pre-Charge_Bail.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/499365/Impact_Assessment_-_Reform_Pre-Charge_Bail.pdf</a></p><p>The Home Office and the Ministry of Justice have worked together closely in drawing up these proposals; I am of course a Minister in both Departments, and my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Justice is one of the backers of the Policing and Crime Bill.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/05/2016 09:35:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

517866

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) out-of-court restorative justice resolutions and (b) cautions were given to (i) people on suspended prison sentences and (ii) prisoners released on licence in the latest year for which information is held.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested, could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/05/2016 16:30:11 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517485

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrests: Ethnic Groups
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 arrests for each offence of people of each ethnic group resulted in (a) no further action, (b) an out of court disposal and (c) a charge in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the outcomes of arrests. The Home Office collect and publish data on the number of arrests broken down by offence group and ethnicity, however, the outcome of these arrests is not held centrally.</p><p>The number of arrests, broken down by ethnicity, can be found in the statistical publication, Police Powers and Procedures: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2015</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/05/2016 13:20:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517486

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
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: Ethnic Groups
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 stop and searches of people of each ethnic group led to an arrest in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Stop and search data are published by the Home Office in the annual 'Police Powers and Procedures' bulletin. Data on the proportion of stop and search that led to an arrest in 2014/15, broken down by ethnic group, are provided in the table 1 below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><strong>Proportion of stops and searches that result in an arrest, by ethnic group<sup>1</sup>, England and Wales, 2014/15<sup>3</sup></strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Ethnicity</strong></td><td><strong>Proportion (%)</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>White</td><td>13</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Asian or Asian British</td><td>14</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Black or Black British</td><td>20</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Chinese/other</td><td>17</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Mixed</td><td>17</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>All searches<sup>2</sup></strong></td><td><strong>14</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><em>Source: Police Powers and Procedures, Home Office</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Notes:</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">1. Based on the ethnicity given by the person being searched at the time of search.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">2. Includes cases where the individual did not state their ethnicity, or the ethnicity was unknown, and vehicle only searches.</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="8">3. Includes searches under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, and section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/05/2016 15:58:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517489

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Community Support Officers: Lincolnshire
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 oral contribution of the Minister for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice and Victims of 24 March 2016, Official Report, column 221, on the Policing and Crime Bill, how many volunteer police community and support officers have been trained in Lincolnshire; what training those volunteers have received; and whether the training those volunteers have received is in line with the guidance to be issued by the College of Policing.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	36526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Currently, volunteers already have all the powers of a police constable as a Special Constable and have done so for over a century.</p><p>Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Bill will enable chief officers to designate police staff with a wider range of police powers. They will also be able to confer police powers – other than the core powers reserved for warranted officers set out in Schedule 9 to the Bill – on volunteers. The intention is that the powers that can be conferred on employed staff and designated volunteers are the same. This includes the power to carry and use defensive sprays, such as CS or PAVA, in situations where the chief officer considers there to be an operational case for this. It is already the case that chief officers can equip police community support officers with defensive sprays; accordingly, the Bill simply codifies the existing position for staff. Chief officers must ensure appropriate training before conferring a power.</p><p>Since opening the recruitment for Volunteer Police Community Support Officers (VPCSOs) in the autumn of 2013, Lincolnshire Police have recruited 80 volunteers, who have been trained to the same standard as paid PCSOs. The College of Policing guidance in respect of VPCSOs has not yet been written.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 36516 question first answered 09/05/2016 10:46:14 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

517490

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Office of 26 April 2016, Official Report, column 1363, on the Policing and Crime Bill, what steps she is taking to ensure that cybercrime is included in the crime statistics produced by the Office for National Statistics.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	36524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>In April 2012, the Home Secretary transferred the responsibility for the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and the publication of crime statistics to the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS) - to ensure the public had confidence in the statistics after years of poor data management.</p><p>A major strength of the CSEW has been its ability to compare crime types over time back to the 1980s. As ONS have acknowledged, over a period of time, new technologies such as the internet have expanded the scope of existing crime types and developed new ones, particularly in fraud and cybercrime. Therefore, following a period of extensive development work, ONS introduced new questions to the CSEW in October 2015. ONS have said that they will release estimates of fraud and cyber crime based on the first six months data (October 2015 to March 2016) alongside the main statistical bulletin in July 2016 and will label them as experimental statistics.</p><p>It is important to recognise that these data are not simply uncovering new crimes, but finding better ways of capturing existing crimes which were not measured as well in the past.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/05/2016 10:47:15 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

517493

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Riot Control Weapons
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 contribution of the Minister for Policing, Fire and Criminal Justice and Victims of 24 March 2016, Official Report, column 221, on the Policing and Crime Bill, in which types of situations her Department anticipates that police volunteers will have the need of CS spray for self-protection.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	36516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Currently, volunteers already have all the powers of a police constable as a Special Constable and have done so for over a century.</p><p>Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the Bill will enable chief officers to designate police staff with a wider range of police powers. They will also be able to confer police powers – other than the core powers reserved for warranted officers set out in Schedule 9 to the Bill – on volunteers. The intention is that the powers that can be conferred on employed staff and designated volunteers are the same. This includes the power to carry and use defensive sprays, such as CS or PAVA, in situations where the chief officer considers there to be an operational case for this. It is already the case that chief officers can equip police community support officers with defensive sprays; accordingly, the Bill simply codifies the existing position for staff. Chief officers must ensure appropriate training before conferring a power.</p><p>Since opening the recruitment for Volunteer Police Community Support Officers (VPCSOs) in the autumn of 2013, Lincolnshire Police have recruited 80 volunteers, who have been trained to the same standard as paid PCSOs. The College of Policing guidance in respect of VPCSOs has not yet been written.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 36526 question first answered 09/05/2016 10:46:14 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

517519

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female offenders pleaded guilty to each category of offence in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2016 answer text <p>The number and percentage of offenders who pleaded guilty at all Crown Court centres, by offence group and sex, in England and Wales in 2014, can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Information on plea at magistrates’ courts is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/05/2016 15:35:32 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 36601 - Number of offenders who pleaded guilty at Crown Court.xls title Guilty pleas at Crown Court in 2014
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies