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528089

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	DNA: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the age is of the (a) youngest and (b) oldest person with a profile on the National DNA Database.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	41083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>a) The recorded age of the youngest person on the National DNA Database (NDNAD) as at 31 March 2016 was 10.</p><p>b) The recorded age of the eldest person on the NDNAD as at 31 March 2016 was 115.</p><p>The age recorded for the eldest person is based on what their age would be as at 31 March 2016 from their date of birth recorded at the time of sampling.</p><p>It is not their age when they were added to the NDNAD. There is no weeding from the NDNAD due to age or death.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/06/2016 12:20:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

528092

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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 data or other information on the deployment of tasers in mental health settings was provided by Chief Constable David Shaw's review of taser use.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	41026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Data is not recorded centrally on the number of times the police have deployed Taser devices on psychiatric wards. A Taser record is completed by police officers each time a Taser is used. However, this record does not currently show the detailed geographical or type of location.</p><p>Police Use of Taser statistics are published by the Home Office and most recently on 28 April 2016. These provide a snapshot of Taser use.</p><p>We have been very clear that the public need greater transparency and that is why the Home Secretary asked Chief Constable David Shaw to lead an in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force by police officers.</p><p>The review recommended that the police record and publish the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious use of force by police officers, including physical restraint and Taser. Pathfinder forces started to collect this data from April this year, and it is anticipated that the collection will form part of the 2017-18 Home Office Annual Data Return.</p><p>A copy of Chief Constable David Shaw’s review will be placed in the House library. The review contained no data on the number of times the police have used Taser in mental health settings.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 40969 40971 40981 question first answered 29/06/2016 12:19:46 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

528093

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Supermarkets: 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, whether her Department holds statistics on the prosecution of motorists for (a) speeding and (b) other motoring offences in supermarket car parks.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	41044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on prosecutions for motoring offences. Data on prosecutions for motoring offences are held by the Ministry of Justice and are published in their quarterly Criminal Justice Statistics publication. However it is not possible to separately identify motoring offences committed in supermarket car parks. This information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The publication can be accessed at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-justice-statistics-quarterly</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 28/06/2016 13:19:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

528096

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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, what the outcomes were of Chief Constable David Shaw's review of the publication of taser data and other use of force by police officers; and if she will place in the Library a copy of the findings and recommendations of that review.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	40971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Data is not recorded centrally on the number of times the police have deployed Taser devices on psychiatric wards. A Taser record is completed by police officers each time a Taser is used. However, this record does not currently show the detailed geographical or type of location.</p><p>Police Use of Taser statistics are published by the Home Office and most recently on 28 April 2016. These provide a snapshot of Taser use.</p><p>We have been very clear that the public need greater transparency and that is why the Home Secretary asked Chief Constable David Shaw to lead an in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force by police officers.</p><p>The review recommended that the police record and publish the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious use of force by police officers, including physical restraint and Taser. Pathfinder forces started to collect this data from April this year, and it is anticipated that the collection will form part of the 2017-18 Home Office Annual Data Return.</p><p>A copy of Chief Constable David Shaw’s review will be placed in the House library. The review contained no data on the number of times the police have used Taser in mental health settings.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 40969 40981 41026 question first answered 29/06/2016 12:19:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

528097

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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, how many time tasers were deployed in psychiatric wards in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	40969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Data is not recorded centrally on the number of times the police have deployed Taser devices on psychiatric wards. A Taser record is completed by police officers each time a Taser is used. However, this record does not currently show the detailed geographical or type of location.</p><p>Police Use of Taser statistics are published by the Home Office and most recently on 28 April 2016. These provide a snapshot of Taser use.</p><p>We have been very clear that the public need greater transparency and that is why the Home Secretary asked Chief Constable David Shaw to lead an in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force by police officers.</p><p>The review recommended that the police record and publish the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious use of force by police officers, including physical restraint and Taser. Pathfinder forces started to collect this data from April this year, and it is anticipated that the collection will form part of the 2017-18 Home Office Annual Data Return.</p><p>A copy of Chief Constable David Shaw’s review will be placed in the House library. The review contained no data on the number of times the police have used Taser in mental health settings.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 40971 40981 41026 question first answered 29/06/2016 12:19:46 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

528099

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
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 the timetable is for (a) collection and (b) publication of data on the ethnicity and age of targets, location and outcome of taser use by the police.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	40981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>Data is not recorded centrally on the number of times the police have deployed Taser devices on psychiatric wards. A Taser record is completed by police officers each time a Taser is used. However, this record does not currently show the detailed geographical or type of location.</p><p>Police Use of Taser statistics are published by the Home Office and most recently on 28 April 2016. These provide a snapshot of Taser use.</p><p>We have been very clear that the public need greater transparency and that is why the Home Secretary asked Chief Constable David Shaw to lead an in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force by police officers.</p><p>The review recommended that the police record and publish the ethnicity, age, location and outcome of all serious use of force by police officers, including physical restraint and Taser. Pathfinder forces started to collect this data from April this year, and it is anticipated that the collection will form part of the 2017-18 Home Office Annual Data Return.</p><p>A copy of Chief Constable David Shaw’s review will be placed in the House library. The review contained no data on the number of times the police have used Taser in mental health settings.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 40969 40971 41026 question first answered 29/06/2016 12:19:46 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

528119

registered interest
date	20/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Secondment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of his Department's staff are seconded to work in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	41052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2016 answer text <p>There are no Ministry of Justice staff seconded to work in other countries.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/06/2016 08:54:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

525663

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Road Traffic Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many road policing officers there have been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	40656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent police officers employed in traffic policing roles as at 31 March in each year since 2010 is provided in the table. Officers with multiple responsibilities are recorded under their primary function. 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> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Number of full time equivalent police officers within traffic policing functions<sup>1,2,3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>As at 31 March: </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>5,635</p></td><td><p>5,316</p></td><td><p>4,868</p></td><td><p>4,675</p></td><td><p>4,356</p></td><td><p>5,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2. Officers with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. This may explain some variability between years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>3. Figures have been confirmed by all police forces after collection and before publication each year.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>4. Reclassification of roles within a force can lead to fluctuations in the number of officers in a particular role. This is particularly apparent between 2014 and 2015.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Reclassification of roles within a force can lead to fluctuations in the number of officers in a particular role. This is particularly apparent between 2014 and 2015. Many motoring offences are non-notifiable, and so forces are not required to provide data on these to the Home Office. Therefore data on the total number of road offences is not held centrally. The Home Office publishes data on the number of fixed penalty notices issued for motoring offences in the annual police powers and procedures publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2015-data-tables</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.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 40730 question first answered 27/06/2016 13:46:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ 40730 - Table.xls title PQ 40656/40730 - Table
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

525673

registered interest
date	15/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Road Traffic Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the relationship between the number of road policing officers and the number of road offences.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	40730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of full time equivalent police officers employed in traffic policing roles as at 31 March in each year since 2010 is provided in the table. Officers with multiple responsibilities are recorded under their primary function. 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> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Number of full time equivalent police officers within traffic policing functions<sup>1,2,3</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p><strong>As at 31 March: </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England and Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>5,635</p></td><td><p>5,316</p></td><td><p>4,868</p></td><td><p>4,675</p></td><td><p>4,356</p></td><td><p>5,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>2. Officers with multiple responsibilities (or designations) are recorded under their primary role or function. This may explain some variability between years.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>3. Figures have been confirmed by all police forces after collection and before publication each year.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>4. Reclassification of roles within a force can lead to fluctuations in the number of officers in a particular role. This is particularly apparent between 2014 and 2015.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Reclassification of roles within a force can lead to fluctuations in the number of officers in a particular role. This is particularly apparent between 2014 and 2015. Many motoring offences are non-notifiable, and so forces are not required to provide data on these to the Home Office. Therefore data on the total number of road offences is not held centrally. The Home Office publishes data on the number of fixed penalty notices issued for motoring offences in the annual police powers and procedures publication: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2015-data-tables</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.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 40656 question first answered 27/06/2016 13:46:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ 40730 - Table.xls title PQ 40656/40730 - Table
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

525012

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motorcycles: 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, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local police forces have sufficient resources and powers to deal with the misuse of scrambler bikes on public roads.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	40485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The police already have the power under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to seize vehicles, including motorcycles. This can be as a result of using a vehicle in a careless and inconsiderate manner, contrary to the Road Traffic Act 1988, and in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public.</p><p>How the police enforce the law and how they deploy their available resources is the responsibility of individual Chief Officers, taking into account the specific local problems and demands with which they are faced.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/06/2016 11:51:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg