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390827

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan 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 complaints of racism were (a) made and (b) upheld against Metropolitan Police officers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	7672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) publishes quarterly data on police complaints for each force, which includes a breakdown of the nature of allegations recorded. The category of ‘Discriminatory Behaviour’ includes incidents of racism.</p><p>The IPCC also holds a more detailed breakdown of the category information, but does not hold information of the disciplinary outcomes subsequent to the complaints. This information may be held by the force itself.</p><p>I have asked the IPCC to write to the Honourable Member with the information it has available and will arrange for a copy to be placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 7673 question first answered 21/07/2015 16:16:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 16621 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

390828

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan 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 complaints of racism upheld against Metropolitan Police officers resulted in (a) no action taken, (b) suspension, (c) other disciplinary measures and (d) dismissal in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	7673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p><p>The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) publishes quarterly data on police complaints for each force, which includes a breakdown of the nature of allegations recorded. The category of ‘Discriminatory Behaviour’ includes incidents of racism.</p><p>The IPCC also holds a more detailed breakdown of the category information, but does not hold information of the disciplinary outcomes subsequent to the complaints. This information may be held by the force itself.</p><p>I have asked the IPCC to write to the Honourable Member with the information it has available and will arrange for a copy to be placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 7672 question first answered 21/07/2015 16:16:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 16625 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

390832

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in each local authority district in Lancashire hold gun licences.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	7684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of firearms licenses and shotgun certificates issued by police forces in England and Wales. As at 31 March 2014 there were 2,923 firearm certificates and 12,233 shotgun certificates on issue by Lancashire police force.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/09/2015 15:50:20 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

390383

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from organisations representing (a) women, (b) parents and (c) healthcare professionals on the intimidation and harassment of women outside abortion clinics.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	7247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to 5385 on 13 July 2015. We have received correspondence on this matter from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.</p><p>The Home Office has not issued guidance to the police on protecting women outside abortion clinics from harassment and intimidation.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 7248 7249 7508 question first answered 22/07/2015 10:12:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

390384

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces in England and Wales on protecting women outside abortion clinics from harassment and intimidation.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	7248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to 5385 on 13 July 2015. We have received correspondence on this matter from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.</p><p>The Home Office has not issued guidance to the police on protecting women outside abortion clinics from harassment and intimidation.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 7247 7249 7508 question first answered 22/07/2015 10:12:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

390385

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing buffer zones outside abortion clinics to protect women seeking an abortion from protesters.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	7249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to 5385 on 13 July 2015. We have received correspondence on this matter from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.</p><p>The Home Office has not issued guidance to the police on protecting women outside abortion clinics from harassment and intimidation.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 7247 7248 7508 question first answered 22/07/2015 10:12:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

390392

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
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 assess the mood-altering capacity of legal high substances available in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The Psychoactive Substances Bill provides that a substance produces a psychoactive effect in a person if, by stimulating or depressing the person’s central nervous system, it affects the person’s mental functioning or emotional state.</p><p>Psychoactive substances cause an alteration in the individual’s state of consciousness by producing a range of effects including, but not limited to: hallucinations; drowsiness; as well as changes in mood, alertness, perception of time and space, or empathy with others.</p><p>In preparation for the planned implementation of the legislation in April 2016, we are committed to ensuring that there are mechanisms in place to determine the psychoactivity of seized substances in a timely and effective way.</p><p>A forensic strategy to underpin the Bill is being established with input from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) as well as the Forensic Regulator’s office to ensure that the quality of forensic evidence is maintained to satisfy the evidential standards in court proceedings.</p><p>We will put in place a testing regime that is proactive and can also respond quickly when new substances emerge where evidence of psychoactivity is required. We will build a database of substances and evidence of their psychoactivity, supported by the provision of chemical reference standards.</p><p>The Home Office’s Forensic Early Warning System (FEWS) has a proven record in improving the detection and identification of new substances in the UK, providing chemical reference standards and building capability in the forensic community. Through the expansion of FEWS, the Centre for Applied Science and Technology (CAST) will build on this work to meet any demand related to evidentially assessing psychoactivity. CAST is exploring how we harness existing evidence from the research community, international approaches and published data. As a priority, we will be taking forward the ACMD’s recommendation to develop a system for the biochemical and pharmacological profiling of new compounds.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 22/07/2015 10:13:47 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390399

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Protest
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 the police have powers to deal with protesters harassing women who are attending pregnancy advice and abortion centres; and if she will issue guidance to police authorities to ensure that they are aware of such powers.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to 5385 on 13 July 2015. There are no plans to issue Home Office guidance on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 22/07/2015 10:12:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390400

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
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 additional resources her Department is making available in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016 to (i) the Metropolitan Police to investigate historic child abuse allegations and (ii) the Metropolitan Police and other agencies to offer counselling and support to the victims of such abuse; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	7495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p>Resourcing is an operational matter for the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. We have prioritised child sexual abuse as a national threat to empower forces to maximise specialist skills and expertise to prevent offending and resolve cases. This means that police forces and Police and Crime Commissioners must have in place the capabilities they need to protect children from sexual abuse.</p><p>In 2015/16 the Home Office provided an additional £10 million to the National Crime Agency for the creation of more 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 historical child sexual abuse investigations specifically concerning institutions or persons of public prominence, and £1.5 million to support regional coordinators and analysts to oversee the implementation of the National Policing Plan for tackling Child Sexual Exploitation.</p><p>The Home Office and Ministry of Justice will provide an additional £7 million for victims services supporting survivors of sexual violence in 2014/15 and 2015/16. £2.15 million of that £7million has been provided as an uplift in funding to 84 existing Rape Support Centres.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/07/2015 13:53:05 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

390404

registered interest
date	15/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Abortion: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect women who are seeking an abortion from harassment and intimidation at abortion clinics.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	7508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to 5385 on 13 July 2015. We have received correspondence on this matter from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.</p><p>The Home Office has not issued guidance to the police on protecting women outside abortion clinics from harassment and intimidation.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 7247 7248 7249 question first answered 22/07/2015 10:12:19 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman