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1002121

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
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 the reduction in police officer numbers on levels of serious violence.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	188200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Minister for Policing and Fire has spoken to every police force in England and Wales in order to gain a better understanding of the demands they face. There are a range of complex factors behind the recent increases in se-rious violence, and in the Serious Violence Strategy published in April 2018, our analysis was that a major factor has been changes in the drugs market.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/11/2018 17:47:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

999610

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to his Department's report entitled Understanding organised crime 2015-16, published in November 2018, what assessment he has made of the reasons behind the £9.3 billion rise in the social and economic cost of drugs to society; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	187083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The social and economic cost of organised drugs supply to the UK is estimated to £20 billion for the financial year 2015/16. This is an increase of £9.3 billion compared to the previous estimate for the financial year 2010/11. This is due to:</p><ul><li>an increase in the unit costs used to estimate drug-related acquisitive crime;</li><li>an increase in the volume of drug-related deaths;</li><li>the inclusion of costs to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the National Crime Agency, and expenditure on media information activity;</li><li>the inclusion of non-legal aid defence spending in the costs to the criminal justice system for drug possession and supply offences and, to a lesser extent, the opportunity cost of jurors’ time,</li></ul><p>Given much of the change in cost is attributable to changes in methodology, the 2015/16 estimate is not directly comparable with the 2010/11 estimate. Most of the change should not therefore be interpreted as a worsening of the overall situation.</p><p>The Government’s new Serious and Organised Crime Strategy emphasises the importance of tackling the high harm networks supplying drugs and trafficking them across the border. We are taking action target the illicit finance that underpins their activities through cash seizures, asset forfeitures, money laundering prosecutions and civil or criminal recovery prosecutions.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 06/11/2018 17:10:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

997634

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme
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 (a) staff and (b) officers will be employed to establish the Vulnerability Coordination Centre.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	185651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council has established the vulnerability knowledge and practice programme (formerly vulnerability coordination centre) to improve police practice in recognition of the critical role of police in protecting vulnerable people. Four staff and two officers are employed on the programme.</p><p><br>Ministers have awarded £2.5million from the Police Transformation Fund over two years (2018/19 – 2019/20) to the College of Policing to improve the evaluation of promising practice in policing. This will include assess-ment of vulnerability and serious violence interventions used by forces, and in part involve work with the vulnerability knowledge and practice pro-gramme to evaluate pilots relating to the protection of vulnerable people.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 05/11/2018 17:27:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

982530

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Corrosive Substances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of police officers that will be equipped with street testing kits for corrosives.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	176430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>This would be an operational matter for Chief Constables to determine and likely to be based on whether officers are patrolling in areas where there is a high incidence of attacks involving corrosives or intelligence about the risk of such an attack.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/10/2018 15:19:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

982535

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Young People
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 number of young people who will be reached by the (a) Early Intervention Youth Fund, (b) Community Fund and (c) National County Lines Co-ordination centre as set out in the Serious Violence Strategy 2018.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	176433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Strategy stresses the importance of early intervention to tackle the root causes of serious violence and provide young people with the skills and resilience to lead productive lives free from violence. The strategy includes a range of commitments designed to ensure young people receive the help and support they need.</p><p>We do not have estimates of the number of young people who will be helped by the Early Intervention Youth Fund, the anti-knife crime Community Fund and the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre. The funding is being targeted though on where it will have the most impact including areas with high crime levels.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/10/2018 15:58:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

982554

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National County Lines Coordination Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeframe is for the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre to be operational; and how many (a) officers and (b) staff he plans to be employed at the centre when it is fully operational.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	176434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre has been established jointly by the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead and the National Crime Agency to significantly enhance the response to county lines. A hub within the National Crime Agency has been active since early this year, and the Centre itself became fully operational on 21 September. It has around 40 personnel of which half are police officers.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/10/2018 15:56:32 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

972368

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Serious Violence Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many meetings of the Serious Violence Taskforce he has chaired between 30 April 2018 and 12 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	174083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>The Serious Violence Taskforce has been established to oversee and drive implementation of Serious Violence Strategy launched in April. The Taskforce met for the first time on 26 April and the Home Secretary has chaired two meetings of the Taskforce on 11 June and 17 July. It is next due to meet on 22 October.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/10/2018 15:38:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

972370

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Conferences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to host an International Violent Crime Symposium.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	174084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>We will be holding an International Violent Crime Symposium later this Autumn in line with the commitment in the Serious Violence Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/10/2018 15:48:01 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

972447

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which (a) chief constables and (b) senior officers he met to discuss knife crime and serious violence between taking up his position and 12 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	174086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2018 answer text <p>Since taking up his position the Home Secretary has focused his efforts on reducing the level of serious violence including knife crime. To improve his understanding of the issues across the country, the Home Secretary has met with police officers of all ranks.</p><p>In addition, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and the National Police Chiefs Council lead for gangs, knife crime and county lines are both members of the Serious Violence Taskforce which is chaired by the Home Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 10/10/2018 16:17:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

943844

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offensive Weapons: Sales
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 potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to create an aggravated offence of attacking shopkeepers who refuse to sell a corrosive substance or sharp weapon.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	165641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We have no current plans to introduce a specific offence relating to attacks on shopkeepers who refuse to sell a corrosive substance or sharp weapon. Violence is unacceptable wherever it takes place, and violence or abuse against retail staff should not be tolerated in any circumstances. There are number of existing serious offences which are already available to deal with attacks or threats to shopkeepers, and it is open to the courts to take account of any aggravating factors when passing sentence.</p><p>More generally, we are working with the retail sector and the police, through the National Retail Crime Steering Group, to explore what more can be done to tackle violence and abuse against retail staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 23/07/2018 16:09:21 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh