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1467389

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: 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 she has made of the implications for her policies of the British Retail Consortium 2022 Crime Survey.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	11777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with retailers, trade organisations and enforcement partners via the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) to ensure the response to crimes affecting the retail sector is as robust as it can be. The NRCSG is co-chaired by Tom Ironside, Director of Business &amp; Regulation at the British Retail Consortium and me. This is an important forum to discuss crime issues experienced by retailers and to work together to find solutions.</p><p>The Government has taken action to tackle violence and abuse by introducing a statutory aggravating factor via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.</p><p>The public facing nature of the victim’s role will be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences. It applies where an assault is committed against those providing a public service, performing a public duty or providing a service to the public. This rightly includes those working in retail and other public-facing roles. The provision will commence on 28 June and builds on the important work already underway through the NRCSG to ensure assaults are not seen as part of a retail worker’s job.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 11778 11779 question first answered 13/06/2022 14:00:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1467390

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: 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 steps she is taking to tackle crime against retail workers in their place of work.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	11778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with retailers, trade organisations and enforcement partners via the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) to ensure the response to crimes affecting the retail sector is as robust as it can be. The NRCSG is co-chaired by Tom Ironside, Director of Business &amp; Regulation at the British Retail Consortium and me. This is an important forum to discuss crime issues experienced by retailers and to work together to find solutions.</p><p>The Government has taken action to tackle violence and abuse by introducing a statutory aggravating factor via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.</p><p>The public facing nature of the victim’s role will be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences. It applies where an assault is committed against those providing a public service, performing a public duty or providing a service to the public. This rightly includes those working in retail and other public-facing roles. The provision will commence on 28 June and builds on the important work already underway through the NRCSG to ensure assaults are not seen as part of a retail worker’s job.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 11777 11779 question first answered 13/06/2022 14:00:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1467391

registered interest
date	01/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: 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 recent discussions she has had with representatives of the retail sector on crime against retail workers in their place of work.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	11779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with retailers, trade organisations and enforcement partners via the National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG) to ensure the response to crimes affecting the retail sector is as robust as it can be. The NRCSG is co-chaired by Tom Ironside, Director of Business &amp; Regulation at the British Retail Consortium and me. This is an important forum to discuss crime issues experienced by retailers and to work together to find solutions.</p><p>The Government has taken action to tackle violence and abuse by introducing a statutory aggravating factor via the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.</p><p>The public facing nature of the victim’s role will be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences. It applies where an assault is committed against those providing a public service, performing a public duty or providing a service to the public. This rightly includes those working in retail and other public-facing roles. The provision will commence on 28 June and builds on the important work already underway through the NRCSG to ensure assaults are not seen as part of a retail worker’s job.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 11777 11778 question first answered 13/06/2022 14:00:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1462481

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catalytic Converters: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of gathering data centrally on the (a) annual number of catalytic converter thefts and (b) number of arrests and charges for theft of catalytic converters.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>Opal, the police intelligence unit on serious organised acquisitive crime, monitors the numbers of catalytic converter thefts and shares data with the Home Office and National Vehicle Crime Working Group. In addition, the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP) is collating intelligence to track these thefts, alert members to trends, and implement crime prevention measures.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of theft offences, and arrests and charges for theft. However, this data is collected at offence group level only and cannot be broken down further to identify thefts of catalytic converters.</p><p>We are continuing to work closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group to tackle vehicle-related thefts. The British Transport Police and the NICRP have co-ordinated a number of multi-agency national weeks of action to tackle theft of scrap metal and catalytic converters. Three weeks of action resulted in 92 arrests, over 2,000 site visits, over 1,000 stolen catalytic converters recovered, and the catalytic converters of over 3,000 vehicles were forensically marked. This has helped to promote awareness, with over 1,000 officers trained in enforcement powers to deal with scrap metal dealers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 1263 question first answered 20/05/2022 09:22:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1462482

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Catalytic Converters: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the National Vehicle Crime Working Group on catalytic converter thefts.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>Opal, the police intelligence unit on serious organised acquisitive crime, monitors the numbers of catalytic converter thefts and shares data with the Home Office and National Vehicle Crime Working Group. In addition, the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP) is collating intelligence to track these thefts, alert members to trends, and implement crime prevention measures.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of theft offences, and arrests and charges for theft. However, this data is collected at offence group level only and cannot be broken down further to identify thefts of catalytic converters.</p><p>We are continuing to work closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group to tackle vehicle-related thefts. The British Transport Police and the NICRP have co-ordinated a number of multi-agency national weeks of action to tackle theft of scrap metal and catalytic converters. Three weeks of action resulted in 92 arrests, over 2,000 site visits, over 1,000 stolen catalytic converters recovered, and the catalytic converters of over 3,000 vehicles were forensically marked. This has helped to promote awareness, with over 1,000 officers trained in enforcement powers to deal with scrap metal dealers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 1262 question first answered 20/05/2022 09:22:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1452160

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Body Searches: Children
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 representatives of the Metropolitan Police following the strip search of a 15-year-old black student in a Hackney-based secondary school.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	142055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Strip search is one of the most intrusive powers available to the police and the reports of this incident are deeply concerning.</p><p>It was referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) last year and the IOPC served misconduct notices on three police constables and are now nearing completion of their investigation.</p><p>We must now let the IOPC conclude its work. We expect the Metropolitan Police Service to respond to the IOPC’s findings swiftly and for policing across England and Wales to learn lessons where applicable. Whilst this is an operational policing matter, the Home Office will consider any broader implications from this case.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/03/2022 17:06:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1399816

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	INTERPOL: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the recent appointment Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi as President of Interpol in the context of the UAE’s human rights record.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	98361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government reviewed all candidates for the presidency of INTERPOL and considered our vote carefully in advance of the elections. We are committed to the promotion of universal freedoms and human rights and we encourage all states, including the United Arab Emirates, to uphold international human rights obligations.</p><p>Proportionate due diligence is undertaken into individuals seeking election to the role of INTERPOL President. In the run up to the elections at the General Assembly, officials from the Home Office, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the National Crime Agency were in regular contact with international counterparts. The decision on who to support was based on a thorough assessment of the merits of each candidate.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/01/2022 12:47:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1381484

registered interest
date	23/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk
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 the High Court ruling of 16 November 2021 that Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk was jointly liable for the killing of WPC Yvonne Fletcher on 17 April 1984, if she will make it her policy to provide all relevant evidence previously withheld on grounds of national security to facilitate a potential criminal charge in that matter.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	80423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2021 answer text <p>I’m afraid that I cannot comment on the details of this case,</p><p>I am unable to confirm or deny the existence of national security material.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/12/2021 17:16:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1365397

registered interest
date	02/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Community Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Metropolitan Police on their community engagement strategy.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	68385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2021 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and I hold regular meetings with representatives of the Metropolitan Police Service, covering a wide range of subject areas important to the public including stamping out violence against women and girls, tackling serious crime and promoting a diverse workforce.</p><p>The Government will always encourage forces to continue to respond to their local communities needs. This is because the police's ability to fulfil their duties is dependent on their capacity to secure and maintain public trust and support for their actions, as part of the model of policing by consent.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/11/2021 17:50:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1351153

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Disease Control
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 representatives of the Metropolitan Police on the comments reportedly made by Kate Shemrani at an anti-lockdown protest at Trafalgar Square on 24 July 2021; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	41110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The Home Secretary and I hold regular meetings with representatives of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), covering a wide range of subject areas including protest activity.</p><p>However, the policing of protests is an operational matter for the police who have comprehensive powers to deal with activities that spread hate or deliberately raise tensions through violence or public disorder.</p><p>In this case, it is for the MPS to decide whether any law has been broken and in conjunction with the Crown Prosecution Service, determine whether an action warrants possible criminal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/09/2021 09:17:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West