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1003706

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police plan to pursue an investigation into the alleged fraud committed by Vote Leave during the EU referendum 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	189803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Following the conclusion of an investigation into the campaign spending of Vote Leave and other campaigners during the 2016 EU referendum, the Electoral Commission made two referrals to the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) regarding potential criminal offences under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. The first referral was received by the MPS on 11 May 2018 and the second was received on 17 July 2018. On 7 September 2018 the MPS received over 2000 documents from the Electoral Commission in relation to both referrals.</p><p>The decision to launch an investigation is entirely an operational matter for the police. It would not be appropriate for Ministers to comment on operational decisions made by the MPS concerning the Electoral Commission’s referrals.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 18:36:32 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1003720

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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, how many thefts of catalytic converters from vehicles the were in each month in 2018; and how many of those thefts resulted in (a) an arrest and (b) a conviction.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	189766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on police recorded crime including theft from a vehicle. These are published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The latest figures, for the year ending June 2018, can be accessed here: <br><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables </a></p><p>However, these data do not identify whether or not the theft is of a catalytic converter. The Home office does hold any data on how many thefts of catalytic convert-ers resulted in an arrest or a conviction.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 17:02:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1003792

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	West Midlands Police: Pensions
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 pension liabilities of West Midlands Police; what plans he has to provide West Midlands police with additional funding to meet that liability; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	189690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>We are assessing the implications of changes to the public service pensions discount rate on all forces, including West Midlands Police. The Budget made clear that part of these costs will be met from the Treasury Reserve in 2019/20. As the Chancellor set out in his speech, the Home Secretary will review police spending power ahead of the provisional police funding settlement for 2019/20 to be published next month.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/11/2018 17:37:38 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1003795

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cheshire Constabulary: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) other staff have been employed by Cheshire Police in (a) each year since 2010 and (b) the latest period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	189585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers and police staff employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis. These data are published in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical publication.</p><p>Data on the number of police officers and police staff employed by Cheshire Police, as at 31 March each year and going back to March 2007, can be found in the Open Data Table accompanying the main release: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/11/2018 17:34:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1003796

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cheshire Constabulary: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much grant was allocated to Cheshire Police in each year since 2010 in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms with the figures adjusted to take account of inflation.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	189586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The police receive funding from a number of sources, including Government grants, Council Tax precept and funding for national priorities such as transformation. There have also been changes in the structure of police funding over time. Therefore looking at Government grants alone risks giving a misleading picture.</p><p>We enabled Police and Crime Commissioners to increase local funding by £280m in 2018/19 through precept. This means that in Cheshire the PCC was able to increase funding by £5.5m.</p><p>The Government recognised at the Budget that the police are under pressure from the changing nature of crime, and we are reviewing police spending power ahead of the 2019/20 police funding settlement.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 189587 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:36:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1003797

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cheshire Constabulary: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the changes to the Cheshire Police Grant since 2010 on (a) community policing, (b) tackling serious and violent crime and (c) the force's ability to tackle sexual offences including rape.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Helen Jones
uin	189587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The police receive funding from a number of sources, including Government grants, Council Tax precept and funding for national priorities such as transformation. There have also been changes in the structure of police funding over time. Therefore looking at Government grants alone risks giving a misleading picture.</p><p>We enabled Police and Crime Commissioners to increase local funding by £280m in 2018/19 through precept. This means that in Cheshire the PCC was able to increase funding by £5.5m.</p><p>The Government recognised at the Budget that the police are under pressure from the changing nature of crime, and we are reviewing police spending power ahead of the 2019/20 police funding settlement.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 189586 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:36:41 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

1002637

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	INTERPOL: Taiwan
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will support the granting of observer status to Taiwan at the 87th Interpol General Assembly in Dubai from 18 to 21 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	188779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>INTERPOL is an international police organisation which has a crucial role in ensuring co-operation on matters of international criminality.</p><p>The British Government continues to hold the view that the people of Taiwan have a meaningful contribution to make towards global issues such as organised crime. The UK has not made any representations to secure Taiwan’s observer status at INTERPOL this year. However, government officials are discussing this issue with international partners.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 16:55:26 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1002678

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Medical Treatments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the advice used to inform his Department on the requirements that (a) the decision to prescribe medicinal cannabis products must be made by a specialist doctor and (b) medicinal cannabis products may only be prescribed when the patient has an unmet special clinical need that cannot be met by other treatments.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	188750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The prescription of these products by doctors on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council (GMC) and only where there is an unmet clinical need follows the principles used by the Interim Expert Panel on cannabis-based products for medicinal use. This approach was agreed by senior clinicians on the Expert Panel, Chaired by Dr Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland. This approach was subsequently supported by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) in their advice to the Home Secretary on rescheduling cannabis. The ACMD advice has been published and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-advice-on-scheduling-of-cannabis-derived-medicinal-products" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-advice-on-scheduling-of-cannabis-derived-medicinal-products</a></p><p>Any unlicensed medicines, including cannabis-based products for medicinal use, will be supplied under long-standing arrangements for the supply of what are known, in healthcare settings, as ‘specials’. This process is underpinned by the Human Medicines Act and, outside of clinical trials, only allows these unlicensed medicines to be prescribed where there is an unmet clinical need. This restriction is in place because unlicensed medicines have not been through the same quality, safety and efficacy tests as licenced medicines.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 17:05:51 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1001945

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	Police: Workplace Pensions
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 Written Statement of 6 September on Quadrennial valuations of the public service pension schemes, HCWS945, whether (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service held discussions with (i) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and (ii) the Chancellor of the Exchequer prior to that Statement's publication on the implications of those valuations on policing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	188127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>Home Office and Treasury Ministers have regular discussions covering a number of issues including changes to pension schemes. In his Budget speech, the Chancellor committed to providing funding to support the po-lice with additional pensions costs.</p><p>On 13 December we announced our proposed police funding settlement for 2019/20 which provides up to £970 million of additional investment in the policing system. This includes £153 million of additional pensions funding, £161 million in increased general grants and up to £509 million of additional funding from council tax precept, if Police and Crime Commissioners use the full flexibility provided. This provides enough funding for the police to meet their increased costs, while continuing to recruit and fill capability gaps like the shortage of investigators.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/01/2019 17:06:30 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1001946

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	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of lengthening the period that a funding settlement covers for (a) local policing and (b) Counter-Terror policing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	188128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>We agree that it is important for Police and Crime Commissioners to have financial certainty, which is why we set out in the last police funding settlement the basis upon which we expected to provide funding in 2019/20.</p><p>However, it is equally important to review the policing landscape and conditions regularly to ensure that funding provided recognises the changing demands on policing.</p><p>As the Chancellor stated in his budget speech, in addition to extra funding for counter-terrorism, the Home Office will review police spending power and reform ahead of the 2019/20 police funding settlement.</p><p>The Home Secretary has been clear that he will prioritise funding for the police at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/11/2018 17:02:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh