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1562906

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Vacancies
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 Answer of 15 December 2022 to Question 106525 on Home Office: Vacancies, for what reason this information is not held centrally; if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of not collating this information on her ability to view levels of vacancies within teams; and what the number of vacancies is by each Director General in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	113286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office centrally manages all active recruitment, but this will not cover all current vacancies as there are a wide range of business reasons whereby vacancies may not be actively recruited against.</p><p>DG area recruitment plans are routinely reviewed and details of current live recruitment can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcareers.homeoffice.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAndy.Woodgate%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cfb75e59d01c24490081908dae2726790%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638071278228391254%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qHoc5Vh0BX6aJm6vouf25CQFQc03GxUKS7LQZI2vwT4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Home - Home Office Careers</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/01/2023 15:56:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1562916

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent employees are in equality, diversity and inclusion roles in police forces in England.
tabling member constituency	Northampton South
tabling member printed	Andrew Lewer
uin	113287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold centrally information on how many police employees are in equality, diversity and inclusion roles in police forces in England.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of full-time equivalent police officers and staff by function in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’</a> statistical bulletin. These functions are based on the framework set out by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) as part of the Police Objective Analysis (POA) estimates. The POA framework does not include a specific function on diversity and inclusion roles.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/01/2023 16:00:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4659 label Biography information for Andrew Lewer

1562959

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Housing
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 effectiveness of her Department's involvement in the Children in Custody Golden Hour Information Exchange pilot with the Metropolitan Police.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Janet Daby
uin	113437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Department has made no formal assessment of the Children in Custody Golden Hour Information Exchange initiative.</p><p>The initiative supports how children are transferred between police custody and local authority accommodation. It operated in three London boroughs for the last two years. The Metropolitan Police are now sharing this practice across the entire London area, with a desire to encourage similar national practice.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/01/2023 17:08:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby

1563146

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of Police Officer hours spent in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) England in the last month accompanying energy company agents or debt collection agents acting on behalf of energy companies, enforcing warrants for the forced installation of pre-payment meters.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	113272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect data on the number of hours police officers have spent accompanying energy company agents or debt collection agents acting on behalf of energy companies, enforcing warrants or the forced installation of pre-payment meters.</p><p>The Government expects suppliers to take proactive steps to identify vulnerable consumers and offer them the necessary support. Suppliers can only install prepayment meters without consent to recover debt as a last resort. Ofgem Standard Licence Conditions require suppliers to ensure that prepayment meters are only installed where it is ‘safe and reasonably practicable’, including consideration of whether a consumer’s vulnerability makes a prepayment meter a poor choice.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/01/2023 17:13:25 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1551525

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Footwear
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 Answer on 2 December 2022 to Question 95914 on Police: Footwear, whether her Department considers boots or similar footwear to be necessary equipment for a front line police officer to carry out their job effectively.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	110800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>It is an operational matter for Chief Constables to ensure that the police are provided with the correct equipment and resources they need, including appropriate footwear, in order to carry out their job effectively.</p><p>Determinations made under the Police Regulations 2003 provide that chief officers shall determine what uniform and equipment is provided.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/12/2022 11:25:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1551580

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the levels of anti-social behaviour incidents in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022; and what (A) financial and (B) other steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	110731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB). Last year the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf" target="_blank">Beating Crime Plan</a> laid out the Government’s plan for tackling crime and ASB and committed to working with local agencies and partners to drive down ASB using the full range of powers and tools in the ‘2014 Act’.</p><p>We provided the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. It is for local areas to decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances.</p><p>The Home Office announced in March this year that ASB would be one of the primary crime and issue types being targeted in the next rounds of the Safer Streets Fund. This funding goes towards local projects aimed at increasing the safety of public spaces for all with a particular focus on addressing neighbourhood crime, anti-social behaviour and tackling violence against women and girls. At the end of July, we announced the outcome of Round Four of the Safer Streets Fund, investing an additional £50 million and supporting 111 projects across England and Wales.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring that policing has the resources it needs to cut crime and increasing the number of police officers by 20,000 by March 2023. These 20,000 additional officers will be on top of recruitment to cover retirement and those leaving the police.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives respectively, to decide how best to respond to local priorities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110732 question first answered 19/12/2022 16:41:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1551581

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) financial and (b) other steps her Department is taking to help prevent crime in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii) Coventry, (iii) the West Midlands and (iv) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	110732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB). Last year the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf" target="_blank">Beating Crime Plan</a> laid out the Government’s plan for tackling crime and ASB and committed to working with local agencies and partners to drive down ASB using the full range of powers and tools in the ‘2014 Act’.</p><p>We provided the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible tools and powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. It is for local areas to decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances.</p><p>The Home Office announced in March this year that ASB would be one of the primary crime and issue types being targeted in the next rounds of the Safer Streets Fund. This funding goes towards local projects aimed at increasing the safety of public spaces for all with a particular focus on addressing neighbourhood crime, anti-social behaviour and tackling violence against women and girls. At the end of July, we announced the outcome of Round Four of the Safer Streets Fund, investing an additional £50 million and supporting 111 projects across England and Wales.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring that policing has the resources it needs to cut crime and increasing the number of police officers by 20,000 by March 2023. These 20,000 additional officers will be on top of recruitment to cover retirement and those leaving the police.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners, as operational leaders and elected local representatives respectively, to decide how best to respond to local priorities.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110731 question first answered 19/12/2022 16:41:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1551666

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 2 December 2022 from the hon. Member for Exeter that enclosed a personal letter from his constituent Tony Cox.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	110556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office responded on 19 December regarding setting up a meeting.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110557 question first answered 20/12/2022 16:09:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1551667

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence from Mr Cox, a constituent of the hon. Member for Exeter, on his request for two meetings.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	110557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office responded on 19 December regarding setting up a meeting.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 110556 question first answered 20/12/2022 16:09:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1551725

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
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 her Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for October 2022, for what purpose her Communications Directorate purchased Panoramic Limestone Background Equipment on 31 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	110643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The photography background was purchased to provide a professional multi-purpose backdrop to a broad range of video and photo communications for the Home Office including social media, departmental announcements, Ministerial pre-records, pool clips and other media moments.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/12/2022 16:33:37 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry