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1697489

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on (a) how many occasions and (b) what dates he has intervened in a fire and rescue authority under section 22 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	19572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Fire policy transferred from the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Home Office on 5 January 2016. Since then, there have been no formal interventions in the operations of a fire and rescue authority by the Secretary of State in England under section 22 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004. We do not hold any information for the period prior to the machinery of government changes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2024 16:17:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1697490

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times since 26 October 2022 the Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire has met (a) current and (b) former firefighters who have experienced bullying, discrimination or sexual harassment at work.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	19573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire has prioritised engagement with the sector on integrity matters. This has included Chief Fire Officers, Fire and Rescue Authority Chairs, His Majesty’s Inspectorate, the National Fire Chiefs Council, the Local Government Association and representative groups such as the Fire Brigades Union. In addition to regularly meeting frontline firefighters and police officers when visiting fire and police stations.</p><p>He will continue to meet with sector leaders to hear first-hand on these issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister for Crime, Policing and Fire has corresponded with both current and former staff in fire and rescue services, who have raised concerns regarding bullying, harassment, and discrimination.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office will continue to call for action to ensure fire and rescue services are welcoming, respectful workplaces that enable all individuals who work in them to thrive.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2024 16:22:49 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1697494

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services
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 updating the Fire and Rescue National Framework for England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	19574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>We are revising the Fire National Framework for England to embed the reforms set out in the Government Response to the White Paper. The Framework sets priorities and objectives for Fire and Rescue Authorities in England in connection with the discharge of their functions. We are engaging partners to shape our proposals and key themes.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to launch a public consultation on the revisions later this year.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2024 16:19:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1697092

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Humberside Police: Burglary
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 had discussions with Humberside police on the pledge that a police officer will attend every burgled home.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	19295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales data shows a 56% fall in domestic burglaries when comparing the year ending September 2023 with year ending March 2010. This is clearly good news; however, we recognise the impact domestic burglary can have on individuals and communities and we are committed to tackling and preventing this crime.</p><p>The public rightly expects that the police will visit them when a home burglary has been committed, which is why we welcome the announcement made by the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on 8 June 2023 that all 43 police forces in England and Wales have been implementing this attendance policy since March 2023. https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/police-now-attending-scene-of-every-home-burglary.</p><p>The police commitment to attend home burglaries is supported by specific College of Policing good practice guidance on conducting residential burglary investigations: https://www.college.police.uk/guidance/residential-burglary.</p><p>We continue to liaise with Humberside Police and the NPCC who play a key role in tackling burglary through an array of different forums, including the Residential Burglary Taskforce and the National Policing Board. We are also working with police leaders across England and Wales to ensure forces are making their attendance data available to the public.</p><p>HMICFRS will be doing an inspection on Investigations shortly.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/03/2024 11:45:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1696625

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Organised Crime: Oldham
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 impact of (a) child criminal exploitation and (b) gang activity on police resources in Oldham.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	19126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold specific information on the potential impact of child criminal exploitation (CCE) and gang activity on police resources in Oldham. However, tackling CCE is a priority for this Government which is why we are providing funding to support Greater Manchester Police to help tackle county lines, CCE and serious violence.</p><p>Through our Drug Strategy, we are providing a targeted investment of up to £145m over three years to bolster our County Lines Programme. This includes funding a dedicated county lines taskforce in Greater Manchester Police, as well as funding Catch22 to provide a specialist support and rescue service for under 25’s and their families in Greater Manchester to help them safely reduce and exit their involvement from county lines including child criminal exploitation.</p><p>We are also driving targeted action to respond to exploitation through the Home Office-funded Prevention Programme, delivered by The Children’s Society with a funding of £1.37 million for delivery between 2023-25. Through the programme, a dedicated Northwest Prevention Officer works to support a range of partners to improve the response to multiple forms of exploitation including CCE in the Northwest region.</p><p>To tackle the drivers of serious violence, the Home Office has also invested over £20m to develop and run the Greater Manchester Violence Reduction Unit (with funding of over £4.38m in 2023-2024).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/03/2024 15:28:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1696626

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Custody and Police Stations: Oldham
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 implications for his policies of trends in the level of (a) police station and (b) custody cell closures in Oldham since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	19127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish impact assessments relating to police office closures.</p><p>It is up to Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to make decisions on local resourcing and estates, including police stations. They are best placed to make these decisions based on their local knowledge and experience.</p><p>Police stations are just one of the ways people can access their local police services including reporting online and by phone 24/7.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 19133 question first answered 21/03/2024 15:30:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1696661

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the total cost to the public purse was of legal (a) support and (b) representation to Ministers in his Department in relation to their official conduct in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	19110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Such information is not centrally recorded or collated in the form requested. More generally, I would refer the honourable Member to the long-standing policies on legal expenditure, as set out recently by Cabinet Office Ministers on 12 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 17709 Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament and 12 March 2024, Official Report, House of Lords, Cols. 1901-1904. Ministers: Legal Costs - Hansard - UK Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2024 16:16:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1696674

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Custody and Police Stations: Oldham
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 station and (b) custody cell closures there have been in Oldham in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	19133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish impact assessments relating to police office closures.</p><p>It is up to Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to make decisions on local resourcing and estates, including police stations. They are best placed to make these decisions based on their local knowledge and experience.</p><p>Police stations are just one of the ways people can access their local police services including reporting online and by phone 24/7.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 19127 question first answered 21/03/2024 15:30:44 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1696716

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Stations: Chesterfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what improvements he plans to make to the Police estate in Chesterfield constituency until 2029.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	19042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>Derbyshire’s funding will be up to £244.8m in 2024/25, an increase of up to £15.4m when compared to 2023/24.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>It is up to Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners to make decisions on local resourcing and estates, including police stations. They are best placed to make these decisions based on their local knowledge and experience.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2024 16:26:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1696772

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire Prevention: Departmental Coordination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to coordinate activity across Government in order to improve the UK’s preparedness for extreme wildfire events.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office are the lead Government Department for Wildfire Response and own the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) wildfire risk.</p><p> </p><p>This <a href="https://fireengland.uk/publications/reports/wildfire-framework-england" target="_blank">Wildfire Framework</a> outlines the work being undertaken to improve the UK’s preparedness for wildfires in England. The Home Office works closely with other departments and key stakeholders including Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities to mitigate the risk of wildfire.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office have committed to scoping a wildfire strategy and action plan by mid 2024, with support from Defra and its agencies. This commitment is outlined in the third National Adaptation Plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office maintains regular engagement with National Bodies including the National Fire Chiefs Council and England and Wales Wildfire Forum to monitor and review sector led improvements to wildfire response and mitigation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/03/2024 16:31:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas