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445577

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
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 (a) the police and (b) retailers on the sale of zombie knives in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	22774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the police and partners to ensure we reduce violence and knife crime, and in the year ending June 2015, knife crime recorded by the police was 17% lower than 2010. We are aware of concerns about zombie knives and we are currently considering representations including the letter of 13 January from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and on 21 January from the prospective mayoral candidate for London Zac Goldsmith. A reply will be sent shortly and we will offer to meet with the PCC.</p><p>We are currently considering what action to take against the prevalence of zombie knives on our streets. We are talking to retailers, including Amazon, about the action they can take. There are strict laws on the sale of knives to under 18s and on how knives can be marketed. We are concerned about any knives being carried in public especially if used to threaten and inflict violence. It is a criminal offence to possess a knife in public without good reason, and if a person is convicted a second time they now face a minimum mandatory custodial sentence following the introduction of this change by the Government in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 22775 question first answered 25/01/2016 18:31:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

445578

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: 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 she has made of whether the purposes for which zombie knives are sold online are legitimate.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	22775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the police and partners to ensure we reduce violence and knife crime, and in the year ending June 2015, knife crime recorded by the police was 17% lower than 2010. We are aware of concerns about zombie knives and we are currently considering representations including the letter of 13 January from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and on 21 January from the prospective mayoral candidate for London Zac Goldsmith. A reply will be sent shortly and we will offer to meet with the PCC.</p><p>We are currently considering what action to take against the prevalence of zombie knives on our streets. We are talking to retailers, including Amazon, about the action they can take. There are strict laws on the sale of knives to under 18s and on how knives can be marketed. We are concerned about any knives being carried in public especially if used to threaten and inflict violence. It is a criminal offence to possess a knife in public without good reason, and if a person is convicted a second time they now face a minimum mandatory custodial sentence following the introduction of this change by the Government in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 22774 question first answered 25/01/2016 18:31:41 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

445166

registered interest
date	15/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: 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 she has made of the risks posed by the legal sale of zombie knives in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	22733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the police and partners to ensure we reduce violence and knife crime, and in the year ending June 2015, knife crime recorded by the police was 17% lower than 2010. We are aware of concerns about zombie knives and we are currently considering representations including the letter of 13 January from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and on 21 January from the prospective mayoral candidate for London Zac Goldsmith. A reply will be sent shortly and we will offer to meet with the PCC.</p><p>We are currently considering what action to take against the prevalence of zombie knives on our streets. We are talking to retailers, including Amazon, about the action they can take. There are strict laws on the sale of knives to under 18s and on how knives can be marketed. We are concerned about any knives being carried in public especially if used to threaten and inflict violence. It is a criminal offence to possess a knife in public without good reason, and if a person is convicted a second time they now face a minimum mandatory custodial sentence following the introduction of this change by the Government in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 22734 22735 22736 22737 22738 question first answered 25/01/2016 18:27:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

445167

registered interest
date	15/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
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 West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner's letter to her of 13 January 2016 on the introduction of a ban on the sale of zombie knives.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	22734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the police and partners to ensure we reduce violence and knife crime, and in the year ending June 2015, knife crime recorded by the police was 17% lower than 2010. We are aware of concerns about zombie knives and we are currently considering representations including the letter of 13 January from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and on 21 January from the prospective mayoral candidate for London Zac Goldsmith. A reply will be sent shortly and we will offer to meet with the PCC.</p><p>We are currently considering what action to take against the prevalence of zombie knives on our streets. We are talking to retailers, including Amazon, about the action they can take. There are strict laws on the sale of knives to under 18s and on how knives can be marketed. We are concerned about any knives being carried in public especially if used to threaten and inflict violence. It is a criminal offence to possess a knife in public without good reason, and if a person is convicted a second time they now face a minimum mandatory custodial sentence following the introduction of this change by the Government in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 22733 22735 22736 22737 22738 question first answered 25/01/2016 18:27:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

445168

registered interest
date	15/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ban the sale of zombie knives in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	22735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the police and partners to ensure we reduce violence and knife crime, and in the year ending June 2015, knife crime recorded by the police was 17% lower than 2010. We are aware of concerns about zombie knives and we are currently considering representations including the letter of 13 January from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and on 21 January from the prospective mayoral candidate for London Zac Goldsmith. A reply will be sent shortly and we will offer to meet with the PCC.</p><p>We are currently considering what action to take against the prevalence of zombie knives on our streets. We are talking to retailers, including Amazon, about the action they can take. There are strict laws on the sale of knives to under 18s and on how knives can be marketed. We are concerned about any knives being carried in public especially if used to threaten and inflict violence. It is a criminal offence to possess a knife in public without good reason, and if a person is convicted a second time they now face a minimum mandatory custodial sentence following the introduction of this change by the Government in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 22733 22734 22736 22737 22738 question first answered 25/01/2016 18:27:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

445169

registered interest
date	15/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will discuss with the retailer Amazon banning the sale of zombie knives in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	22736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the police and partners to ensure we reduce violence and knife crime, and in the year ending June 2015, knife crime recorded by the police was 17% lower than 2010. We are aware of concerns about zombie knives and we are currently considering representations including the letter of 13 January from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and on 21 January from the prospective mayoral candidate for London Zac Goldsmith. A reply will be sent shortly and we will offer to meet with the PCC.</p><p>We are currently considering what action to take against the prevalence of zombie knives on our streets. We are talking to retailers, including Amazon, about the action they can take. There are strict laws on the sale of knives to under 18s and on how knives can be marketed. We are concerned about any knives being carried in public especially if used to threaten and inflict violence. It is a criminal offence to possess a knife in public without good reason, and if a person is convicted a second time they now face a minimum mandatory custodial sentence following the introduction of this change by the Government in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 22733 22734 22735 22737 22738 question first answered 25/01/2016 18:27:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

445170

registered interest
date	15/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 steps she is taking to prevent children from purchasing knives and other weapons online.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	22737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the police and partners to ensure we reduce violence and knife crime, and in the year ending June 2015, knife crime recorded by the police was 17% lower than 2010. We are aware of concerns about zombie knives and we are currently considering representations including the letter of 13 January from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and on 21 January from the prospective mayoral candidate for London Zac Goldsmith. A reply will be sent shortly and we will offer to meet with the PCC.</p><p>We are currently considering what action to take against the prevalence of zombie knives on our streets. We are talking to retailers, including Amazon, about the action they can take. There are strict laws on the sale of knives to under 18s and on how knives can be marketed. We are concerned about any knives being carried in public especially if used to threaten and inflict violence. It is a criminal offence to possess a knife in public without good reason, and if a person is convicted a second time they now face a minimum mandatory custodial sentence following the introduction of this change by the Government in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 22733 22734 22735 22736 22738 question first answered 25/01/2016 18:27:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

445171

registered interest
date	15/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will meet with the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner to discuss banning the sale of zombie knives.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	22738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to work with the police and partners to ensure we reduce violence and knife crime, and in the year ending June 2015, knife crime recorded by the police was 17% lower than 2010. We are aware of concerns about zombie knives and we are currently considering representations including the letter of 13 January from the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) for the West Midlands and on 21 January from the prospective mayoral candidate for London Zac Goldsmith. A reply will be sent shortly and we will offer to meet with the PCC.</p><p>We are currently considering what action to take against the prevalence of zombie knives on our streets. We are talking to retailers, including Amazon, about the action they can take. There are strict laws on the sale of knives to under 18s and on how knives can be marketed. We are concerned about any knives being carried in public especially if used to threaten and inflict violence. It is a criminal offence to possess a knife in public without good reason, and if a person is convicted a second time they now face a minimum mandatory custodial sentence following the introduction of this change by the Government in July 2015.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 22733 22734 22735 22736 22737 question first answered 25/01/2016 18:27:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

179014

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
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 how many and what proportion of Disclosure and Barring Service applications were returned to applicants within (a) 20, (b) 40, (c) 60, (d) 80 and (e) 100 days and (f) more than 100 days in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	224084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The number and proportion of disclosure applications completed within 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100 days, and the number and proportion completed in more than 100 days, for each month from February 2014 to January 2015 is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2015 15:32:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 224084 data _table.xls title Disclosure applications completed
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

179015

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
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 application backlogs at the Disclosure and Barring Service.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	224088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) receives around 4 million disclosure <br>applications a year and provides the Home Office with monthly updates on its<br>performance. Latest data for the 2014-15 operational year, covering the period <br>from April 2014 to January 2015, shows that 95.4% of disclosure certificates <br>were issued within 40 working days - well above the DBS service standard to <br>issue 88% of all disclosures within this time. <br><br>A key aspect of DBS administration is to ensure that disclosure checks are both <br>accurate and completed within service standard timescales. In the small <br>proportion of cases where checks have not been completed within these <br>timescales, the DBS is expected to take the necessary steps to progress the <br>case including, as appropriate, working with the police and other parties <br>involved in the checking process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/02/2015 14:00:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley