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1470688

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Community Support Officers
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 the contribution of police community support officers in tackling neighbourhood crime; what estimate she has made of the number of police community support officers by police force area in each year since 2010; and whether her Department is taking steps to increase the number of police community support officers.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	18933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) are a valued part of the police workforce, working as a key liaison point to help resolve local issues and foster good community relations.</p><p>The Government has set out our commitment to reducing neighbourhood crimes through the Beating Crime Plan, published in July 2021. We have also invested £70 million over the first three rounds of the Safer Streets Fund to support local areas across England and Wales which are disproportionately impacted by crime. The fourth round of funding, which launched in March and closed for bids in May, is worth a further £75m and will include targeting anti-social behaviour alongside acquisitive crime and violence against women and girls in public spaces. This fourth round also allows areas to bid for funding for local policing interventions.</p><p>Decisions about how police resources are deployed, including the number and composition of people in neighbourhood policing roles, are for Chief Constables and PCCs.</p><p>As of 31 March 2021, there were 9,284 PCSOs (FTE) in England and Wales, a decrease of 45% compared to 31 March 2010 when there were 16,918 PCSOs (FTE).Decisions about how police resources are deployed, including the number and composition of people in neighbourhood policing roles, are for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/06/2022 10:34:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 7474 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1435241

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
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 offences which involved a knife or sharp instrument in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	129148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold figures below the level of Police Force Area. In the year ending September 2020, there were 4,745 offences involving knives or sharp instruments in the West Midlands Police Force Area. This compares to 4,483 in the year ending September 2021. This represents a fall of 8% between September 2020 and September 2021.</p><p>The number of homicides recorded in the West Midlands Police Force Area involving a knife or sharp instrument over the last five years were as follows:</p><p>Year ending Sept 2017 - 23</p><p>Year ending Sept 2018 - 21</p><p>Year ending Sept 2019 - 22</p><p>Year ending Sept 2020 - 25</p><p>Year ending Sept 2021 - 23</p><p> </p><p>The number of homicides recorded in England involving a knife or sharp instrument over the last five years were as follows:</p><p>Year ending Sept 2017 - 238</p><p>Year ending Sept 2018 - 279</p><p>Year ending Sept 2019 - 237</p><p>Year ending Sept 2020 - 252</p><p>Year ending Sept 2021 - 267</p><p> </p><p>Tackling knife crime is a priority for this Government and we are supporting the police by recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers by March 2023. As at 31 December 2021, police forces in England and Wales have recruited over 11,000 additional officers as part of the Police Uplift Programme and West Midlands police force has recruited 844 additional uplift officers against a combined year 1 and 2 allocation of 730 officers.</p><p>Police funding is also increasing and, on 2 February 2022, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23. West Midlands Police will receive up to £694.9 million in 2022/23, an increase of up to £39.4 million when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>Since 2019, the Home Office has invested £105.5m (£35.5m this financial year) in the 18 areas worst affected by serious violence to develop Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) of which £10.11m has been allocated to the West Midlands PCC to develop the West Midlands VRU. VRUs combine the expertise of key local partners, including the police, health, education, and local authorities, to pinpoint the drivers of violence in their areas and deliver bespoke interventions in response. This includes targeted interventions with at-risk young people, ranging from behavioural therapy, social skills training, trusted adult relationships amongst many more. Over 300,000 young people have been supported by VRUs in their first two years of funding.</p><p>Additionally, we have made up to c.£17m available this financial year for additional early intervention and prevention programmes to support young people at high risk of involvement in serious violence, delivered via VRUs on top of their core funding. This includes three investments into the West Midlands, which are:</p><p>o £1.176m in high-intensity therapeutic interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy, which the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyouthendowmentfund.org.uk%2Ftoolkit%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Ducille-Smith%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ceaa36189be33457e808d08d9f86f1c36%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637813978354427413%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=LJnvftZKCrjLN%2FJDHvm3rfH6LZ343bgKA%2B9AIS5JGWU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Youth Endowment Fund’s Evidence Toolkit</a> identifies as likely to be highly effective in reducing violent crime;</p><p>o £455k in ‘teachable moment’ style interventions for young people involved in serious violence which capitalise on important moments when they are likely to be most receptive (for example, admission to A&amp;E or in police custody), connecting them to a package of support enabling a more positive life course; and</p><p>o £591k in trauma-informed training for frontline professionals to help them improve support for young people by developing a greater understanding of different types of trauma that may have been experienced by the children and young people they work with.</p><p>Since 2019 we have invested a further £136.5m to support the police across the 18 areas in England and Wales worst affected by serious violence to increase operational activity to tackle serious violence, including by delivering targeted patrols in serious violence hotspots.</p><p>Since 2019, £15.541m of this funding has been allocated to West Midlands Police. We have also invested £200m in early intervention and prevention support initiatives over 10 years to support children and young people at risk of exploitation and involvement in serious violence through the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF). The YEF will support how this government responds to serious violence by identifying what works in diverting children and young people away from involvement in serious violent crime. In total, 15 grantees in the West Midlands are in receipt of funding from all grant rounds.</p><p>We will also help the police target those who have already been convicted of knife or offensive weapon offences and who persist in unlawfully carrying a knife or a weapon with the intention to commit more violence. We have introduced Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill which will give the police powers to stop and search those already convicted of knife and offensive weapon offences. West Midlands Police will be one of the four police forces to pilot SVROs.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 129149 129150 question first answered 01/03/2022 16:59:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1435242

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
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 deaths resulting from offences which involved a knife or sharp instrument in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	129149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold figures below the level of Police Force Area. In the year ending September 2020, there were 4,745 offences involving knives or sharp instruments in the West Midlands Police Force Area. This compares to 4,483 in the year ending September 2021. This represents a fall of 8% between September 2020 and September 2021.</p><p>The number of homicides recorded in the West Midlands Police Force Area involving a knife or sharp instrument over the last five years were as follows:</p><p>Year ending Sept 2017 - 23</p><p>Year ending Sept 2018 - 21</p><p>Year ending Sept 2019 - 22</p><p>Year ending Sept 2020 - 25</p><p>Year ending Sept 2021 - 23</p><p> </p><p>The number of homicides recorded in England involving a knife or sharp instrument over the last five years were as follows:</p><p>Year ending Sept 2017 - 238</p><p>Year ending Sept 2018 - 279</p><p>Year ending Sept 2019 - 237</p><p>Year ending Sept 2020 - 252</p><p>Year ending Sept 2021 - 267</p><p> </p><p>Tackling knife crime is a priority for this Government and we are supporting the police by recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers by March 2023. As at 31 December 2021, police forces in England and Wales have recruited over 11,000 additional officers as part of the Police Uplift Programme and West Midlands police force has recruited 844 additional uplift officers against a combined year 1 and 2 allocation of 730 officers.</p><p>Police funding is also increasing and, on 2 February 2022, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23. West Midlands Police will receive up to £694.9 million in 2022/23, an increase of up to £39.4 million when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>Since 2019, the Home Office has invested £105.5m (£35.5m this financial year) in the 18 areas worst affected by serious violence to develop Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) of which £10.11m has been allocated to the West Midlands PCC to develop the West Midlands VRU. VRUs combine the expertise of key local partners, including the police, health, education, and local authorities, to pinpoint the drivers of violence in their areas and deliver bespoke interventions in response. This includes targeted interventions with at-risk young people, ranging from behavioural therapy, social skills training, trusted adult relationships amongst many more. Over 300,000 young people have been supported by VRUs in their first two years of funding.</p><p>Additionally, we have made up to c.£17m available this financial year for additional early intervention and prevention programmes to support young people at high risk of involvement in serious violence, delivered via VRUs on top of their core funding. This includes three investments into the West Midlands, which are:</p><p>o £1.176m in high-intensity therapeutic interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy, which the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyouthendowmentfund.org.uk%2Ftoolkit%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Ducille-Smith%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ceaa36189be33457e808d08d9f86f1c36%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637813978354427413%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=LJnvftZKCrjLN%2FJDHvm3rfH6LZ343bgKA%2B9AIS5JGWU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Youth Endowment Fund’s Evidence Toolkit</a> identifies as likely to be highly effective in reducing violent crime;</p><p>o £455k in ‘teachable moment’ style interventions for young people involved in serious violence which capitalise on important moments when they are likely to be most receptive (for example, admission to A&amp;E or in police custody), connecting them to a package of support enabling a more positive life course; and</p><p>o £591k in trauma-informed training for frontline professionals to help them improve support for young people by developing a greater understanding of different types of trauma that may have been experienced by the children and young people they work with.</p><p>Since 2019 we have invested a further £136.5m to support the police across the 18 areas in England and Wales worst affected by serious violence to increase operational activity to tackle serious violence, including by delivering targeted patrols in serious violence hotspots.</p><p>Since 2019, £15.541m of this funding has been allocated to West Midlands Police. We have also invested £200m in early intervention and prevention support initiatives over 10 years to support children and young people at risk of exploitation and involvement in serious violence through the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF). The YEF will support how this government responds to serious violence by identifying what works in diverting children and young people away from involvement in serious violent crime. In total, 15 grantees in the West Midlands are in receipt of funding from all grant rounds.</p><p>We will also help the police target those who have already been convicted of knife or offensive weapon offences and who persist in unlawfully carrying a knife or a weapon with the intention to commit more violence. We have introduced Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill which will give the police powers to stop and search those already convicted of knife and offensive weapon offences. West Midlands Police will be one of the four police forces to pilot SVROs.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 129148 129150 question first answered 01/03/2022 16:59:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1435243

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
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 tackle knife 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	129150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold figures below the level of Police Force Area. In the year ending September 2020, there were 4,745 offences involving knives or sharp instruments in the West Midlands Police Force Area. This compares to 4,483 in the year ending September 2021. This represents a fall of 8% between September 2020 and September 2021.</p><p>The number of homicides recorded in the West Midlands Police Force Area involving a knife or sharp instrument over the last five years were as follows:</p><p>Year ending Sept 2017 - 23</p><p>Year ending Sept 2018 - 21</p><p>Year ending Sept 2019 - 22</p><p>Year ending Sept 2020 - 25</p><p>Year ending Sept 2021 - 23</p><p> </p><p>The number of homicides recorded in England involving a knife or sharp instrument over the last five years were as follows:</p><p>Year ending Sept 2017 - 238</p><p>Year ending Sept 2018 - 279</p><p>Year ending Sept 2019 - 237</p><p>Year ending Sept 2020 - 252</p><p>Year ending Sept 2021 - 267</p><p> </p><p>Tackling knife crime is a priority for this Government and we are supporting the police by recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers by March 2023. As at 31 December 2021, police forces in England and Wales have recruited over 11,000 additional officers as part of the Police Uplift Programme and West Midlands police force has recruited 844 additional uplift officers against a combined year 1 and 2 allocation of 730 officers.</p><p>Police funding is also increasing and, on 2 February 2022, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23. West Midlands Police will receive up to £694.9 million in 2022/23, an increase of up to £39.4 million when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>Since 2019, the Home Office has invested £105.5m (£35.5m this financial year) in the 18 areas worst affected by serious violence to develop Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) of which £10.11m has been allocated to the West Midlands PCC to develop the West Midlands VRU. VRUs combine the expertise of key local partners, including the police, health, education, and local authorities, to pinpoint the drivers of violence in their areas and deliver bespoke interventions in response. This includes targeted interventions with at-risk young people, ranging from behavioural therapy, social skills training, trusted adult relationships amongst many more. Over 300,000 young people have been supported by VRUs in their first two years of funding.</p><p>Additionally, we have made up to c.£17m available this financial year for additional early intervention and prevention programmes to support young people at high risk of involvement in serious violence, delivered via VRUs on top of their core funding. This includes three investments into the West Midlands, which are:</p><p>o £1.176m in high-intensity therapeutic interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy, which the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyouthendowmentfund.org.uk%2Ftoolkit%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CCourtney.Ducille-Smith%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ceaa36189be33457e808d08d9f86f1c36%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637813978354427413%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=LJnvftZKCrjLN%2FJDHvm3rfH6LZ343bgKA%2B9AIS5JGWU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Youth Endowment Fund’s Evidence Toolkit</a> identifies as likely to be highly effective in reducing violent crime;</p><p>o £455k in ‘teachable moment’ style interventions for young people involved in serious violence which capitalise on important moments when they are likely to be most receptive (for example, admission to A&amp;E or in police custody), connecting them to a package of support enabling a more positive life course; and</p><p>o £591k in trauma-informed training for frontline professionals to help them improve support for young people by developing a greater understanding of different types of trauma that may have been experienced by the children and young people they work with.</p><p>Since 2019 we have invested a further £136.5m to support the police across the 18 areas in England and Wales worst affected by serious violence to increase operational activity to tackle serious violence, including by delivering targeted patrols in serious violence hotspots.</p><p>Since 2019, £15.541m of this funding has been allocated to West Midlands Police. We have also invested £200m in early intervention and prevention support initiatives over 10 years to support children and young people at risk of exploitation and involvement in serious violence through the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF). The YEF will support how this government responds to serious violence by identifying what works in diverting children and young people away from involvement in serious violent crime. In total, 15 grantees in the West Midlands are in receipt of funding from all grant rounds.</p><p>We will also help the police target those who have already been convicted of knife or offensive weapon offences and who persist in unlawfully carrying a knife or a weapon with the intention to commit more violence. We have introduced Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill which will give the police powers to stop and search those already convicted of knife and offensive weapon offences. West Midlands Police will be one of the four police forces to pilot SVROs.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 129148 129149 question first answered 01/03/2022 16:59:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1421339

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime
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 trends in the level of crime in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	121788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>The ONS report on trends in crime and a description of national trends can be found in their latest release, containing data up to September 2021, here.</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingjune2021" target="_blank">Crime in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Data is published at police force level including ‘West Midlands Police’ and can be found here</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables" target="_blank">Crime in England and Wales: Police Force Area data tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Data is also published at Community Safety Partnership level including ‘Coventry’ and can be found here</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/recordedcrimedatabycommunitysafetypartnershiparea" target="_blank">Recorded crime data by Community Safety Partnership area - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p><p>However, data at Parliamentary Constituency level is not routinely published by ONS.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/02/2022 15:15:39 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1404337

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of the proportion of crimes committed in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years that have resulted in charges being brought.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	107606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes statistics on the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales and the investigative outcomes including the number resulting in a charge.</p><p>This is published at Police Force Area level and the latest statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/01/2022 16:06:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1404012

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of re-offending rates among (a) under 25s and (b) over 25s in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	106731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>The overall proven reoffending rate has steadily decreased in more recent years. However, the impact of the COVID19 pandemic has resulted in changes in the rate being more acute. In England, for a January-December 2019 offender cohort, the rate decreased by 2.9 percentage points for those aged 10-24 and by and 2.4 percentage points for those aged over 25. For proven reoffending trends in Coventry, West Midlands and England, please refer to the latest published geographical data tool which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data</a></p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data" target="_blank">/file/1028661/Geographical_data_tool_jan09_dec19_Final.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>We know the likelihood of ex-offenders reoffending is significantly decreased if they have a home, a job and access to healthcare, including substance misuse treatment. In December 2021 the Prisons Strategy White Paper set out our ambitious plans to reduce reoffending and protect the public. We will spend £200 million a year by 2024-25 to improve prison leavers’ access to accommodation, employment support and substance misuse treatment and further measures for early intervention to tackle youth offending.</p><p> </p><p>We will also introduce new personalised Resettlement Passports, which will be set up prior to release and will bring together the key information and services that an individual needs to resettle into society.</p><p> </p><p>Our reforms to the Probation Service, supported by additional annual funding of £155 million, will also help reduce reoffending through robust supervision, tougher community sentences, improved local partnership working and delivery of rehabilitative services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/01/2022 16:47:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1386992

registered interest
date	10/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Anti-social Behaviour and Crime
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 her Department has made of trends in the levels of anti-social behaviour and crime associated with off-road bikes in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) during the Covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	90885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing all forms of anti-social behaviour (ASB). We provided the police, local authorities, and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers that they can flexibly use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, gives those responsible the ability to deal with anti-social incidents involving off-road bikes. Local areas decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances.</p><p>Home Office <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F956143%2FASB_Statutory_Guidance.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKunal.Chavda1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C863cc95adeea47f98d3608d9be312d2c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637749940676571895%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ZWz1ZKGy2y9vFiLgzZ2jEqC31e5Kx8NBT6YXTF6gh50%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">statutory guidance</a>, which was updated this year, supports all local agencies in using these powers and in taking the multi-agency approach that is needed to tackle and prevent anti-social behaviour in a way that takes account of the needs of the victim and the wider community.</p><p>The <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1006825%2FCrime-Plan-accessible-version_2.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKunal.Chavda1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C863cc95adeea47f98d3608d9be312d2c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637749940676571895%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=HpEAqqYrZ8%2Fy8BXLgLwCBqL%2BOix3Aiq%2FL8lSISLrh%2B8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Beating Crime Plan</a> published on 27 July laid out the Government’s commitment to drive down levels of crime and anti-social behaviour.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold any data for ASB or Crimes associated with off-road bikes.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 90886 question first answered 15/12/2021 14:41:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1386993

registered interest
date	10/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Anti-social Behaviour and Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle anti-social behaviour and crime associated with off-road bikes; and what plans she has to address the difficulties the police encounter in (a) pursuing, (b) identifying suspects and (c) seizing off-road bikes that are being used illegally.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	90886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing all forms of anti-social behaviour (ASB). We provided the police, local authorities, and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers that they can flexibly use to respond quickly and effectively to ASB through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.</p><p>The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, gives those responsible the ability to deal with anti-social incidents involving off-road bikes. Local areas decide how best to deploy these powers depending on the specific circumstances.</p><p>Home Office <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F956143%2FASB_Statutory_Guidance.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKunal.Chavda1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C863cc95adeea47f98d3608d9be312d2c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637749940676571895%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=ZWz1ZKGy2y9vFiLgzZ2jEqC31e5Kx8NBT6YXTF6gh50%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">statutory guidance</a>, which was updated this year, supports all local agencies in using these powers and in taking the multi-agency approach that is needed to tackle and prevent anti-social behaviour in a way that takes account of the needs of the victim and the wider community.</p><p>The <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1006825%2FCrime-Plan-accessible-version_2.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKunal.Chavda1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C863cc95adeea47f98d3608d9be312d2c%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637749940676571895%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=HpEAqqYrZ8%2Fy8BXLgLwCBqL%2BOix3Aiq%2FL8lSISLrh%2B8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Beating Crime Plan</a> published on 27 July laid out the Government’s commitment to drive down levels of crime and anti-social behaviour.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold any data for ASB or Crimes associated with off-road bikes.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 90885 question first answered 15/12/2021 14:41:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1385758

registered interest
date	07/12/2021
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: 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) PCSOs West Midland Police Force had in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	88739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Information on the number of police officers and PCSOs by Police Force Area as at the 31<sup>st</sup> March each year can be found in the Police Workforce open data table published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-open-data-tables</a></p><p>While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount terms only) in England and Wales, also broken down by Police Force Area, available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/12/2021 14:24:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher