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1176773

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hampshire Constabulary: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of the additional 20,000 police offices will be recruited to Hampshire Constabulary.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	13567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is delivering on the people’s priorities by recruiting 20,000 additional police officers over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2019 Home Office confirmed officer allocations for every force in England and Wales in the first year of the uplift.</p><p> </p><p>Hampshire Police has been allocated 156 officers in year one of the uplift, to be recruited by the end of March 2021. This is supported by an increase of up to £26.1m in 2020/21. Decisions on the allocation of officers for years two and three are yet to be taken.</p><p> </p><p>From April 2020 the Home Office will publish quarterly updates outlining the progress on delivering the police uplift.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:45:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

1176308

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Airguns
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 young people under the age of 18 charged with air weapons offences.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data from the police in England and Wales on crimes recorded and on the outcomes of investigations. However, it is not possible to separately identify offences involving air weapons.</p><p> </p><p>A separate special collection on offences involving firearms does not collect information on charges.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:49:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1176330

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department will announce more details on the drugs summit taking place in Glasgow on 27 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	12956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Summit will be an opportunity for dialogue between partners from all parts of the UK on the challenges of, and potential solutions to tackling the harms of, drug misuse. There will be representation at the Summit from all parts of the UK, including contributions from Glasgow, from public health leads of all four nations, and from UK Government Ministers as well as Ministers from each of the devolved administrations.</p><p>The Summit will bring together different perspectives across healthcare, law enforcement, prevention and recovery. As part of this there will be discussion of the forthcoming findings of the independent Review of Drugs, hearing from Professor Dame Carol Black about the demand and supply landscape and the nature of drug misuse. Dame Carol’s work will make an important contribution to the evidence base that we can use to take action to tackle drug misuse and the harms it causes.</p><p>Announcements on the Summit were made on 23 October 2019 and 24 January this year. Further information will be issued in due course. The full list of invitees is being finalised, taking account of suggestions from the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as from a range of UK Government departments and others. Invitations that have so far been issued include those to the chief medical officers for each part of the UK and chief scientists in relevant departments and in the devolved administrations. Further invitations will be issued over the coming days.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 12957 question first answered 12/02/2020 15:53:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1176331

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what relevant organisations and stakeholders have been invited to attend the drugs summit in Glasgow on 27 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	12957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Summit will be an opportunity for dialogue between partners from all parts of the UK on the challenges of, and potential solutions to tackling the harms of, drug misuse. There will be representation at the Summit from all parts of the UK, including contributions from Glasgow, from public health leads of all four nations, and from UK Government Ministers as well as Ministers from each of the devolved administrations.</p><p>The Summit will bring together different perspectives across healthcare, law enforcement, prevention and recovery. As part of this there will be discussion of the forthcoming findings of the independent Review of Drugs, hearing from Professor Dame Carol Black about the demand and supply landscape and the nature of drug misuse. Dame Carol’s work will make an important contribution to the evidence base that we can use to take action to tackle drug misuse and the harms it causes.</p><p>Announcements on the Summit were made on 23 October 2019 and 24 January this year. Further information will be issued in due course. The full list of invitees is being finalised, taking account of suggestions from the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as from a range of UK Government departments and others. Invitations that have so far been issued include those to the chief medical officers for each part of the UK and chief scientists in relevant departments and in the devolved administrations. Further invitations will be issued over the coming days.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 12956 question first answered 12/02/2020 15:53:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1176332

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Protest: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Public Order Act 1986 in relation to social-media-driven protest with limited organisational structure.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Nickie Aiken
uin	12958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to monitor developments in relation to demonstrations and are working closely with the relevant national police leads to review current public order powers to ensure that they are fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:38:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4741 label Biography information for Nickie Aiken

1176367

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
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 the findings of the inquest into the death of Marc Cole, what assessment her Department has made of the safety of the use of tasers by the Police.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	12967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring police have the resources, tools and powers they need to keep themselves and the public safe.</p><p> </p><p>Tasers provide officers with an important tactical option when facing potentially physically violent situations. However, the Government is clear that all use of force must be lawful, proportionate and necessary in all circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Only less lethal weaponry which has been authorised by the Home Secretary may be used by police forces in England and Wales. There is an established process for the approval of less lethal weapons which takes into account relevant strategic, ethical, operational and societal issues, as well as an independent medical evaluation by the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons (SACMILL).</p><p>Our sympathy is with Marc Cole’s family who have lost a loved one.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:46:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1176388

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many schedule 1 (a) domestic and (b) import licences cannabis and cannabis-based products were granted in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	12828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2019, the Drugs and Firearms Licensing unit issued to premises in Great Britain 362 domestic licences covering possession of schedule 1 drugs.</p><p>Controlled drug import licences are issued for individual consignments with reference to the drug substance(s) contained in the shipment. An import licence can cover up to four different types of drug substance or preparation. A total of 452 import licences for shipments containing cannabis or with a controlled cannabinoid content were issued in 2019.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:44:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1176416

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
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 plans to take in response to her Department’s call for evidence on abuse and violence towards shopworkers.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	13001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the damaging impact that violence and abuse can have on victims, businesses, and the wider community; and we are committed to tackling this issue.</p><p> </p><p>The call for evidence on violence and abuse toward shop staff was intended to help strengthen our understanding of the scale and extent of the issue. We are carefully analysing the responses before deciding what further action may be required and intend to publish the government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:43:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1176450

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who has been invited to attend the Glasgow summit on tackling drugs misuse on 27 February 2020; what the criteria was for participants to receive an invitation to that summit; whether people are still able to apply to attend that summit; and whether that summit will accept input and evidence from expert organisations not currently listed as attending.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	13010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Summit will be an opportunity for dialogue between partners from all parts of the UK on the challenges of, and potential solutions to tackling the harms of, drug misuse. There will be representation at the Summit from all parts of the UK, including contributions from Glasgow, from public health leads of all four nations, and from UK Government Ministers as well as Ministers from each of the devolved administrations.</p><p>The Summit will bring together different perspectives across healthcare, law enforcement, prevention and recovery. As part of this there will be discussion of the forthcoming findings of the independent Review of Drugs, hearing from Professor Dame Carol Black about the demand and supply landscape and the nature of drug misuse. Dame Carol’s work will make an important contribution to the evidence base that can be used take action to tackle drug misuse and the harms it causes.</p><p>The full list of invitees is being finalised, taking account of suggestions from the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as from a range of UK Government departments and others. Invitations that have so far been issued include those to the chief medical officers for each part of the UK and chief scientists in relevant departments and in the devolved administrations. Further invitations will be issued over the coming days. Attendance at the Summit is by invitation only and it is not possible to apply to be invited. There will not be scope to receive further evidence in addition to the evidence that will be discussed by attendees, as is usual for events of this nature.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:54:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1175954

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Airguns: Regulation
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 the oral contribution of 1 April 2019 of the Minister for Policing and the Fire Service, Official Report, column 786, what the timetable is for the publication of the outcome of the air weapons review which closed in February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	12342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government fully understands the interest that Members of Parliament and others have in the outcomes of the review of air weapons regulation, and the concerns that have been expressed about the consequences, sometimes tragic, arising from the misuse of these weapons.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish our conclusions as soon as possible alongside a consultation on firearms safety issues, to which we committed during the passage of the Offensive Weapons Act.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/02/2020 15:52:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth