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417318

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to review and clarify the law on joint enterprise.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Department has been considering the Justice Select Committee’s recommendation that the law in this area should be reviewed. The Department will respond formally to the Committee in due course.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/09/2015 12:45:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

417324

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Nigeria
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 take steps to protect UK citizens from telephone scams from Nigeria.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes all types of fraud, including those operating through telephones, extremely seriously. We are working closely with the City of London Police (CoLP), the national lead force for fraud, to support local forces and partners deliver effective protective advice to the public on fraud, including phone scams. CoLP operates Action Fraud, the national reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, and works to ensure that the public has the information they need to protect themselves from telephone fraud. When a serious threat or a new type of fraud is identified, Action Fraud places an alert on its website with advice for individuals to protect themselves from becoming victims. Members of the public can sign up to receive these alerts by email.</p><p>We are also working closely with Financial Fraud Action UK and the British Bankers’ Association who have issued advice to consumers on how to protect themselves from phone scammers.</p><p>Ofcom, the communications regulator in the UK, has worked closely with the Metropolitan Police Service, Action Fraud and landline providers to prevent criminals exploiting phone lines to trick and defraud members of the public. All landline providers have now reduced the time a call remains open after one party hangs up down to two seconds. This makes it much more difficult for criminals to exploit phone lines in this way.</p><p>The Government also work closely with the Nigerian authorities to tackle serious and organised crime threats.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/09/2015 14:54:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

417347

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young People: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review and reform legislation on the prosecution of teenagers engaging in consensual sexual relationships over social media and the internet.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	9327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Our laws to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation are rightly robust and are respected across the world. The Government is always receptive to possible improvements in the law but has no plans to reform or review it with regard to the issues set out in the question.</p><p>The nature of the material, age and maturity of children involved in such cases or any evidence of coercion or exploitation would be taken into account by the Crown Prosecution Service when deciding whether to prosecute.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/09/2015 14:11:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

417348

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will strengthen the penalties for disability hate crimes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	9337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government is committed to maintaining a strong response to hate crime, including disability hate crime. There are already tough sentencing options available to the courts for crimes motivated by or demonstrating hostility on the basis of disability. We will keep this area of the law under review. Hate crime is a devolved matter for Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/09/2015 14:45:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

416160

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Burglary: Preston
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many burglaries were reported in each ward in Preston City Council in each of the first six months of 2015; and how many of those burglaries were attended by a member of Lancashire Constabulary to investigate.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	8380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the data requested. Information is not centrally held on burglary incidents reported to police forces and the status of each investigation. We do expect all crimes reported to the police to be taken seriously, investigated and, where appropriate, taken through the courts and met with tough sentences.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on notifiable offences that are recorded by the police including burglaries and where applicable the outcome of these offences but this data is not available by ward.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/09/2015 13:01:11 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

416173

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Afghanistan: Opium
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the UK spent on tackling opium production in Afghanistan in each year since 2005; and what the cultivation area of opium in that country was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of opium cultivation in each of the last 10 years in Afghanistan are based on the Opium Survey carried out on a yearly basis by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The table below outlines the findings of the survey since 2005.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Area of country under cultivation (in hectares)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>104,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>165,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>193,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>157,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>123,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>123,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>131,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>154,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>209,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>224,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Published in Autumn 2015</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Government works with the Afghan authorities and international partners to target action against opium trafficking networks, rather than provide funding for programmes specifically focussed on opium production. Figures specifically relating to funding to tackle opium production are therefore not available.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/09/2015 15:00:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416175

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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 progress she has made on reducing Class A drug use among young people.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>There has been a long term downward trend in overall drug use over the last decade including among young people aged 11-15 and young adults aged 16-24. However, we continue to be concerned about the harms caused by drug misuse, including ecstasy and other Class A drugs, which is why they are illegal.</p><p>The UK’s approach on drugs remains clear: we must prevent drug use in our communities, help dependent individuals recover, while ensuring our drugs laws are enforced. We have recently refreshed our approach to reducing the demand for drugs which includes investing in a range of evidence-based programmes, which have a positive impact on young people and adults, giving them the confidence, resilience and risk management skills to resist drug use.</p><p>For example: • we have launched a new online resilience building resource, ‘Rise Above’, aimed at 11- to 16-year-olds, which provides tools to help develop skills to make positive choices for their health, including avoiding drug use;</p><p>• we have developed evidence-based online tools for educators and commissioners including the Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS) which provides practical advice and tools based on the best international evidence, including briefing sheets for teachers; and</p><p>• Public Health England has developed its role in supporting local areas: sharing evidence to support commissioning and the delivery of effective public health prevention activities; and launching toolkits to support local areas’ responses on specific issues around new psychoactive substances and other drug groups.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 8916 question first answered 08/09/2015 17:10:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416209

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Gwent
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 (a) was of the Gwent Police Authority in the financial year 2010-11 and (b) has been of the Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner in each year since 2012; and what assessment she has made of the value for money of the Police and Crime Commissioner in Gwent.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government does not collate centrally information in respect of the cost of the former Gwent Police Authority or the Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC).</p><p>Under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, it is the responsibility of PCCs to determine how each police area’s funding settlement is allocated, including setting the police force budget and the running of the PCC’s office.</p><p>The 2011 Act specifies that PCCs must publish key information as prescribed by the Secretary of State. The Elected Local Policing Bodies (Specified Information) Order 2011 (and amended in 2012) sets out what information must be published: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3050/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/3050/contents/made</a></p><p>The publication of this information enables the local electorate to judge whether the PCC is making the best use of public money at the ballot box.</p><p>PCCs perform a completely different role from the old Police Authorities. PCCs are providing accountable, visible leadership, and making a real difference to policing locally. Not only have they brought real local accountability to how Chief Constables and their forces perform, they are working hard to ensure that their local communities have a stronger voice in policing.</p><p>The Home Affairs Select Committee recognised in their 2014 report that individual police and crime commissioners are providing greater clarity of leadership for policing in their areas, and are increasingly recognised for the strategic direction they are providing. In contrast, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary found, in 2010, that only four of the 22 police authorities inspected were judged to have performed well in two of their primary functions: setting strategic direction and ensuring value for money.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/09/2015 15:26:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416216

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ecstasy: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what effect recent findings of the Crime Survey for England and Wales on ecstasy use among 16 to 24 years olds will have on her Department's drugs policy; and what steps she is taking to reduce ecstasy use among young people
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>There has been a long term downward trend in overall drug use over the last decade including among young people aged 11-15 and young adults aged 16-24. However, we continue to be concerned about the harms caused by drug misuse, including ecstasy and other Class A drugs, which is why they are illegal.</p><p>The UK’s approach on drugs remains clear: we must prevent drug use in our communities, help dependent individuals recover, while ensuring our drugs laws are enforced. We have recently refreshed our approach to reducing the demand for drugs which includes investing in a range of evidence-based programmes, which have a positive impact on young people and adults, giving them the confidence, resilience and risk management skills to resist drug use.</p><p>For example: • we have launched a new online resilience building resource, ‘Rise Above’, aimed at 11- to 16-year-olds, which provides tools to help develop skills to make positive choices for their health, including avoiding drug use;</p><p>• we have developed evidence-based online tools for educators and commissioners including the Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service (ADEPIS) which provides practical advice and tools based on the best international evidence, including briefing sheets for teachers; and</p><p>• Public Health England has developed its role in supporting local areas: sharing evidence to support commissioning and the delivery of effective public health prevention activities; and launching toolkits to support local areas’ responses on specific issues around new psychoactive substances and other drug groups.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 8500 question first answered 08/09/2015 17:10:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416359

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Safety Measures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has published for police services on carrying throw ropes in police vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office has issued no guidance to the police on carrying throw ropes in police vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/09/2015 16:59:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord