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525012

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Road Traffic Offences
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 ensure that local police forces have sufficient resources and powers to deal with the misuse of scrambler bikes on public roads.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	40485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The police already have the power under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to seize vehicles, including motorcycles. This can be as a result of using a vehicle in a careless and inconsiderate manner, contrary to the Road Traffic Act 1988, and in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public.</p><p>How the police enforce the law and how they deploy their available resources is the responsibility of individual Chief Officers, taking into account the specific local problems and demands with which they are faced.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/06/2016 11:51:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

525013

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Football: Hooliganism
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 convicted football hooligans who have surrendered their passports (a) voluntarily and (b) otherwise in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>We do not maintain records that distinguish between the numbers of passports surrendered voluntarily or otherwise by individuals subject to Football Banning Orders. A criminal conviction is not always required before a person becomes subject to a Football Banning Order. The police or Crown Prosecution Service may apply to the court for such an Order against an individual where there is evidence that the individual has caused or contributed to violence or disorder in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and that making a banning order would help to prevent violence or disorder at or in connection with a regulated football match.</p><p>Individuals subject to Football Banning Orders are required to surrender their passport to the police during a control period set to cover an international football tournament or an individual overseas match. The control period for the 2016 European Championship is from 31 May to 10 July 2016, and as of 15 June, 1,393 passports had been accounted for which is 99% of passports held by those who were subject to Football Banning Orders at the start of the tournament.</p><p>During the control period for the 2012 European Championship, 1,821 passports were accounted for which amounted to 95% of those subject to orders and who had a passport. In the control period for the 2014 World Cup, 1,430 passports were accounted for which amounted to 98% of those with orders who had passports.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/06/2016 12:07:28 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

525022

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Football: Hooliganism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) convicted and (b) jailed for football hooliganism in each of the last 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts in England and Wales for football-specific offences under sections 2-4 of the Football (Offences) Act 1991, from 1996 to 2015, can be viewed in the table. This data is a further breakdown of information published regularly on gov.uk in the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly. The data does not include football-related proceedings under other, generic, legislation, as it is not possible to distinguish which are football-related.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/06/2016 08:39:11 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 40540 (table).xls title Defendants proceed against & found guilty 1996-15
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524635

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Job Satisfaction
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 morale of police officers (a) nationally and (b) at force level; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	40270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the morale of police officers. It is the responsibility of chief officers - supported by the College of Policing - to ensure good management systems are in place to support officers in their work. It is ultimately a matter for chief constables and police and crime commissioners to monitor the morale and engagement levels of their workforce.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of police welfare- in October 2014 we allocated £10m to help support emergency services personnel and volunteers, focused on mental health, physical recuperation and bereavement support for those who need it.</p><p>£4m was allocated to the charity Mind specifically for mental health issues to cover financial years 2014/15 and 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/06/2016 12:01:31 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

524636

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
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 (a) attract, recruit and retain high-quality police officers and (b) offer such officers career development.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	40271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government?s reforms to policing are designed to create a more capable, flexible and professional workforce. Central to these reforms was the establishment of the College of Policing as the professional body for policing, charged with setting standards and further professionalising the police.</p><p>Recruitment to the police is managed within a national application, assessment and selection framework maintained by the College. Within this remit the College is delivering a number of major pieces of work including a review of initial police recruitment, proposals for a new police educational qualification framework and implementing the recommendations of its 2014 Leadership Review.</p><p>These reforms, along with innovative schemes such as Direct Entry and Police Now, focus on recognising and developing the skills of existing officers, as well as ensuring that policing can continue to attract the brightest and best new recruits.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/06/2016 12:35:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

524637

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the adequacy of staffing levels in Police Public Protection Units at (a) UK and (b) force level.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	40272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Decisions on the size, composition and deployment of a police force's workforce are operational matters for individual chief constables, working with their Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p>HMIC's progress report on the police response to domestic abuse, published in December 2015, found that forces have continued largely to protect their dedicated teams or other resources that focus on public protection work.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/06/2016 12:32:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

524774

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Emergency Calls
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 potential effect on the number of police call-outs of reductions in staffing in (a) mental health units, (b) hospitals and (c) social care services.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	40429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Decisions on the deployment of a police force’s workforce in relation to local requirements are operational matters for individual chief constables, working with their Police and Crime Commissioners. However, a range of initiatives at both local and national level including the Crisis Care Concordat partnership arrangements and street triage scheme have already helped to reduce inappropriate mental health demands on the police.</p><p>The use of police cells in England as places of safety under the Mental Health Act, for example, reduced from 8,667 instances in 2011/12 to 3,996 in 2014/15. Legislative changes being introduced in the Policing and Crime Bill currently before Parliament, to prohibit the use of cells as places of safety for children and further limit their use for adults, as well as reductions in detention periods, will ensure progress in maintained.</p><p>In addition, the Government has committed to invest an additional £1 billion in mental health services by 2020 to ensure improved mental health support in the community and for people in Accident and Emergency, as well as crisis response provision and treatment options for both adults and children. In the last Autumn Statement, the Government also gave local authorities access to up to £3.5 billion of ne support for social care per year by 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/06/2016 12:22:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

524776

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
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 adequacy of provision of frontline police officers to ensure public safety; what steps she is taking to monitor that provision; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	40430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Decisions on the size, composition and deployment of a police force’s workforce are operational matters for individual chief constables, taking account of local needs and circumstances.</p><p>Overall, the Government delivered a good settlement for policing through last year’s Spending Review, protecting overall police spending in real terms over the course of the Spending Review period, when local income is taken into account – an increase of up to £900 million in cash terms by 2019/20.</p><p>The public should therefore be in no doubt that the police will have the resources they need to keep the public safe and to respond to new threats rapidly and effectively.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/06/2016 12:30:14 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

524471

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police community support officers in England and Wales were BME in each year from 2005 to 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	40212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on the total number of full time equivalent police community support officers, and the number of full time equivalent police community support officers who are Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), in the annual ‘Police workforce in England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number of full time equivalent police community support officers in England and Wales <sup>1,2,3,4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>As at 31 March...</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of BME PCSOs (FTE)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of PCSOs (FTE)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion BME<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>879</p></td><td><p>6,148</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td><td><p>6,768</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1,577</p></td><td><p>13,529</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,813</p></td><td><p>15,807</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,893</p></td><td><p>16,507</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,870</p></td><td><p>16,918</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,686</p></td><td><p>15,820</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,443</p></td><td><p>14,393</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,350</p></td><td><p>14,205</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>13,066</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,126</p></td><td><p>12,331</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>2. The proportion of PCSOs who are BME is calculated by dividing the number of BME PCSOs by the total number of PCSOs. The total number of PCSOs includes cases where the ethnicity was &quot;not stated&quot;.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>3. Figures have been confirmed by all police forces after collection and before publication each year.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>4. Some totals here may not equate to the published figure if a police force has revised their figures since the publication.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table contains data on the proportion of police community support officers who were BME from 31 March 2005 to 31 March 2015.</p><p>Data for 31 March 2015 (the latest period for which figures are available) can also be found in the tables of the July 2015 police workforce statistics publication:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/495631/police-workforce-tabs-mar15-revised-jan16.ods</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 15/06/2016 11:06:01 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ 40212 - Table.xls title PQ 40212 - Table
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

524273

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the Metropolitan Police is of obtaining a transcript of the Southwark Crown Court trial of charges against Gumpal Viladi.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	40178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The cost of obtaining any court transcript depends on the length of the proceedings.</p><p>The exact cost of the transcript in this case is unknown as no transcript has been requested to date by the Metropolitan Police Service.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/06/2016 17:50:22 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 3869 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley