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1003787

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders Regulations 2017
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has published any technical guidance on the scope of the Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders Regulations 2017.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	189529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has not produced technical guidance on the scope of Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders Regulations (DDTROs). However we have funded the establishment of the National County Lines Coordination Centre, which launched in September, and provides a central source of expertise and best practice for police forces.</p><p>The DDTRO legislation has been drafted to enable the blocking of access to Wi-Fi service and future proof the legislation as far as possible against developments in technology. The legislation makes provisions for a communications provider ‘to take whatever action the order specifies for the purpose of preventing or restricting the use of communication devices in connection with drug dealing offences’. The definitions of communications provider, communication devices and telecommunications service are wide enough to encompass developments in technology.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 189530 question first answered 14/11/2018 16:40:29 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1003788

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders Regulations 2017
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders Regulations 2017 are able to prevent Wi-Fi messaging on mobile devices associated with county lines activity.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	189530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has not produced technical guidance on the scope of Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders Regulations (DDTROs). However we have funded the establishment of the National County Lines Coordination Centre, which launched in September, and provides a central source of expertise and best practice for police forces.</p><p>The DDTRO legislation has been drafted to enable the blocking of access to Wi-Fi service and future proof the legislation as far as possible against developments in technology. The legislation makes provisions for a communications provider ‘to take whatever action the order specifies for the purpose of preventing or restricting the use of communication devices in connection with drug dealing offences’. The definitions of communications provider, communication devices and telecommunications service are wide enough to encompass developments in technology.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 189529 question first answered 14/11/2018 16:40:29 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1003790

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2018 to Question 170665 on crime: social media, if he will publish a list of all the participating organisations in his Department’s social media action group.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	189531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The social media action group provides a forum for police, social media companies and voluntary and community groups to take action against violence related content on social media.</p><p>The group is chaired by the Home Office and includes representatives from the following organisations:</p><p> </p><p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport</p><p>Metropolitan Police Service</p><p>Google</p><p>Facebook</p><p>Twitter</p><p>Snap Inc</p><p>St. Giles’ Trust</p><p>Safer London</p><p>Catch 22</p><p>Ben Kinsella Trust</p><p>Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime</p><p>Mayor of London’s Office</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/11/2018 16:43:03 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1001911

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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, with reference to his Department's Drugs Strategy, published in July 2017, whether a (a) National Recovery Champion and (b) Steering Committee has been appointed; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to preventing drug use in our communities and supporting people through treatment and recovery and we expect to make an announcement about the Recovery Champion in due course.</p><p>We have established a Drug Strategy Board which includes representation from Government departments and wider partners who are critical to the successful delivery of the Strategy, including those in education, health, criminal justice, housing and employment. The Board is chaired by the Home Secretary and its purpose is to oversee and drive implementation of the commitments in the 2017 Drug Strategy. The Board has met twice since the Drug Strategy was published, the next meeting will take place in early November.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/11/2018 12:13:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1001912

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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 he has made on the implementation of his Department's Drug Strategy, published in July 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Nationally, the Government is already delivering a range of actions through the 2017 Drug Strategy to prevent drug misuse in our communities, support people to recover from dependence on drugs, and support enforcement partners to tackle the illicit drug trade.</p><p>We have established a Home Secretary-chaired Board which includes representation from Government departments and wider partners that are critical to drive implementation of the commitments in the 2017 Drug Strategy.</p><p>However, we recognise there is still further to go to tackle the problems caused by drugs, which is why the Home Secretary recently announced an independent review of drugs. The review will provide an in-depth assessment of some of the challenges we face and identify where there are opportunities to step up our approach.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/11/2018 12:15:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1002121

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the reduction in police officer numbers on levels of serious violence.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	188200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Minister for Policing and Fire has spoken to every police force in England and Wales in order to gain a better understanding of the demands they face. There are a range of complex factors behind the recent increases in se-rious violence, and in the Serious Violence Strategy published in April 2018, our analysis was that a major factor has been changes in the drugs market.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/11/2018 17:47:52 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1002170

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 175782 on Prostitution, to list the institutions that tendered unsuccessfully for funding to carry out research into the nature and prevalence of prostitution in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	187979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to list the institutions that tendered unsuccessfully for funding to carry out research into the nature and prevalence of prostitution in England and Wales. This is commercially sensitive information owned by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales, who formally commissioned the research. Equally, the research application itself is commercially sensitive and belongs to the University of Bristol. It is for them to decide whether to publish information within it.</p><p>During the application process, a question on approach to conducting the research in an impartial manner was given the highest weighting in scoring. The University of Bristol has therefore set out in detail how they will ensure ideological neutrality in their approach to this work.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 187983 question first answered 16/11/2018 12:19:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1002176

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2018 to Question 175781 on Prostitution, if he will publish the assurances given by the Centre for Gender and Violence Research during the tendering process that their research would satisfy the criteria for the research project to be conducted in an impartial manner.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	187983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office is unable to list the institutions that tendered unsuccessfully for funding to carry out research into the nature and prevalence of prostitution in England and Wales. This is commercially sensitive information owned by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales, who formally commissioned the research. Equally, the research application itself is commercially sensitive and belongs to the University of Bristol. It is for them to decide whether to publish information within it.</p><p>During the application process, a question on approach to conducting the research in an impartial manner was given the highest weighting in scoring. The University of Bristol has therefore set out in detail how they will ensure ideological neutrality in their approach to this work.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 187979 question first answered 16/11/2018 12:19:57 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1002074

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Places of Worship Security Funding Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what meetings his Department has had with representatives of religious institutions on the places of worship security funding scheme in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	188021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Places of Worship security funding scheme is a key Home Office commitment in the Hate Crime Action Plan.</p><p>Officials have actively promoted the scheme visiting mosques, gurdwaras, churches and temples, as well as attending faith-based roundtables. In addition, the scheme uses an Independent Advisory Panel, consisting of representatives from the Christian, Muslim, Sikh and Hindu faiths, to assess applications.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 16/11/2018 12:23:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

999513

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the terms of reference for the review of the market for illegal drugs.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	187010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>On 2 October the Home Secretary announced that there will be a major independently led review of drug misuse. The Review will make sure that we know as much as possible about who drug users are, what they are taking and how often so that law enforcement agencies and the police can target and prevent the drug-related causes of violent crime effectively.</p><p>We will set out further details of the review shortly, including timescales and terms of reference.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 187011 question first answered 06/11/2018 17:12:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris