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registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Crimes of Violence: Greater London remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken in response to the recent increase in crime in London recorded as violence against the person; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Croydon North more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Steve Reed more like this
uin 220044 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2015-01-14more like thismore than 2015-01-14
answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.<br><br>According to the latest crime figures published by the Office for National Statistics, the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows a 23% fall in violence in the year to the end of June 2014, and this is supported by NHS data on hospital admissions for assault which also indicates violence is falling. <br><br>Over the same period, the number of violence offences recorded by the police rose by 11%, with the Metropolitan Police one of the forces seeing a rise. The Office for National Statistics noted that the increase in police recorded violence is partly due to improved reporting and recording of violence and particularly of domestic abuse. This improvement follows HMIC's inspection of crime recording in every police force in England and Wales, which the Home Secretary commissioned in 2013, and which found significant under-recording of crime. <br><br>The data shows that forces are acting on the findings.<br><br>We also know that some violent crimes like domestic and sexual violence are under-reported. We welcome more people reporting them to the police and we want to see more cases being brought to justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead more like this
answering member printed Mike Penning more like this
grouped question UIN 220036 more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-01-14T17:07:34.04Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-14T17:07:34.04Z
answering member
1528
label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning more like this
previous answer version
37865
answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead more like this
answering member printed Mike Penning more like this
answering member
1528
label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning more like this
tabling member
4268
label Biography information for Steve Reed more like this
172577
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office remove filter
answering dept sort name Home Office more like this
hansard heading Crimes of Violence: Greater London remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last discussed with the Mayor of London in his capacity as Police and Crime Commissioner for London the change in the level of crime recorded as violence against the person by the Metropolitan Police in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Croydon North more like this
tabling member printed
Mr Steve Reed more like this
uin 220036 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2015-01-14more like thismore than 2015-01-14
answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.<br><br>According to the latest crime figures published by the Office for National Statistics, the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows a 23% fall in violence in the year to the end of June 2014, and this is supported by NHS data on hospital admissions for assault which also indicates violence is falling. <br><br>Over the same period, the number of violence offences recorded by the police rose by 11%, with the Metropolitan Police one of the forces seeing a rise. The Office for National Statistics noted that the increase in police recorded violence is partly due to improved reporting and recording of violence and particularly of domestic abuse. This improvement follows HMIC's inspection of crime recording in every police force in England and Wales, which the Home Secretary commissioned in 2013, and which found significant under-recording of crime. <br><br>The data shows that forces are acting on the findings.<br><br>We also know that some violent crimes like domestic and sexual violence are under-reported. We welcome more people reporting them to the police and we want to see more cases being brought to justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead more like this
answering member printed Mike Penning more like this
grouped question UIN 220044 more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-01-14T17:07:33.95Zmore like thismore than 2015-01-14T17:07:33.95Z
answering member
1528
label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning more like this
previous answer version
37864
answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead more like this
answering member printed Mike Penning more like this
answering member
1528
label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning more like this
tabling member
4268
label Biography information for Steve Reed more like this