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1524623

registered interest
date	20/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Ministerial Changes
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 his Department was of the additional administration necessitated by the change of the Home Secretary on 19 October 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	67937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>There are associated IT costs, but as devices are returned to the department upon exit, cost is mitigated. The Home Office does not hold records of other administrative costs.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/11/2022 15:57:06 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick previous answer version 27418 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

1518882

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made in the Independent Office of Police Conduct investigation announced on 4 July 2022 into allegations of excessive use of force by Metropolitan Police Service officers at a protest over the arrest of a man by immigration officers in Peckham on 11 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	58971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>The IOPC carries out its investigations independently of the Government. It provided a published update on the investigation relating to the Peckham protests on its website on 4th July <ins class="ministerial">2022</ins><del class="ministerial">2002</del>, when it also appealed for witnesses. I have notified the IOPC's Director General of this question so that he can respond directly or provide a further update.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 13/10/2022 13:08:28 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2022 11:12:21 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 22180 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1505362

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
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 26 May 2022 to Question 3503, on Police: Havering, whether she has had discussions with chief constables, police and crime commissioners and mayors on ensuring that locally-funded police officers are not asked to perform activities in other boroughs; and whether guidelines are in place for chief constables about the allocation of resources.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	48290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>It is for Chief Constables and directly elected local policing bodies (including Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), Mayors exercising PCC functions and the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime) to make operational decisions including how to allocate resources based on their local knowledge and experience, as well as any relevant Section 92 grant related conditions placed on Section 92 grants.</p><p>The Policing Protocol sets out to all local policing bodies, Chief Constables and Police and Crime Panels (including the London Assembly Police and Crime Panel) how their functions will be exercised in relation to each other. It sets out the high-level financial responsibilities of the local policing body and the Chief Constable, making clear that the former is ultimately accountable to the public for the management of the Police Fund while the latter has day to day responsibility for managing their allocated budgets after these have been approved by the local policing body.</p><p>The department also publishes a Financial Management Code of Practice which provides clarity around the financial governance arrangements within the police in England and Wales. The Code builds on the Policing Protocol and sets out the working financial relationship between the local policing bodies and the Chief Constable and their respective Chief Finance Officers, having regard also to the role performed by the local policing body’s Chief Executive.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:46:01 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19152 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1505381

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Complaints
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether complainants automatically have a right to review decisions made by the police internal legal teams on police conduct complaints that have not been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	48510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>Since the Government’s reforms to police complaints and discipline on 1 February 2020, complainants have a right to an independent review of the way their complaint was handed by the force, providing they were directly affected by the matter complained about and it was dealt with as a formal complaint.</p><p>Such reviews, which must be requested within 28 days, and are carried out by either the local Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) or the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) depending on the circumstances. Further information about these processes are available on the IOPC’s website.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:50:18 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19154 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1505386

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how reported incidents of catcalling, including on the street, are logged by the police.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes all forms of sexual harassment extremely seriously. While there is not a specific ‘catcalling’ offence, depending on the circumstance of the case, this behaviour may be captured my other offences including harassment and public order offences. The most recent data show that in the year to March 2022, the police recorded 263,919 harassment offences. This is a 20% increase on the year to March 2021, likely driven by an increase in victims reporting to the police and improvements in recording practices. In addition, in the year to March 2022 the police recorded 472,067 offences of public fear, alarm or distress, an increase of 27% on the year to March 2021. Public fear, alarm or distress can be used by police to capture behaviours that do not meet the criteria required to formally be recognised as a harassment offence, for example when the behaviour happens once and not repeated. It is not possible from the data available to determine the type of harassment experienced, nor which offences were sexual in nature. The Home Office Counting Rules provide a national standard for the recording and counting of ‘notifiable’ offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales (known as ‘recorded crime’).</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a number of actions to tackle street sexual harassment. In September 2021 we launched the pilot StreetSafe tool enabling the public to report anonymously areas where they feel unsafe, so that local authorities and the police can take practical steps in response. Since October 2021, we have announced awards of £23.5 million to PCCs and local authorities under Round 3 of the Safer Streets Fund, followed by £50m to 100 projects in Round 4 of the Fund to make public spaces safer for everyone with many projects aiming to help women and girls feel safer on the streets. Furthermore, in December 2021 the College of Policing published a new guidance product for police officers, advising them how to respond to reports of public sexual harassment, and in August the CPS published updates to its legal guidance on public order offences to make clear to prosecutors how public order offences can be used to tackle public sexual harassment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in March 2022 we launched the ‘Enough’ communications campaign, which seeks to change public attitudes and tolerance towards crimes such as public sexual harassment.</p><p>In July we launched a targeted consultation on whether there should be a specific criminal offence of public sexual harassment. The consultation closed on 1 September and the Home Office is now in the process of analysing the responses.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/09/2022 15:50:42 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19180 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1505387

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of catcalling have been reported to the police in the UK since January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes all forms of sexual harassment extremely seriously. While there is not a specific ‘catcalling’ offence, depending on the circumstance of the case, this behaviour may be captured my other offences including harassment and public order offences. The most recent data show that in the year to March 2022, the police recorded 263,919 harassment offences. This is a 20% increase on the year to March 2021, likely driven by an increase in victims reporting to the police and improvements in recording practices. In addition, in the year to March 2022 the police recorded 472,067 offences of public fear, alarm or distress, an increase of 27% on the year to March 2021. Public fear, alarm or distress can be used by police to capture behaviours that do not meet the criteria required to formally be recognised as a harassment offence, for example when the behaviour happens once and not repeated. It is not possible from the data available to determine the type of harassment experienced, nor which offences were sexual in nature. The Home Office Counting Rules provide a national standard for the recording and counting of ‘notifiable’ offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales (known as ‘recorded crime’).</p><p> </p><p>We have taken a number of actions to tackle street sexual harassment. In September 2021 we launched the pilot StreetSafe tool enabling the public to report anonymously areas where they feel unsafe, so that local authorities and the police can take practical steps in response. Since October 2021, we have announced awards of £23.5 million to PCCs and local authorities under Round 3 of the Safer Streets Fund, followed by £50m to 100 projects in Round 4 of the Fund to make public spaces safer for everyone with many projects aiming to help women and girls feel safer on the streets. Furthermore, in December 2021 the College of Policing published a new guidance product for police officers, advising them how to respond to reports of public sexual harassment, and in August the CPS published updates to its legal guidance on public order offences to make clear to prosecutors how public order offences can be used to tackle public sexual harassment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in March 2022 we launched the ‘Enough’ communications campaign, which seeks to change public attitudes and tolerance towards crimes such as public sexual harassment.</p><p>In July we launched a targeted consultation on whether there should be a specific criminal offence of public sexual harassment. The consultation closed on 1 September and the Home Office is now in the process of analysing the responses.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/09/2022 15:49:40 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19179 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1504691

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fuels: Theft
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 she made of trends in the level of fuel theft since March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	47532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with police and industry partners to do everything we can collectively to drive down acquisitive crime, including theft of fuel. There are no official figures on the theft of fuel since March 2022..</p><p>The Home Office funded the set-up of the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP), which ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle crime affecting infrastructure companies including rail networks, utility, agricultural and construction companies. Fuel theft is a concern and reports are being mapped and monitored through this Partnership to provide insights on the scale of these thefts and potential preventative measures.</p><p>Fuel users storing fuel in tanks or in vehicles and machinery on their site(s) should continue to take steps to ensure this is stored securely. Practical crime prevention advice is published on the Secured by Design website, developed by the Police Crime Prevention Initiatives: <a href="https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft" target="_blank">https://www.securedbydesign.com/guidance/crime-prevention-advice/fuel-theft</a>.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:38:28 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19151 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1505166

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shamima Begum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the date the Metropolitan Police Service were made aware of the involvement of Canadian Security Intelligence Services in facilitating Shamima Begum’s entry to Syria in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	47653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>We do not comment on individual cases, operational intelligence or security matters.</p><p>There are currently no plans to launch an independent inquiry in response to media speculation.</p><p>It would be inappropriate to comment on the specifics of Ms Begum’s case whilst legal proceedings are ongoing.</p><p>The Government’s top priority remains maintaining our national security and keeping the public safe.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 47652 47654 47655 47656 47657 47658 47659 question first answered 20/09/2022 15:20:33 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 17768 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1503451

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of creating a national database to record acts of anti-social behaviour.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	45157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing anti-social behaviour (ASB). We know the serious impact that persistent anti-social behaviour can have on both individuals and communities.</p><p>We monitor the national statistics on ASB through police recorded crime incident data and the Crime Survey for England and Wales, which presents people’s perceptions of levels of ASB. Given the localised nature of ASB, we do not currently plan to introduce a national standard for the reporting of ASB or create a national database.</p><p>We do, however, keep ASB under review through the Anti-social Behaviour Strategic Board which brings together a range of partners from key agencies and other Government departments to discuss ASB issues and share best practice. We have recently published multi-agency principles, endorsed by the Board, which seek to describe a consistent approach to addressing ASB in local communities and to ensure a strong and effective partnership response to anti-social behaviour, including local reporting and referral pathways.</p><p>Recommendations from Part Two of the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Review were published on Monday 7 March 2022. The overall package strengthens and expands the role of PCCs. We want to ensure that PCCs have sufficient tools and levers to more effectively scrutinise and challenge partnership activity on ASB. To do this, PCCs should be able to bring partners together on ASB, direct local ASB strategy and request local data on ASB.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 44964 45158 question first answered 20/09/2022 17:24:03 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19159 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1503458

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	West Midlands Police: Standards
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 analysis of Home Office data released in July 2022 showing that West Midlands Police have closed 46% of investigations without identifying a suspect, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of West Midlands Police.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	45062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>As the independent Inspectorate, HMICFRS has a statutory responsibility to inspect the efficiency and effectiveness of police forces in England and Wales. Its reports provide transparency on the effectiveness and efficiency of policing in England and Wales to Ministers, the public, forces and to Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p>HMICFRS published its finding from its most recent PEEL inspection of West Midlands Police in November 2021. West Midlands Police received a ‘Requires Improvement’ grade for investigating crime (albeit with three areas of innovative practice identified) and for protecting vulnerable people. The findings in respect of the victim services’ assessment highlighted the following area for improvement: “The force needs to improve how it investigates reported crimes and must make sure that its investigations are proportionate, thorough and prompt”.</p><p>The Government is delivering on the people’s priorities by recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers. As at 30 June 2022, West Midlands Police has recruited 899 additional uplift officers against a total three year allocation of 1,218 officers, including 488 uplift officers in the final year of the Police Uplift Programme. West Midlands police’s funding will be up to £695.6m in 2022/23, an increase of up to £40.1m when compared to 2021/22.</p><p>The whole Criminal Justice System (CJS) must work effectively for victims, defendants, and communities. This includes ensuring that robust and effective investigations are carried out and timely decisions are made. The CJS Delivery Data Dashboards, launched in December 2021, are a vital step in improving transparency, and increasing understanding of the CJS, allowing PCCs, other local leaders and members of the public to see how their local area is performing.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/09/2022 17:15:46 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin previous answer version 19157 answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight