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443052

registered interest
date	06/01/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Crime
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 prevent the supply of guns and ammunition at a neighbourhood level.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Perry Barr
tabling member printed	Mr Khalid Mahmood
uin	21234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government and police work nationally, and with international partners, to reduce the threat to the UK from the criminal use of firearms. In 2013/14, firearms were used in a small and diminishing proportion of total police recorded crime, 0.2%. The figure for 2009/10 was 0.3%. Following the firearms surrenders in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester and the West Midlands in 2013 and 2014, the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) co-ordinated firearms surrenders in the majority of the Police Force areas in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015, resulting in the surrender of over 6000 items.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">As of 7th January 2016; 3,864 firearms and over 13,000 items of ammunition have been recovered following the November 2015 firearms surrender, with 934 weapons being recovered prior to the November surrender. Of those items recovered in the November surrender (discounting ammunition, CS Sprays and Stun Guns), items include:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 516 pistols;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 473 revolvers;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 1,226 shotguns;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 243 rifles;</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">• 873 air weapons</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">This brings the total volume of firearms surrendered in the last eighteen months to 4,798. If ammunition, CS Sprays and Stun Guns are included this comes to over 6000.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Following publication of the Law Commission’s report on firearms law published on 16 December we will be reviewing options to strengthen the current legislation to ensure it safeguards against abuse by criminals.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>The Government and police work nationally, and with international partners, to reduce the threat to the UK from the criminal use of firearms. In 2013/14, firearms were used in a small proportion of total police recorded crime, 0.2%. The figure for 2009/10 was 0.3% </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Figures from the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) show that in 2013 and 2014, there were 757 weapons recovered in firearm surrenders undertaken in the Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester and West Midlands Police Force areas. </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Building on the success of these surrenders, NABIS co-ordinated firearms surrenders in the majority of the remaining Police Force areas in England and Wales during 2014 and 2015, resulting in the recovery of 5,468 weapons and over 17,000 items of ammunition. The items recovered included:</em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><ul><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>588 pistols; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>479 revolvers; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>1,850 shotguns; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>416 rifles; </em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>1,269 air weapons; and,</em></ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial"><em>866 other items including gas guns, stun guns, CS sprays, BB guns and blank firers.</em></ins></li></ul><p><ins class="ministerial"><em> </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>The total number of weapons recovered from all forces in England and Wales as a result of these surrenders was 6,225. </em></ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><em>Following publication of the Law Commission’s report on firearms law published on 16 December 2015 we will be reviewing options to strengthen the current legislation to ensure it safeguards against abuse by criminals</em>.</ins></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/01/2016 16:31:42 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2016 14:13:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 38611 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1392 label Biography information for Mr Khalid Mahmood

438995

registered interest
date	16/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Cyber Crime Unit and Regional Organised Crime Units: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff have been employed in (a) the National Crime Agency's National Cyber Crime Unit and (b) each of the nine Regional Organised Crime Units for each year from 2010 to date.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	20365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs) provide capability to investigate serious and organised crime across police force boundaries, including but not limited to, cyber crime. At the end of September 2015, there were 1,626 full-time equivalent staff employed by forces in the nine Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs), excluding London.</p><p>These figures have only been centrally collected by the police, and shared with the Home Office, since the beginning of this financial year. Details on the number of staff employed in individual ROCUs are operationally sensitive and have therefore not been provided. The most recent figures for the number of National Crime Agency (NCA) officers employed in the National Cyber Crime Unit will be available in the National Crime Agency's Remuneration Review Body evidence to be published on the NCA's website shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 07/01/2016 16:49:39 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes previous answer version 37435 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

437928

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
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 position of cyber crime in the published lists of priorities of Police and Crime Commissioners.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	19835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Decisions about setting police priorities are rightly a matter for individual Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), tailored to the needs of the local community, and for Chief Constables to determine the most appropriate response in their areas.</p><p>PCCs set the strategic direction and objectives of the force through the Police and Crime Plan which must have regard to the Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR) set by the Home Secretary.</p><p>The SPR, published in March 2015, sets out the national threats and the appropriate national policing capabilities required to counter those threats. It quotes cyber crime as a National Security Strategy Tier One risk. Section 5 of the SPR, on capability, sets out what the police will need to be doing in order to achieve various outcomes. It specifically states the capabilities needed to conduct complex investigations, including cyber crime, that require specialist resources, including the capability to do so across boundaries.</p><p>Cyber Security, including combating cyber crime, is a top priority threat to national security. That is why, through the National Cyber Security Programme, we have invested over £90 million over the last five years to bolster the law enforcement response. As the Chancellor announced on 17 November, we plan to almost double investment in cyber security, including cyber crime, to £1.9 billion over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 22/12/2015 15:02:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 36264 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

438116

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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, how much of the Police Innovation Fund was allocated to police forces in financial years (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	20041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>The Police Innovation Fund 2014/15 allocated £53m to Police and Crime Commissioners (and their equivalents) in 2014/15 and 2015/16. The Police Innovation Fund 2015/16 allocated over £71m to Police and Crime Commissioners (and their equivalents) in 2015/16 and 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 22/12/2015 14:41:43 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 36260 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

438117

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Bureaucracy
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 make an assessment of the potential effect on police workloads of planned reductions in local authority funding on (a) emergency planning, (b) vulnerability strategies, (c) youth offending services, (d) anti-social behaviour strategies and (e) community safety strategies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	20042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2015 answer text <p>Funding for local authorities in England is a matter for the Department for Communities and Local Government. Funding for local authorities in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Government.</p><p>It is for local authorities to decide how they spend their budgets on these and other issues. Many local authorities already understand the value of working closely with Police and Crime Commissioners and are best placed to make the right decisions for their communities locally.</p><p>PCCs have a duty under the provisions of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act to work with local authorities in their respective police force areas.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/12/2015 13:17:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 36261 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

438209

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Intelligence Services and Police: Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK police and intelligence staff are based in (a) Europe and (b) Turkey; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	19833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>For national security reasons we do not disclose details of intelligence officers or counter terrorism police deployed or based abroad.</p><p>In respect of wider policing we do not hold details of all overseas deployments by police forces. We only hold details of those deployments which provide assistance to an international organisation, foreign government or police service and therefore require authorisation from the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Home Secretary under the provisions of Section 26 of the Police Act (1996).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/12/2015 17:16:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 36259 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

433836

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
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, with reference to paragraph 1.81 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, whether the protection of overall police spending includes (a) British Transport Police, (b) the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and (c) the Ministry of Defence Police.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	18573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Section 1.81 of the Spending Review document refers to the 43 police forces for which the Home Office provides funding. The Home Office does not hold information on the impact of the Spending Review on the British Transport Police, Civil Nuclear Constabulary or the Ministry of Defence Police. This information will be available from the Department for Transport, Department for Energy and Climate Change and Ministry of Defence respectively.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/12/2015 17:12:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 34082 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

432016

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
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, what assessment she has made of reductions in funding made between 2010 and 2015 on police forces that have been rated as outstanding for efficiency by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	17472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have found that there is no simple link between funding and efficiency. As the Home Secretary has previously set out, it is often the need to make savings that drives innovation and change for the better.</p><p>In future, we believe that the allocation of core Government funding to the police should be on the basis of relative need, and that is why the Government has committed to replacing the current, outdated arrangements.</p><p>HMIC set out in their latest PEEL inspection report (October 2015), that there remain significant efficiencies to be delivered from ICT, collaboration and improving workforce capability.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 17473 question first answered 02/12/2015 14:32:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 32680 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

432017

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
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, if she will make it her policy to provide further financial support to police forces that have been rated as outstanding for efficiency by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	17473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) have found that there is no simple link between funding and efficiency. As the Home Secretary has previously set out, it is often the need to make savings that drives innovation and change for the better.</p><p>In future, we believe that the allocation of core Government funding to the police should be on the basis of relative need, and that is why the Government has committed to replacing the current, outdated arrangements.</p><p>HMIC set out in their latest PEEL inspection report (October 2015), that there remain significant efficiencies to be delivered from ICT, collaboration and improving workforce capability.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 17472 question first answered 02/12/2015 14:32:50 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 32679 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

431751

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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, what assessment she has made of the efficiency of West Midlands Police.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	17367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2015 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) which is charged in statute with inspecting the efficiency and effectiveness of all police forces in England and Wales. In October 2015 HMIC, rated West Midlands Police as ‘outstanding’ as part of their PEEL Efficiency Inspections.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/11/2015 14:39:40 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 32349 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley