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226743

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for neglect of traffic direction in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued for various motoring offences on a calendar year basis. The latest published figures relate to 2012.<br><br>In 2012 there were 97,134 FPNs issued for ‘neglect of traffic signs and directions, and of pedestrian rights’, in England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/03/2015 15:07:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

226744

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Homophobia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of homophobic hate crime there were in (a) Streatham constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>All forms of hate crime are deplorable and it’s important that victims are <br>protected and have the confidence to come forward. The Government is driving <br>forward work to tackle hostility and hate crime. We have toughened up <br>sentencing and are working closely with the police and other agencies to <br>increase reporting, improve support and prevent these terrible crimes happening <br>in the first place. <br><br>We continue to work with our voluntary sector partners to raise awareness of <br>hate crime at local and national events, and explore opportunities to promote <br>the use of the True Vision web tool further, including through targeted social <br>media advertising with direct messages to specific groups.<br><br>The Government’s action plan on hate crime, published in 2012, and progress <br>report, published in May 2014, outline actions currently being taken by the <br>Government to tackle hate crime, as well as the many actions which have already <br>been completed. <br><br>The Home Office has collected information on the number of disability and <br>sexual orientation hate crimes recorded by the police at the police force area <br>level since 2011/12. Data are therefore available for the Metropolitan police <br>area and for England and Wales for the three years, 2011/12, 2012/13 and <br>2013/14. The available information is given in the Table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><strong>Number of sexual orientation and disability hate crimes recorded by the police in the Metropolitan police area and England and Wales, 2011/12 to 2013/14</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em>Numbers</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><strong>England and Wales, recorded crime</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>2011/12</strong></td><td><strong>2012/13</strong></td><td><strong>2013/14</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em>Sexual orientation hate crimes</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Metropolitan police</td><td>1,234</td><td>1,132</td><td>1,213</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>England and Wales</strong></td><td><strong>4,362 </strong></td><td><strong>4,261 </strong></td><td><strong>4,622 </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em>Disability hate crimes</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Metropolitan police</td><td>120</td><td>108</td><td>124</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>England and Wales</strong></td><td><strong>1,757 </strong></td><td><strong>1,843 </strong></td><td><strong>1,985 </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><em>Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information on hate crimes, including force level figures, can be found at this link: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crimes-england-and-wales-2013-to-2<br>014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/03/2015 15:17:31 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226745

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of disability hate crime there were in (a) Streatham constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) the UK in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>All forms of hate crime are deplorable and it’s important that victims are <br>protected and have the confidence to come forward. The Government is driving <br>forward work to tackle hostility and hate crime. We have toughened up <br>sentencing and are working closely with the police and other agencies to <br>increase reporting, improve support and prevent these terrible crimes happening <br>in the first place. <br><br>We continue to work with our voluntary sector partners to raise awareness of <br>hate crime at local and national events, and explore opportunities to promote <br>the use of the True Vision web tool further, including through targeted social <br>media advertising with direct messages to specific groups.<br><br>The Government’s action plan on hate crime, published in 2012, and progress <br>report, published in May 2014, outline actions currently being taken by the <br>Government to tackle hate crime, as well as the many actions which have already <br>been completed. <br><br>The Home Office has collected information on the number of disability and <br>sexual orientation hate crimes recorded by the police at the police force area <br>level since 2011/12. Data are therefore available for the Metropolitan police <br>area and for England and Wales for the three years, 2011/12, 2012/13 and <br>2013/14. The available information is given in the Table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><strong>Number of sexual orientation and disability hate crimes recorded by the police in the Metropolitan police area and England and Wales, 2011/12 to 2013/14</strong></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em>Numbers</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><strong>England and Wales, recorded crime</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>2011/12</strong></td><td><strong>2012/13</strong></td><td><strong>2013/14</strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em>Sexual orientation hate crimes</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Metropolitan police</td><td>1,234</td><td>1,132</td><td>1,213</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>England and Wales</strong></td><td><strong>4,362 </strong></td><td><strong>4,261 </strong></td><td><strong>4,622 </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><em>Disability hate crimes</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Metropolitan police</td><td>120</td><td>108</td><td>124</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>England and Wales</strong></td><td><strong>1,757 </strong></td><td><strong>1,843 </strong></td><td><strong>1,985 </strong></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><em>Source: Police recorded crime, Home Office</em></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information on hate crimes, including force level figures, can be found at this link: <br>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crimes-england-and-wales-2013-to-2<br>014</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/03/2015 15:28:33 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226746

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mental Illness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the implementation of recommendations of the Report of the Independent Commission on Mental Health and Policing, published in May 2013.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Commission on Mental Health and Policing was commissioned by <br>the Metropolitan Police Commissioner in relation to mental health issues in <br>London. It is therefore the responsibility of the Metropolitan Police Service <br>(MPS) to implement the recommendations. I am aware that the MPS has undertaken <br>considerable work both on the Commission’s recommendations and enhancing its <br>response to those experiencing mental ill health. <br><br>Many of the issues raised in the report have wider national applicability and <br>the Home Office has worked jointly with the Department of Health, police <br>and local health partners on a wide range of measures to improve the way in <br>which those experiencing a mental health crisis can be assisted. These include <br>the introduction of the Crisis Care Concordat in February 2014 now being <br>implemented in all local areas and which defines the roles and responsibilities <br>of local partners in respect of those experiencing mental ill health thereby <br>improving the speed and effectiveness of their responses. They also include <br>the roll out of Liaison and Diversion schemes in police custody and the courts,<br>which from April this year will cover 50% of the population of England; street triage <br>schemes which have reduced by around a quarter the number of police arrests <br>under section 136 of the mental health act and reduced the frequency of use of <br>police cells as places of safety for those so detained; and the launch of an <br>innovative pilot of an alternative place of safety in Sussex to increase local <br>capacity. <br><br>The Home Office and Department of Health recently jointly reviewed the <br>operation of Mental Health Act powers and the resulting report published in <br>December 2014 made clear our intention to amend relevant legislation, including <br>making it unlawful to use police cells as places of safety for those under 18. <br><br>In addition, the Home Secretary commissioned a further inspection by Her <br>Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary of the treatment of <br>vulnerable people in police custody (which reported on 10 March). In October, <br>the Home Secretary announced a review of police data on the use of powers under <br>the Mental Health Act and the use of force to improve our knowledge of, and <br>the transparency of, police actions in respect of the mentally ill. <br><br>The College of Policing is conducting a thorough review of relevant training, <br>and work is underway to transfer custody health care commissioning from the <br>police to NHS England from next year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/03/2015 15:14:18 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226747

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	227299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 17 March 2015 to UIN:227295.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 19/03/2015 11:42:29 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

226748

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Prostitution: Greater London
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 level of street prostitution in (a) Streatham constituency, (b) each London borough and (c) the UK; and what steps she is taking to protect women working in street prostitution through (i) facilitating safe exit programmes and (ii) other measures.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collate information on the levels of prostitution. <br>Local areas and police forces are in the best position to identify and respond <br>to issues around prostitution in their area. <br><br>We are committed to tackling the harm and exploitation that can be associated <br>with prostitution, and believe that people who want to leave prostitution <br>should be given every opportunity to find routes out. The safety of people <br>involved in prostitution is our overriding concern. This was one of the aspects <br>considered in our review of effective practice to support partners in tackling <br>issues around prostitution, and which was published on Gov.uk. In addition, we <br>are proud to have supported the establishment of the National ‘Ugly Mugs’ <br>Scheme to help protect people involved in prostitution from violent and abusive <br>individuals. A Home Office funded pilot brought together a number of <br>locally-run ‘Ugly Mugs’ projects, which encourage sex workers to report <br>incidents of violence and abuse. Details of perpetrators are then shared with <br>other people involved in prostitution to help improve safety, and can be passed <br>on to the police if the victim consents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 17/03/2015 18:08:50 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226749

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Stun Guns
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 people on whom tasers were used by the police in (a) each London borough, (b) each police authority and (c) in the UK were aged (i) under 12, (ii) under 14, (iii) under 16, (iv) under 18, (v) under 21, (vi) under 24, (vii) over 35, (viii) over 40, (ix) over 50, (x) over 55, (xi) over 60, (xii) over 65, (xiii) over 70, (xiv) over 75 and (xv) over 80 in the last five years; and what proportion of those people were (A) from each ethnic group and (B) estimated to have had mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The cost of identifying the information and providing it in the format <br>requested would be disproportionate.<br><br>The Home Secretary already set out in October 2014 that there is a need to <br>bring much greater transparency and accountability to how the sensitive tactic <br>of Taser is used, and has asked Chief Constable David Shaw to conduct an<br>in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force. This review will <br>consider how to publish data on the age, ethnicity and location of Taser usage <br>for publication.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/03/2015 15:15:53 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

226750

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what counter-terrorism measures she has put in place to counter the threat of Islamic State.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
uin	227350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government has put in place a range of counter-terrorism measures to <br>protect the public and British interests from all forms of terrorism, including <br>that posed by ISIL. Our priority is to dissuade people from travelling to <br>areas of conflict in the first place. To this end, our Prevent Strategy <br>includes work to identify and support individuals at risk of radicalisation. <br><br>The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act, which received Royal Assent last month, <br>added to existing powers by: disrupting the ability of people to travel abroad <br>to fight, and to return here; enhancing our ability to monitor and control the <br>actions of those in the UK that pose a threat; and combating the underlying <br>ideology that feeds, supports and sanctions terrorism. <br><br>The fight against Islamist extremist terrorism is not just one that we can wage <br>by the police and border controls. It needs every school, every university, <br>every college, every community to recognise they have a role to play. The <br>Prevent duty contained in the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act requires <br>specified authorities to have due regard to the need to prevent people from <br>being drawn into terrorism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/03/2015 15:27:47 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

226751

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Surveys
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 (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in her Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	227156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The overall response rate for the Home Office 2014 People Survey was 51% (15,431 staff). Of those who responded, 2,090 staff (14%) declared a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability. <br><br>63% of respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability responded that they were treated fairly at work. 76% of respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability responded that they were treated fairly at work.<br><br>23% of respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months. 11% of respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.<br><br>We are concerned by these results and are taking action. In particular, we are building on our existing programme of work with disabled staff and their managers to ensure the issues are understood so that staff are treated fairly. The Home Office signed the Time to Change pledge and we are committed to raising awareness of mental health issues. We are reviewing our guidance on <br>reasonable adjustments for disabled staff, including guidance on setting work objectives and managing performance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 25/03/2015 12:01:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

226752

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms: Smuggling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal firearms were seized on arrival in the UK in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	227234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>This government is doing more than any previous government to disrupt organised <br>crime and protect the security of the border. Border Force was split from the <br>failing UK Border Agency in 2012 and re-established security as the priority. <br><br>Border Force adopts an intelligence-led approach to all of its customs <br>activity, including searching for firearms, so that resources can be deployed <br>as effectively as possible. This work is a key aspect of the Government’s <br>approach to tackling organised crime and countering terrorism. The National <br>Crime Agency and Border Force work tirelessly to target the criminal groups <br>behind smuggling.<br><br>The number of illegal firearms seized in each of the last two years is as <br>follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of firearms seized (units)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>283</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>463</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The numbers of firearms seized at the border fluctuates on a yearly basis. This <br>can be attributed to a range of factors including the fact that organised crime <br>groups regularly change which countries they seek to smuggle weapons into. Any <br>changes in the numbers of firearms seized at the border does not mean there has <br>been a corresponding increase or decrease in the numbers that enter the UK <br>after not being detected at the border.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 17/03/2015 15:26:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson