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386143

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the bail system.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	4501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>My Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary announced on 23 March a package of measures to reduce both the number of individuals subject to, and the average duration of, pre-charge bail. As set out in the Gracious Speech, the Government will legislate in the Policing and Criminal Justice Bill to adopt those reforms.</p><p>These measures will bring greater accountability to pre-charge bail and ensure people do not spend months, or even years on bail, only for charges to be dropped.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 900702 question first answered 02/07/2015 13:49:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

386730

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to increase the efficiency of the bail system.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	900702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>My Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary announced on 23 March a package of measures to reduce both the number of individuals subject to, and the average duration of, pre-charge bail. As set out in the Gracious Speech, the Government will legislate in the Policing and Criminal Justice Bill to adopt those reforms.</p><p>These measures will bring greater accountability to pre-charge bail and ensure people do not spend months, or even years on bail, only for charges to be dropped.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 4501 question first answered 02/07/2015 13:49:41 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

385975

registered interest
date	26/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs
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 (a) publish a new drug strategy and (b) consult drug treatment providers in the preparation of such a strategy; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	4406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>We will continue to build on the Drug Strategy launched in 2010 and tackle drugs as a key driver of crime. This balances three key themes to reduce the demand for drugs, restrict the supply and support individuals to recover from their dependence.</p><p>There are positive signs that this approach is working: there has been a long term downward trend in drug use over the last decade, the number of heroin and crack cocaine users in England continues to decline, and more people are recovering from their dependency now than in 2009/10.</p><p>We continue to work with external partners including treatment providers and the Government's independent experts, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, in developing new policy.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 01/07/2015 10:13:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

385709

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cameras
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the data storage requirements arising from the increasing use of body-worn camera technology by the police.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and chief officers will make the decisions on how technology will be used by officers at a local level, including the data storage requirements arising from increased use of body worn videos.</p><p>Although storage solutions are an operational issue for policing, we are clear more needs to be done to enable forces to utilise body worn video in the most effective way to ensure that data can flow smoothly throughout the criminal justice system. This is why we are working with policing to embed interoperability between forces and encouraging the use of common standards. These standards will support data sharing across the criminal justice system, including policing, in a way that anyone can access and understand. Open standards along with the work of the Police ICT Company, will help to create an open and active market to deliver better value for police ICT spend.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/07/2015 16:00:40 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

385710

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cameras
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had about the evidential use of images captured by the use of body-worn camera technology by police officers.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The evidential use of body worn images is a matter for policing, with input from the criminal justice system. As the professional body for policing, the College of Policing published interim operational guidance in July 2014; this was developed in conjunction with a number of partners, including the courts and Crown Prosection Service. This guidance sets out the procedures police forces must use to ensure the integrity of body worn video evidence. Body Worn Video (BWV) footage is accepted as evidence in courts and there is real enthusiasm from the judiciary for its potential to encourage early guilty pleas and lead to significantly higher conviction rates.</p><p>However the College’s current guidance is clear that BWV material should be used to corroborate, rather than replace, traditional written statements and users should not rely on BWV for providing their evidence. Although a BWV recording may provide compelling evidence, it will not necessarily prove all aspects of a case and users must always be prepared to provide written evidence of anything pertinent to the case and not wholly represented by the recording.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 02/07/2015 16:01:43 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

385711

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Home Secretary expects to decide whether to authorise the Metropolitan Police to use, under appropriate operational circumstances, the water cannons that the Mayor of London has purchased; and whether this decision will be made before the water cannons become usable.
tabling member printed	Lord Harris of Haringey
uin	HL835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>A key element of the established process for the approval of less lethal weapons, including water cannon, is an assessment by the Scientific Advisory Committee on the Medical Implications of Less-Lethal weapons. This has only recently been received. There are a number of scientific, medical, operational and ethical issues which need careful consideration.</p><p>The authorisation process states: “only less lethal weapons that have been approved by the Secretary of State may be used by the UK police service.” The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and the Metropolitan Police have stated that the water cannon would not be used until, and unless, they are authorised for use by the Home Secretary.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/06/2015 15:49:17 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	2671 label Biography information for Lord Harris of Haringey

385805

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the next progress report on the Government's Tackling child sexual exploitation action plan, published in November 2011; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	4233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>Responsibility for leading the Government’s work to tackle child sexual exploitation sits with the Home Office.</p><p>On 3 March 2015, the previous Government published its response to the failures in the Rotherham, which were identified by Professor Alexis Jay and Louise Casey in their reviews. The report, Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation, sets out the Government’s approach to tackling sexual exploitation. It includes a comprehensive, targeted set of actions, bringing together healthcare, social care, education, law enforcement, criminal justice agencies, and local and national government.</p><p>The Government is taking a forward theses actions and we will update Parliament and the public in due course.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 01/07/2015 14:23:05 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

385866

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Calais
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 review the funding she committed in September 2014 to strengthening border security measures at Calais to (a) bring forward planned expenditure and (b) increase the funding available.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	4380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The £12 million Joint Fund is fully committed to a programme of security infrastructure and other improvements. The infrastructure improvements to security at juxtaposed ports which are part of this are scheduled to be completed over the summer 2015.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/07/2015 10:40:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

385868

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to increase the number of Syrian refugees entering the UK.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	4402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) was launched in January 2014 to provide sanctuary in the UK for displaced Syrians who are most at risk. The scheme runs in parallel with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ Syria Humanitarian Admission Programme. The VPR scheme is based on need rather than quota and we envisage that it will support several hundred people over three years. From the start of the scheme until the end of March 2015, 187 of the most vulnerable Syrians have been relocated to the UK. At the Global Security Forum on 19 June, the Prime Minister announced the scheme would be expanded to a greater number of vulnerable people who cannot be supported in the region.</p><p>The Government will also continue to consider Syrian asylum claims under our normal rules. Since the crisis began in 2011 the UK has granted asylum or other forms of leave to over 4,200 Syrian asylum seekers.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 02/07/2015 10:40:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

385869

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which local authorities have agreed to take refugees under the resettlement programme for the most vulnerable Syrian refugees programme; and how many such refugees will be taken by each such authority.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	4387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>A number of local authorities already participate in the scheme and several more have expressed an interest in participating. As the scheme is based on vulnerability, including women and children at risk, people with medical needs and survivors of torture and violence, it would not be appropriate for us to release details of where individuals are currently being placed or where they may be placed in the future, as this may undermine their privacy and recovery.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2015 15:57:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson