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782813

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
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 assistance she has provided to the police to support the deployment of qualified specialist investigators to tackle domestic abuse, sexual offences and online crime.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	111193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Police training and guidance are the responsibility of the College of Policing, which has recently launched a sexual offences Special Investigator Development Programme, and has updated its Authorised Professional Practice on domestic abuse and rape. The College has also launched a new training programme developed by the voluntary sector called ‘Domestic Abuse Matters’ which focuses on improved evidence gathering and understanding of controlling and coercive behaviour. This training is being rolled out across forces.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Police Transformation Fund, the Home Office has also awarded £1.9 million to the College to pilot a new ‘licence to practise’ which will ensure that only those officers who are qualified to carry out specialist investigations in high risk areas like child protection, are able to do so. And, up to £12.4million has also been awarded for the Digital Policing Programme, including the Digital Evidence Transfer Service. This is designed to allow forces to rapidly transmit the increasing body of digital evidence across the criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:29:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

782823

registered interest
date	02/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Vetting
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 improve the Disclosure and Barring Service checking service.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	111100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Disclosure and Baring Service (DBS) has a governance framework set out in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 and a performance framework agreed with the Home Office. The DBS regularly reports on performance and risk to its Board and Home Office Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2017 17:28:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

782161

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stress
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what number of police officers left the police force due to workforce stress in each the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	110838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Data on officers who have left the force are published as part of the police workforce statistics, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The College of Policing supports chief constables by advising forces on matters of health, safety and welfare and by supporting them in a range of measures to help reduce sickness and stress.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:24:54 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

782164

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what post-legislative scrutiny her Department has carried out on the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	110813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Home Office officials and legal advisers are currently finalising the department’s post-legislative scrutiny assessment of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, which will set out how the Act has worked in practice since it came into force, including views from key partners.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:28:21 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

782165

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police and Crime Commissioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to improve the performance monitoring of Police and Crime Commissioners.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	110814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The role of Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) is to be the voice of the people and hold the chief constable to account, making the police answerable to the communities they serve. Local Police and Crime Panels (PCPs) have the appropriate powers, agreed by Parliament, to effectively scrutinise the actions and decisions of PCCs and ultimately, the public will hold PCCs to account at the ballot box.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:27:47 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

782167

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Custody: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many deaths in police custody were classified as suicide for each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	110796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Official statistics, published by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) show that two people have died as a result of committing suicide whilst being held in police custody since 2010/11; one in 2014/15 and the other 2016/17.</p><p>IPCC’s annual statistics on deaths during or following police contact can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.ipcc.gov.uk/page/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact" target="_blank">https://www.ipcc.gov.uk/page/deaths-during-or-following-police-contact</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:16:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

782169

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to roll out the Independent Child Trafficking Advocate scheme nationally.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	110804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Minister for State for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability announced on 26 October that this Government remains committed to rolling out Independent Child Trafficking Advocates (ICTAs) nationally.</p><p>That is why we have implemented ICTAs in three Early Adopter Sites (Greater Manchester, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and nationally in Wales) in order to make sure we implement the right model which best supports the specific and diverse needs of these incredibly vulnerable children.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2017 17:29:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

782240

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Police Chiefs' Council: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects an order to be brought forward bringing the National Police Chiefs Council under the auspices of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	110849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government will bring forward an Order to bring the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) under the auspices of the Freedom of Information Act 2006 as soon as Parliamentary time allows. Before such an Order can be made, we will consult with the NPCC, as is required by legislation.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:18:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

782311

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Finance
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 the uplift in funding for armed officers has been provided (a) centrally and (b) by police forces.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	110901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is providing the entirety of the £144m armed uplift funding over five years to increase the number of armed officers by around 1,000. In addition, a number of forces are currently delivering self-funded uplifts of their own, which will result in a further 500 who are locally funded.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 06/11/2017 17:15:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

782321

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how each department responsible for the Government's Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy are contributing to her Department's development of (a) the Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill and (b) the non-legislative package supporting the Bill.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	110925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government recognises that tackling domestic abuse and supporting victims requires a robust cross-government approach. Departments are contributing to the development of both the Domestic Abuse Bill and accompanying non-legislative package through rigorous cross-Departmental discussions overseen by the Violence Against Women and Girls Inter-Ministerial Group, chaired by the Home Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 06/11/2017 17:24:29 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi