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1715159

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Alcoholic Drinks: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had recent discussions with the Police Service of Northern Ireland on tackling underage drinking in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	24466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Crime and policing in Northern Ireland are devolved matters and fall within the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/05/2024 16:52:26 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1715221

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting and Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of scrapping the £200 summary offence rule for shoplifting and theft.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	24524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Since 2010 our communities are safer, with neighbourhood crimes including burglary, robbery and theft from the person down 48% and overall violent crime down 44%, and with more police officers on the streets than in 2010.</p><p>However, there has been a worrying rise in shoplifting and violence towards retail workers, which we need to address.</p><p>Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 37% in the 12 months to December 2023. Although, the number of people charged with shoplifting offences in the same period rose by 46%, showing the police are heeding the message and taking action.</p><p>The Government has taken a number of recent significant steps to reduce and prevent retail crime. Our plan – &quot;Fighting retail crime: more action&quot; was launched on 10 April, which highlights five areas of work this Government will drive forward to tackle retail crime. This will include us introducing a presumption towards electronic monitoring as part of a sentence served in the community for those who repeatedly steal from shops. We will develop a retail theft electronic monitoring (EM) ‘package’, to offer sentencers starting in a pilot area, a clear community sentence pathway for repeat retail theft offenders.</p><p>This builds on the police-led Retail Crime Action Plan, which includes a commitment to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel. Figures published by the NPCC show early signs of progress.</p><p>Furthermore, we will bring forward legislative changes to introduce a presumption towards electronic monitoring as part of a sentence served in the community for those who repeatedly steal from shops. This legislative change will provide that on the third sentencing occasion, an offender would be electronically monitored as part of any community sentence or post-release for the duration of any licence period.</p><p>Under section 176 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, low-value shoplifting (value of £200 or less) is a summary offence, unless an adult elects to be tried in the Crown Court. Where a summary offence is committed, the case can be handled as a police-led prosecution.</p><p>Police-led prosecutions were introduced to improve the efficiency of the criminal justice system by allowing for a simpler, more proportionate police-led process in high-volume, low-level, uncontested cases. This route enables cases to be handled more speedily, rather than cases having to go to the CPS and through the Crown Court.</p><p>Repealing this would mean victims of shoplifting have to wait longer for cases to come to court.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 24525 question first answered 13/05/2024 16:54:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1715223

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting: Portsmouth
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 reduce rates of shoplifting in Portsmouth.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	24525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Since 2010 our communities are safer, with neighbourhood crimes including burglary, robbery and theft from the person down 48% and overall violent crime down 44%, and with more police officers on the streets than in 2010.</p><p>However, there has been a worrying rise in shoplifting and violence towards retail workers, which we need to address.</p><p>Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 37% in the 12 months to December 2023. Although, the number of people charged with shoplifting offences in the same period rose by 46%, showing the police are heeding the message and taking action.</p><p>The Government has taken a number of recent significant steps to reduce and prevent retail crime. Our plan – &quot;Fighting retail crime: more action&quot; was launched on 10 April, which highlights five areas of work this Government will drive forward to tackle retail crime. This will include us introducing a presumption towards electronic monitoring as part of a sentence served in the community for those who repeatedly steal from shops. We will develop a retail theft electronic monitoring (EM) ‘package’, to offer sentencers starting in a pilot area, a clear community sentence pathway for repeat retail theft offenders.</p><p>This builds on the police-led Retail Crime Action Plan, which includes a commitment to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel. Figures published by the NPCC show early signs of progress.</p><p>Furthermore, we will bring forward legislative changes to introduce a presumption towards electronic monitoring as part of a sentence served in the community for those who repeatedly steal from shops. This legislative change will provide that on the third sentencing occasion, an offender would be electronically monitored as part of any community sentence or post-release for the duration of any licence period.</p><p>Under section 176 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, low-value shoplifting (value of £200 or less) is a summary offence, unless an adult elects to be tried in the Crown Court. Where a summary offence is committed, the case can be handled as a police-led prosecution.</p><p>Police-led prosecutions were introduced to improve the efficiency of the criminal justice system by allowing for a simpler, more proportionate police-led process in high-volume, low-level, uncontested cases. This route enables cases to be handled more speedily, rather than cases having to go to the CPS and through the Crown Court.</p><p>Repealing this would mean victims of shoplifting have to wait longer for cases to come to court.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 24524 question first answered 13/05/2024 16:54:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1715245

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have died while attempting to cross the English Channel to the UK illegally in each year since 2020.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	24405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office is aware of a total of 69 persons known to have died while attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats since 2020:</p><p>2020: 6 deaths reported</p><p>2021: 34 deaths reported</p><p>2022: 4 deaths reported</p><p>2023: 12 deaths reported</p><p>2024: 13 deaths reported (as at 30 April 2024)</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/05/2024 15:47:50 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1715247

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Rwanda
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish a breakdown of how the £171,000 per person deported to Rwanda agreed in the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership will be spent.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	24412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The most recently published information, which includes a breakdown of the per person costs, is the National Audit Office Report which can be found here: <a href="https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/investigation-into-the-costs-of-the-uk-rwanda-partnership/#downloads" target="_blank">UK-Rwanda Partnership - NAO report</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The per person costs are to provide a 5-year integration package. This includes accommodation, essential items such as food, medical services, education, language training and professional development. Rwanda will also support individuals with work opportunities and access to integration programmes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 13/05/2024 15:46:38 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1715271

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cannabis: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of cannabis use on violent crime.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	24381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>No recent assessment has been made. Cannabis is controlled as a Class B drug under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 as there is clear scientific and medical evidence that cannabis is a harmful drug which can damage people’s mental and physical health, and harms individuals and communities.</p><p>Cannabis continues to be the most commonly used drug and around 21% of adults starting treatment between 2021 and 2022 said they had a problem with cannabis. Cannabis poses a large number of serious health risks, including psychological disorders such as psychosis and respiratory illness, particularly given recent increases in potency.</p><p>We know from Dame Carol Black’s landmark review into drugs that there are clear links between the trade in illicit drugs and violence and exploitation.</p><p>Illicit drug use also makes our communities less safe, with links to anti-social behaviour in public spaces.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/05/2024 16:51:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1715278

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Theft: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many thefts from retail businesses there have been in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	24474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Since 2010 theft offences experienced by the general population has fallen by 48%, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales, but shoplifting has been increasing in the last three years, as shown in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Calendar Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Shoplifting offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>256,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>315,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>430,104</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: ONS Crime in England and Wales: year ending December 2023, Appendix Table A4.</em></p><p>There must be a zero tolerance approach to such crime which is why, alongside key partners, this Government is taking concerted action to address the menace of retail crime. The Government’s plan – &quot;Fighting retail crime: more action&quot; was launched on 10 April, and highlights five areas of work this Government will drive forward to tackle retail crime:</p><ul><li>Introducing a standalone offence for assaults on retail workers;</li><li>Additional electronic monitoring for prolific shoplifters;</li><li>Working with police and businesses to roll out the latest facial recognition to catch these perpetrators;</li><li>Championing good practice to design out crime; and</li><li>Making it easier for retailers to report crime.</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/05/2024 16:53:09 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1715311

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police National Computer: Outages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many outages have affected the Police National Computer in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
uin	24358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Number of outages affecting the PNC, breakdown below. Partial PNC outages are included in the breakdown. Therefore, elements of the PNC service may have been available during the outage period.</p><p>Outages on the same day have been counted as separate instances.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of outages - Planned</p></td><td><p>Number of outages - Unplanned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*2024</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Outages for 2024 are reported up to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Regular Security IT Health Checks/Audits are undertaken on PNC with actions to manage, mitigate or resolve vulnerabilities progressed to enhance the security of the system. The PNC is security assured by the Police Digital Service on behalf of Policing and in line with HO policy.</p><p>PNC has a number of back up servers for resilience and mirroring to provide a Disaster Recovery capability from a secondary site. There are numerous back up servers at the primary site and also at the DR site providing several layers of back up for the operation of the PNC</p><p><em>****NOTE - providing detail on the numbers of actual servers increases the operational risk to PNC.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 24359 24360 question first answered 13/05/2024 16:49:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1715312

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police National Computer: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of security measures in place for the Police National Computer.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
uin	24359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Number of outages affecting the PNC, breakdown below. Partial PNC outages are included in the breakdown. Therefore, elements of the PNC service may have been available during the outage period.</p><p>Outages on the same day have been counted as separate instances.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of outages - Planned</p></td><td><p>Number of outages - Unplanned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*2024</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Outages for 2024 are reported up to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Regular Security IT Health Checks/Audits are undertaken on PNC with actions to manage, mitigate or resolve vulnerabilities progressed to enhance the security of the system. The PNC is security assured by the Police Digital Service on behalf of Policing and in line with HO policy.</p><p>PNC has a number of back up servers for resilience and mirroring to provide a Disaster Recovery capability from a secondary site. There are numerous back up servers at the primary site and also at the DR site providing several layers of back up for the operation of the PNC</p><p><em>****NOTE - providing detail on the numbers of actual servers increases the operational risk to PNC.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 24358 24360 question first answered 13/05/2024 16:49:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1715313

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police National Computer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many back-up servers are in operation for the Police National Computer.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Dame Siobhain McDonagh
uin	24360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Number of outages affecting the PNC, breakdown below. Partial PNC outages are included in the breakdown. Therefore, elements of the PNC service may have been available during the outage period.</p><p>Outages on the same day have been counted as separate instances.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of outages - Planned</p></td><td><p>Number of outages - Unplanned</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*2024</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Outages for 2024 are reported up to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Regular Security IT Health Checks/Audits are undertaken on PNC with actions to manage, mitigate or resolve vulnerabilities progressed to enhance the security of the system. The PNC is security assured by the Police Digital Service on behalf of Policing and in line with HO policy.</p><p>PNC has a number of back up servers for resilience and mirroring to provide a Disaster Recovery capability from a secondary site. There are numerous back up servers at the primary site and also at the DR site providing several layers of back up for the operation of the PNC</p><p><em>****NOTE - providing detail on the numbers of actual servers increases the operational risk to PNC.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 24358 24359 question first answered 13/05/2024 16:49:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh