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1713827

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions a person (a) was interviewed and (b) had charges brought against them in connection with controlling drones above an ongoing crime scene in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of interviews or charges in connection with controlling drones above ongoing crime scenes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 30/04/2024 16:08:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1702394

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Amnesties
	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 make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a knife amnesty.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	22701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Many police forces provide amnesty bins all year round to provide the public with a facility to safely dispose of unwanted knives and other offensive weapons. It is for Chief Constables, directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Mayors with PCC functions to make operational decisions including how to allocate resources based on their local knowledge and experience.</p><p>The Government continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of the operation took place between 13 to 19 November 2023 and saw 12,149 knives surrendered or recovered.</p><p>On 25 January we laid the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024 in Parliament. Subject to parliamentary approval, this will prohibit the manufacture, supply, sale and possession of zombie-style knives and machetes in England and Wales from 24 September 2024. From 26 August 2024 to 23 September 2024 we will be running a surrender and compensation scheme so that those who own zombie-style knives and machetes which will be banned, can surrender them and receive compensation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/04/2024 16:25:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1696801

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Smuggling
	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 hold discussions with the Irish Government on tackling the supply of illegal drugs entering the UK via the sea.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	19006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2024 answer text <p>In December 2021, the Government launched its ten-year drugs strategy, From Harm to Hope, to cut crime and save lives. As part of this, £300 million has been allocated to fund activity to break drug supply chains from end-to-end, this includes targeting upstream flow and securing the UK border to restrict drugs entering the UK via sea, land, and air.</p><p>The UK Government and its law enforcement partners are leveraging our extensive international networks to maximise cooperation with other governments to tackle drug trafficking upstream.</p><p>Border Force works with law enforcement organisations, including the Police Service Northern Ireland, other UK Police services, An Garda Síochána in the Republic of Ireland and the National Crime Agency, to target those who might attempt to smuggle illicit drugs between the Republic of Ireland and the UK, including via the sea.</p><p>Our continued work with partners, including the NCA and other law enforcement agencies, is effective in preventing drugs from reaching local communities where they fuel violence and exploitation, causing significant harm to our society.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/03/2024 15:31:53 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1688977

	registered interest
	date	16/02/2024
	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: Retail Trade
	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 discuss attacks on employees in the retail sector at the next meeting of the National Retail Crime Steering Group.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	13913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is clear that violent and abusive behaviour towards any worker, particularly those who provide a valuable service to the public, is never acceptable.</p><p>The National Retail Crime Steering Group (NRCSG), which I co-chair alongside the British Retail Consortium, ensures the response to retail crime is as robust as it can be. The NRCSG meets quarterly and comprises senior representatives from policing, the retail sector, retail trade associations, security providers and Government departments. Violence and abuse towards retail workers will be discussed at the next NRCSG.</p><p>In October, the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Retail Crime Action Plan was launched, 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. These are substantial commitments, and I will use the NRCSG to hold police to account, whilst also ensuring retailers are playing their part by providing evidence of shoplifting and violence and abuse to police.</p><p>In 2022, the Government took the significant step to introduce a statutory aggravating factor for assault against those who are serving the public. Section 156 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 means the public facing nature of a victim’s role will be considered an aggravating factor when it comes to sentencing for assault offences, allowing the court to give a longer sentence within the statutory maximum for the offence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 21/02/2024 15:40:10 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1685517

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Busking: Religious Freedom
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in light of a recent reported incident in London, whether he has issued recent guidance to the police on the rights of people to sing religious songs in a public setting.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	11698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to religious freedom and free speech, and singing religious songs outside a church is not in itself prohibited.</p><p>The police are operationally independent and there is a well established process for addressing complaints.</p><p>The Home Office will not be issuing guidance on the matter.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/02/2024 12:27:14 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1677704

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Safer Streets Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what lessons his Department has learned from the most recent independent evaluation of the Safer Streets Fund.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	6763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>All rounds of the Safer Streets Fund delivered to date have been subject to independent evaluation to grow the evidence base of what works to improve public safety and feelings of safety, and to inform future policy and funding decisions.</p><p>Findings from evaluation activities show interventions delivered with Safer Streets funding are boosting trust in local policing, making communities feel safer and restoring people’s pride in where they live. This reflects the efforts made to make residents aware of the work being done to make them feel more secure such as fitting home security measures and rolling out additional CCTV and streetlighting. In addition, evaluation findings have identified key learnings and several recommendations for the Home Office, which have been incorporated into the design and development of subsequent rounds.</p><p>The full findings of the independent evaluation of Round One can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safer-streets-fund-evaluation-round-1-year-ending-march-2021/evaluation-of-the-safer-streets-fund-round-1-year-ending-march-2021#impact-evaluation-findings" target="_blank">Evaluation of the Safer Streets Fund Round 1, year ending March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/12/2023 17:38:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1677252

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Personal Names
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times have registered sex offenders (a) attempted to change their names and (b) been prevented from changing their names by legal means in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	6410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>Registered sex offenders are required to notify name changes to the police. Failure to do so is an offence punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. In addition, the police – on application to a court – can limit an individual’s ability to change their name through a Sexual Harm Prevention or Sexual Risk Order if necessary to protect members of the public from sexual harm.</p><p>Data related to name changes for these offenders and conditions imposed via civil orders are not collated centrally.</p><p>To help ensure our system is as robust as it can be, the Home Office will bring forward measures through the Criminal Justice Bill to restrict the ability of registered sex offenders to change their name in certain circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 18/12/2023 11:38:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1677279

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were reported on the True Vision website in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	6414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The department does not hold data on the number of crimes reported on the True Vision website.</p><p>The reports made to True Vision are sent directly to relevant police forces, as identified by the complainant and reports deemed as hate crimes are included in the force specific hate crime data.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/12/2023 14:54:39 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1675394

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Criminal Investigation: USA
	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 the Treaty between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters with Exchange of Notes, signed in January 1994, how many times information was requested on individuals then resident in the UK between 1998 and 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	5207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office is the central authority for Mutual Legal Assistance for England, Wales and Northern Ireland except for tax and fiscal customs criminal matters, which are coordinated by HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC). Requests seeking assistance solely from Scotland are sent directly to the Crown Office in Edinburgh.</p><p>Information on the number of times information was requested on individuals then resident in the UK between 1998 and 2022 made under the 1994 Treaty is not recorded by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/12/2023 12:59:22 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1675061

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Retail Trade: 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 discussions he has held with representatives of retail sector employees on the adequacy of measures to tackle physical assaults in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	4925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>I regularly co-chair, with the British Retail Consortium, the National Retail Crime Steering Group which brings together Government, trade organisations, representatives of the retail sector and enforcement partners to ensure the response to crimes affecting the retail sector is a partnership approach and as robust as it can be.</p><p>I have also recently been convening additional meetings with retailers and police, to discuss how we can tackle the issue of retail crime, including assaults.</p><p>As part of a roundtable with policing and retailers, on 23 October, the National Police Chiefs’ Council launched their Retail Crime Action Plan, which includes a police commitment to prioritise attending the scene of retail crime instances where violence has been used; where an offender has been detained; or where evidence needs to be promptly secured and can only be done in person by police personnel.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/12/2023 17:11:19 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell