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1700152

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Spiking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to ensure that people who are arrested are tested to see if their drink has been spiked.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	21133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office has no plans to implement mandatory spiking testing for arrestees.</p><p>We urge anyone who believes they or someone around them has been spiked to contact the police as soon as possible to report the incident and submit a urine sample for testing through the approved lab-based process. Incidents can also be reported online - including anonymously.</p><p>Individuals who have been arrested by the police but believe they have been spiked can raise this with them and submit a sample for testing.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 22/04/2024 16:53:07 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1700042

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime: Preston
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to tackle violence and sexual offences in Preston.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	20892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>As part of steps taken through our Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and Tackling Domestic Abuse Plan, we are tackling perpetrators and supporting victims.</p><p>We have provided funding to the Lancashire PCC to roll out the Drive Project, which focuses on the most serious domestic abuse offenders to prevent them from abusing again, and funded Preston based Saraha to provide bilingual, comprehensive, face-to-face support service for women from black and minority ethnic backgrounds who are victims of domestic abuse.</p><p>Nationally, we have invested £9.4 million to develop a New Operation Model for the investigation of rape through Operation Soteria. This ensures investigations are suspect based. All police forces in England and Wales are now implementing this new approach to rape investigations and we have provided £8.5m in 2023/24 to continue to support policing to improve their response to rape.</p><p>Through the Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night Funds, we have invested over £150 million to deliver interventions to tackle violence against women, anti-social behaviour and neighbourhood crime.</p><p>This includes just over £3.4m for Lancashire, of which £146,568 has been awarded to Preston City Council to fund interventions such as the installation of CCTV, the deployment of taxi stewards and night-time economy sector training, along with improvements to accommodation for services assisting women at risk and recovery services for victims of sexual violence.</p><p>Since 2019, the Home Office has provided over £8m for a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) in Lancashire. VRUs bring together local partners to understand and tackle the drivers of serious violence in their area, including sexual abuse and domestic abuse.</p> answering member constituency Newbury answering member printed Laura Farris question first answered 22/04/2024 16:52:52 answering member 4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1700311

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: Labour Turnover
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff left his Department in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>This information is published annually and can be found via the links below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics</a></p><p>Data before 2019</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">Civil Service statistics - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/04/2024 15:18:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1701761

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many major cyber crime incidents have been reported since the National Cyber Strategy was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	22259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Since the announcement of the National Cyber Strategy on 15 December 2021, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has received 71 reports associated with cyber crime activity, considered to be significant.</p><p>The NCSC categorise incidents based on numerous contemporaneous factors, including but not limited to, the technical impact of the incident, the nature of the affected organisation, and contextual considerations at the time of the incident report being received.</p><p>NCSC and law enforcement take action against cyber criminals by taking down their malicious URLs used to defraud people.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 22/04/2024 14:45:47 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1700301

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gambling: Crime
	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 a recent estimate of the total amount of money that has been returned to victims of gambling-related crimes by (a) the gambling industry, (b) Proceeds of Crime Act proceedings and (c) any other means in the 2023-24 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	21147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Neither the Government nor the Gambling Commission hold information on how many crimes related to harmful gambling were committed in the last 12 months and there has been no recent estimate as to the total amount of money that has been returned to victims of gambling-related crimes.</p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) in Department of Health and Social Care have undertaken an evidence review which provides estimates of the economic costs of harmful gambling, which includes a section on criminal activity (chapter 6).<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63bc25b4d3bf7f262c5ad31f/The-economic-cost-of-gambling-related-harm-in-England_evidence-update-2023.pdf" target="_blank">The economic cost of gambling-related harm in England: evidence update 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Gambling Act 2005 sets out the following licensing objectives:</p><ul><li>preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime.</li><li>ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way</li><li>protecting children and other vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling.</li></ul><p>As the statutory regulator, the Gambling Commission is responsible for making sure all licensing applications meet these objectives. The Commission has published a <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamblingcommission.gov.uk%2Fpolicy%2Fstatement-of-principles-for-licensing-and-regulation&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPSGParliamentaryQuestions%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C0a7ed1041fa9494be14408dc5ee62a2f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638489589836174415%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=z8LWtsJOmPEJ409603F6a0guB4v%2FAKtaRg7yIcSD52k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">statement of principles for licensing and regulation</a> which sets out how it governs what it does and how they help to meet the Act's licensing objectives.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 21145 21146 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:44:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1700300

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gambling: Crime
	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 impact of gambling-related (a) fraud and (b) other acquisitive crimes on the finances of the victims of those crimes.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	21146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Neither the Government nor the Gambling Commission hold information on how many crimes related to harmful gambling were committed in the last 12 months and there has been no recent estimate as to the total amount of money that has been returned to victims of gambling-related crimes.</p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) in Department of Health and Social Care have undertaken an evidence review which provides estimates of the economic costs of harmful gambling, which includes a section on criminal activity (chapter 6).<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63bc25b4d3bf7f262c5ad31f/The-economic-cost-of-gambling-related-harm-in-England_evidence-update-2023.pdf" target="_blank">The economic cost of gambling-related harm in England: evidence update 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Gambling Act 2005 sets out the following licensing objectives:</p><ul><li>preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime.</li><li>ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way</li><li>protecting children and other vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling.</li></ul><p>As the statutory regulator, the Gambling Commission is responsible for making sure all licensing applications meet these objectives. The Commission has published a <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamblingcommission.gov.uk%2Fpolicy%2Fstatement-of-principles-for-licensing-and-regulation&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPSGParliamentaryQuestions%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C0a7ed1041fa9494be14408dc5ee62a2f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638489589836174415%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=z8LWtsJOmPEJ409603F6a0guB4v%2FAKtaRg7yIcSD52k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">statement of principles for licensing and regulation</a> which sets out how it governs what it does and how they help to meet the Act's licensing objectives.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 21145 21147 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:44:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1700299

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gambling: 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 related to harmful gambling were committed in the last 12 months; what the nature of those crimes was; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of those crimes on (a) the economy and (b) wider society.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	uin	21145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Neither the Government nor the Gambling Commission hold information on how many crimes related to harmful gambling were committed in the last 12 months and there has been no recent estimate as to the total amount of money that has been returned to victims of gambling-related crimes.</p><p>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) in Department of Health and Social Care have undertaken an evidence review which provides estimates of the economic costs of harmful gambling, which includes a section on criminal activity (chapter 6).<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/63bc25b4d3bf7f262c5ad31f/The-economic-cost-of-gambling-related-harm-in-England_evidence-update-2023.pdf" target="_blank">The economic cost of gambling-related harm in England: evidence update 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p><p>The Gambling Act 2005 sets out the following licensing objectives:</p><ul><li>preventing gambling from being a source of crime or disorder, being associated with crime or disorder or being used to support crime.</li><li>ensuring that gambling is conducted in a fair and open way</li><li>protecting children and other vulnerable people from being harmed or exploited by gambling.</li></ul><p>As the statutory regulator, the Gambling Commission is responsible for making sure all licensing applications meet these objectives. The Commission has published a <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gamblingcommission.gov.uk%2Fpolicy%2Fstatement-of-principles-for-licensing-and-regulation&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPSGParliamentaryQuestions%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C0a7ed1041fa9494be14408dc5ee62a2f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638489589836174415%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=z8LWtsJOmPEJ409603F6a0guB4v%2FAKtaRg7yIcSD52k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">statement of principles for licensing and regulation</a> which sets out how it governs what it does and how they help to meet the Act's licensing objectives.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 21146 21147 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:44:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

1700043

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Crime: Lancashire
	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 (a) make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of crime levels in (i) Preston and (ii) Lancashire and (b) take steps to develop a plan to reduce bicycle theft in those areas.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	20893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>This Government recognises the impact acquisitive crime can have on individuals and communities. The 2021 Beating Crime Plan, sets out the Government’s strategy for cutting crime, protecting the law-abiding majority and making neighbourhoods safe. The plan can be found here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1015382/Crime-plan-v10.pdf</a>.</p><p>Since 2010, overall crime excluding fraud and computer misuse is down by 55%, and we welcome the latest Crime Survey for England and Wales data, which shows that bicycle theft is also down 55% when comparing findings from the year ending September 2023 with the year ending March 2010.</p><p>A key part of making acquisitive crime less attractive to criminals is making stolen goods harder to sell on. That is why we are working closely with policing and academic leads to examine what more can be done to tackle the disposal markets for stolen goods and reduce the profit from acquisitive crime.</p><p>This Government also established the Safer Streets Fund. Since its inception in 2020, we have invested over £150 million to deliver interventions across England and Wales helping to tackle and prevent violence against women and girls, anti-social behaviour and neighbourhood crime. This includes investing just over £3.4 million in Lancashire, funding a range of initiatives such as CCTV and street lighting, improvements to home security measures and youth engagement and educational programmes.</p><p>The Home Office is working closely with the British Transport Police (BTP), the national lead for cycle theft, to tackle the theft of bicycles. The BTP has launched the ‘double lock it’ campaign with police forces and organisations, providing advice to owners on how to protect their bicycles: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.btp.police.uk%2Fpolice-forces%2Fbritish-transport-police%2Fareas%2Fcampaigns%2Fdouble-lock-it%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=AJnmVh0mAoSustcSga%2Fo4B42WRZDoPpL%2B5gyHecq5fA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/campaigns/double-lock-it/</a>.</p><p>The Department for Transport’s (DfT) Cycling and Walking Plan for England, also sets out initiatives to combat cycle theft, including encouraging retailers to number the bicycles they sell and offer customers the opportunity to register their bicycle on a database at the point of sale. The Plan is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcycling-and-walking-plan-for-england&amp;data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gfeelBYDwqb9gRWXC3kYh%2Fdle%2BGk48CB5C3gqfvqR2o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england</a>.</p><p>The BTP-led National Cycle Crime Group, working with DfT, have set up Cycle Crime Reduction Partnerships across the country to coordinate regional enforcement activity to disrupt organised cycle theft.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/04/2024 14:41:04 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1700283

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data his Department holds on the number of young people in Greater Manchester deemed at risk of Child Criminal Exploitation who have criminal offences recorded against them.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	21180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold specific data on the number of young people in Greater Manchester deemed at risk of Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) who have criminal offences recorded against them. However, tackling CCE is a priority for this Government which is why we are providing funding to support Greater Manchester Police to help tackle county lines and CCE.</p><p>Through our Drug Strategy, we are providing a targeted investment of up to £145m over three years to bolster our County Lines Programme. This includes funding a dedicated county lines taskforce in Greater Manchester Police, as well as funding Catch22 to provide a specialist support and rescue service for under 25’s and their families in Greater Manchester to help them safely reduce and exit their involvement from county lines including child criminal exploitation.</p><p>We are also driving targeted action to respond to exploitation through the Home Office-funded Prevention Programme, delivered by The Children’s Society with funding of £1.37m for delivery between 2023-25. Through the programme, a dedicated Northwest Prevention Officer works to support a range of partners to improve the response to multiple forms of exploitation including CCE in the Northwest region.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/04/2024 14:39:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1700041

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Drugs: Lancashire
	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 levels of drug offences in (a) Preston and (b) Lancashire.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	20891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Reducing drug-related crime is a key priority of the Government’s 10-year drugs strategy.</p><p>We are making good progress. Since April 2022 we have closed over 2,500 county lines and delivered over 6,000 major and moderate organised crime group disruptions.</p><p>We are also investing £532m into drug treatment which reduces crime and reoffending. There are now 24,500 more people in treatment across England, including increases in Lancashire.</p><p>We are targeting treatment referrals at offenders. The percentage of prison leavers continuing treatment after release has also risen to a record high of 52% - an increase of 10% in the last 12 months.</p><p>We are working with the National Police Chiefs Council to increase police referrals into drug treatment, as well as expanding Drug Testing on Arrest to identify those who use drugs. This builds on £2.1 million funding to deliver Project ADDER – a co-ordinated approach across policing and treatment to crack down on supply and support people tackle their addiction – in 13 hard hit areas including Lancashire.</p><p>The government has asked every area in England to form a Combating Drugs Partnership (CDP) to work together to reduce drug-related harm and crime. Preston is covered by the Lancashire CDP, and the Government has supported the establishment of the Pan Lancashire Drugs and Alcohol Alliance, to help coordinate work across Lancashire’s three CDPs.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/04/2024 14:37:33 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick