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886904

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 17 April (HL Deb, col 1070) concerning Operation Conifer, whether they have any responsibilities relating to the performance of police and crime commissioners; if so, what those responsibilities are; and if not, to whom police and crime commissioners are accountable.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laming
	uin	HL7063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are accountable to the public via the ballot box for ensuring the policing needs of local communities are met effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Police and Crime Panels have the appropriate powers, agreed by Parliament, to scrutinise the actions and decisions of PCCs and enable the public to hold them to account.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 02/05/2018 14:24:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming

49941

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse's Second National Policy Report, In plain sight: effective help for children exposed to domestic abuse, publishedin February 2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laming
	uin	HL6901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Home Office recognises the impact that exposure to domestic violence and abuse can have on children, as stated in the second national policy report, In plain sight: effective help for children exposed to domestic abuse (2014), produced by the Co-ordinated Action Against <br>Domestic Abuse.<br><br>The Government's approach to tackling domestic violence and abuse is laid out in the Violence Against Women and Girls Action Plan, refreshed in March 2014: <br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287758/VAWG_Action_Plan.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/287758/VAWG_Action_Plan.pdf</a> . <br><br>This sets out our commitment to work with the Troubled Families Programme, particularly identifying learning around intervening with families where domestic violence is an issue. We will be taking forward action to consider interim data from the independent evaluation of the Troubled <br>Families Programme to assess the prevalence of domestic violence within families currently being worked with and to inform practice in services for troubled families. <br><br>Domestic violence and abuse training for health visitors to provide support to families where they suspect violence against women or children may be a factor was developed in autumn 2013 and was rolled out this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Taylor of Holbeach question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3787 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Holbeach
	tabling member	2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming

798079

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take in response to Home Office figures which show an increase in the number of deaths as a result of knife crime amongst under 19s.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laming
	uin	HL3775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>Our work to tackle knife crime is centred on four key strands: working with the police on operations and enforcement; work on the legislative framework; to work with retailers on responsible sales of knives; and early intervention and prevention.</p><p> </p><p>We are encouraging police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. It includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps, test purchases of knives from retailers, the use of surrender bins, and educational activities. A record thirty-two police forces took part in the week of action in July.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed a set of commitments with major retailers to prevent the underage sales of knives in their stores and online. The agreement also covers staff training and displays and packaging.</p><p> </p><p>We are keeping the legislative framework under review and we have taken action to ban zombie knives in August 2016. In addition on 14 October we launched a consultation on new legislation on offensive weapons. The proposals include placing restrictions on the online sale of knives, creating a new offence of possession of an offensive or dangerous weapon in a private place, and updating existing legislation. We have launched a community fund to support local communities to tackle knife crime.</p><p>We are also supporting youth violence intervention and prevention work in hospital emergency departments including supporting the voluntary sector organisation, Redthread, undertake work in London hospitals and pilots its approach shortly in Nottingham and Birmingham.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/12/2017 16:18:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming