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1404815

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Rape: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when findings on the police and CPS response to prosecuting rape offences from the first phase of Project Soteria, which was announced in the cross-Government end-to-end rape review published in June 2021, will be made public.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	108596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>Operation Soteria is a joint police-Crown Prosecution Service programme designed to drive improvements in the handling of rape cases, with an overarching aim to build a new national operating model for the investigation of rape and serious sexual assault.</p><p>The Home Office is providing funding for five police forces – Avon and Somerset, the Metropolitan Police Service, Durham, West Midlands and South Wales - to participating in intensive academic research, and the resulting recommendations, tools and techniques are embedded in each force.</p><p>Research has concluded in Avon and Somerset and the Metropolitan Police Service and recently commenced in Durham.</p><p>Findings from the research are shared with police and prosecutors nationally as soon as they are available, including through the National Rape and Sexual Offences Learning Network events. The most recent national learning event took place on the 11 January and outlined findings from research in Avon and Somerset and the Metropolitan Police Service. This event was attended by close to 300 practitioners, with 39 forces represented.</p><p>In addition, progress updates on Operation Soteria form part of the Government’s regular rape review progress updates, the first of which was published on 9 December 2021.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/01/2022 12:16:32 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1404839

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department seeks references for candidates appointed to public positions which fall under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	108475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department is committed to ensuring that all appointments under the remit of the Commissioner for Public Appointments, are conducted in accordance with Governance Code on Public Appointments.</p><p>As part of the recruitment process, references are taken up for all appointed candidates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 25/01/2022 16:54:10 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

1404853

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Harassment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to assess gaps in the existing legal framework regarding making public sexual harassment a specific criminal offence.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	108633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2022 answer text <p>Sexual harassment in public places is an appalling practice, which this Government is committed to tackling. Women and girls have the right to both be and feel safe on our streets.</p><p>As set out in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy, published last July, we are looking carefully at where there may be gaps in existing law and how a specific offence for public sexual harassment could address those. This includes paying close attention to the views and reports of campaigners in this area. We are also closely considering the recent comments of the Law Commission on this subject.</p><p>In addition, in order to tackle public sexual harassment:</p><ul><li>In September 2021, we launched the pilot of an online tool, StreetSafe, which enables the public to report anonymously areas where they feel unsafe and identify what about the location made them feel this way. The data is then used to inform local decision-making. Several thousand people have used the tool to date.</li><li>In October we announced awards of £23.5 million to Police and Crime Commissioners and local authorities under Round 3 of the Safer Streets Fund to make public spaces safer for everyone through projects to help women and girls feel safer on the streets.</li><li>In November we announced the results of our separate, £5 million Safety of Women at Night fund, funding interventions which focus on preventing violence against women and girls in public spaces at night, including in the night-time economy</li><li>In December the College of Policing published a new advice product for police officers, advising them about the preventative strategies and criminal offences which they can use to respond to reports of various different types of public sexual harassment.</li><li>The public communications campaign to which we committed in the Tackling VAWG Strategy will seek to change public attitudes and tolerance towards crimes such as public sexual harassment and help create an atmosphere in which women and girls can report such crimes to the police with confidence.</li></ul> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 28/01/2022 12:22:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1404871

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the average cost per single speed camera of (a) installation, (b) maintenance each year and (c) revenue each year.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	108636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The deployment and maintenance of speed cameras is an operational matter for local chief officers of Police in conjunction with local authorities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/01/2022 15:57:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1404883

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on reuniting unaccompanied Afghan child refugees in Qatar with relatives in the UK; and what discussions she has had with international partners to help settle those children who have no relatives in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	108586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office is continuing to work with local authorities in the UK and authorities in the USA to ensure the best interests of the children are met when deciding where the children are ultimately settled.</p><p>We are working with the utmost urgency to ensure that, where it is in their best interests, these children are brought to the UK. Where the children cannot be safely settled in the UK they will be settled in the USA. None of them children remain in Qatar.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 25/01/2022 17:42:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1404891

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Public Transport: Sexual Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the enforcement of legislation on (a) up-skirting and (b) other sexual assaults on public transport.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	108610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2022 answer text <p>Everyone has the right to feel safe when travelling and using public spaces. The Department for Transport is working closely with the Home Office on the Government’s cross-departmental strategy to address Violence Against Women and Girls.</p><p>Tackling violence against women and girls is a top priority for the Government. These crimes include rape, sexual violence, domestic abuse, stalking, ‘honour’-based abuse including female genital mutilation and forced marriage, ‘revenge porn’ and ‘upskirting’. They can have a profound and long-lasting impact on victims and have absolutely no place in our society</p><p>On July 21 we published our new cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere - at home, online and on the streets.</p><p>A key commitment in the VAWG Strategy includes appointing Laura Shoaf and Anne Shaw as Transport Champions to make public transport safer for women and girls. The Transport Women’s Safety Champions will shortly publish 13 independent recommendations on ways we can work together to improve the safety of women and girls on the transport network.</p><p>These proposals are a crucial step in the Government’s long-term commitment to making sure that women and girls can travel alone, safely and without fear.</p><p>The Department for Transport also works closely with transport partners on a range of initiatives to address the problems faced by vulnerable groups, including women and girls, on the transport network. However, we know that we must do more.</p><p>A Rail Delivery Group led project started in 2019 in partnership with the British Transport Police to drive a national strategy to improve safety of women and girls on the rail network. A specific training package has been developed and is being delivered to frontline rail staff across operators.</p><p>The British Transport Police is also currently working on technological solutions remove barriers to reporting crime. They were recently successful in a bid to the Home Office Safer Streets Fund to develop a ‘Safety App’ that will provide advice and support during customers journeys.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 31/01/2022 14:30:40 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1404911

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Investigation: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance has been issued on the use of release under investigation for minors; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of its use in cases where suspects are minors.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	108601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>Release Under Investigation (RUI) is a non-legislative police process. The National Police Chiefs’ Council issued guidance on RUI in January 2019.</p><p>In tandem with wider changes to pre-charge bail included in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, the College of Policing will, for the first time, issue statutory guidance, including specific consideration of minors and how RUI should be used. This work is being undertaken with key stakeholders from the youth justice system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/01/2022 16:06:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1404927

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the (a) overnight allowance for police officers working away from home overnight, and (b) additional hardship allowance for those without proper accommodation is provided to forces as a taxable benefit.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	108594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2022 answer text <p>Police officers in the federated ranks may be entitled to an away from home overnight allowance and an additional hardship allowance when the eligibility criteria set out in determinations made under the Police Regulations 2003 is met. Allowances are subject to taxation rules made by HM Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/01/2022 13:06:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1404931

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the new recruits for the Metropolitan Police (a) have been and (b) will be allocated to South West London.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	108591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>We are increasing the number of police officers in England and Wales by 20,000 by the end of March 2023 and I am pleased to say excellent progress is being made in delivering against this target.</p><p>Due to their hard work and commitment, police forces in England and Wales have already recruited over 11,000 additional officers, 55% of the 20,000-officer target. This is on top of recruitment of new officers to backfill leavers.</p><p>As at 30 September 2021, the Metropolitan Police Service had recruited 2,070 additional officers against a combined allocation of 2,713 additional officers for years one and two of the uplift programme. The force has been allocated a further 1,825 additional officers to be recruited by March 2023. The deployment of officers is a decision for operationally independent Chief Constables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/01/2022 15:44:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1404946

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of animals used in animal experimentation in each of the last three years, by type of animal.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	108572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office annually publishes statistics of scientific procedures on living animals in Great Britain under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-of-scientific-procedures-on-living-animals</a>.</p><p>The next publication, covering data for 2021, is provisionally scheduled for release in July 2022.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 25/01/2022 16:52:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell