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1133708

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
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 ensure that local authorities are licensing scrap metal dealers under the terms of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	267339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>We supported the introduction of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (‘the 2013 Act’) to help prevent and tackle metal theft. To support local agencies and others in implementing the measures it introduced we have published guidance on the 2013 Act which is available on GOV.uk.</p><p><br>The Home Office collects information from police forces on the number of offences that involved the theft of metal for its scrap metal value. These data are published annually by the Office for National Statistics and can be found in the ‘Property Crime tables’ here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables</a>. Data are available for the year ending March 2013 to March 2018 and are only available at police force area level.</p><p><br>We recognise the challenges in tackling crimes carried out online, including in relation to metal theft. In April, we published our Online Harms White Paper which proposes a new regulatory framework, with a new statutory duty of care to ensure companies take responsibility for harmful and illegal content and activity on their services.</p><p>A 2015 Home Office evaluation of Government and police interventions aimed at reducing metal theft found good evidence that they drove a reduction in offences. In addition, a 2017 review of the 2013 Act found that it continues to provide a strong legislative foundation for addressing metal theft. The evaluation and review are available on GOV.uk. We continue to work closely with the police and others to keep this area under review.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 267335 267336 267337 267341 question first answered 26/06/2019 15:11:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1133710

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
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 effectiveness of local authority licensing of scrap metal dealers under the terms of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	267341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>We supported the introduction of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (‘the 2013 Act’) to help prevent and tackle metal theft. To support local agencies and others in implementing the measures it introduced we have published guidance on the 2013 Act which is available on GOV.uk.</p><p><br>The Home Office collects information from police forces on the number of offences that involved the theft of metal for its scrap metal value. These data are published annually by the Office for National Statistics and can be found in the ‘Property Crime tables’ here: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/focusonpropertycrimeappendixtables</a>. Data are available for the year ending March 2013 to March 2018 and are only available at police force area level.</p><p><br>We recognise the challenges in tackling crimes carried out online, including in relation to metal theft. In April, we published our Online Harms White Paper which proposes a new regulatory framework, with a new statutory duty of care to ensure companies take responsibility for harmful and illegal content and activity on their services.</p><p>A 2015 Home Office evaluation of Government and police interventions aimed at reducing metal theft found good evidence that they drove a reduction in offences. In addition, a 2017 review of the 2013 Act found that it continues to provide a strong legislative foundation for addressing metal theft. The evaluation and review are available on GOV.uk. We continue to work closely with the police and others to keep this area under review.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 267335 267336 267337 267339 question first answered 26/06/2019 15:11:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

806766

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Ministerial Statement by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 11 December (HLWS328), whether Police and Crime Commissioners were consulted as part of the Home Office review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013; and if so, what contribution they made to that review.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL4225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>Police and Crime Commissioners were not consulted specifically as part of the Home Office review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. However, the Home Office received views on the review from over 50 interested individuals or organisations, including from the police and representatives of the metal recycling industry.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 21/12/2017 16:51:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

793121

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2017 to Question 113602, on what date his Department plans to publish the results of the review into the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	114906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>The publication date for the report of the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 has not been finalised. However, we expect to be able to publish the final report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 27/11/2017 17:32:18 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

791018

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will complete her Department's response to the Scrap Metal Dealers Act Review; and if she will place a copy in the Library when it is completed.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	113602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office has conducted the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers 2013 Act to assess whether it has met its intended objectives and whether it should be retained or repealed. A report of the findings will be published later this year and a copy will be placed in the Library.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/11/2017 15:46:44 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

780565

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
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 Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 54519, what the timetable is for the publication of the Government's review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	110362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government has conducted a review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 to assess whether it has met its intended objectives and whether it should be retained or repealed. A report of the findings of this review will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 02/11/2017 17:18:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

758892

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 is fully and uniformly enforced.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	9618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Enforcement of the regulatory regime introduced by the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 is the responsibility of police and local authorities to ensure that those who wish to trade in scrap metal are compliant with the provisions and that action is taken against those rogue dealers who flout the law. We are continuing to work with the police and other partners through the National Metal Theft Working Group to monitor the operation and impact of the legislation.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 12/09/2017 16:45:49 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

758226

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how and when she plans to report on the findings of the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	9186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>We will be publishing the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/09/2017 13:19:56 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

709126

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, what action they intend to take.
tabling member printed	Baroness Browning
uin	HL5883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering the responses submitted by a range of interested partners to inform our review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. We will publish a report with our findings shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/03/2017 15:26:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	236 label Biography information for Baroness Browning

669047

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2016 to Question 54678, when details of the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 and consultation documents will be published on her Department's website; what deadline is in place to ensure stakeholders have adequate time to respond to the consultation; and what steps she is taking to ensure that the consultation process is accessible to small dealers such as Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	58874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>We are not publishing a formal consultation document to inform the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. We have written to interested bodies and organisations to invite them to submit evidence to inform the review and we have asked for responses by 30 January. We will consider any reasonable request to submit evidence beyond this date to ensure that we hear from as wide a range of interested parties as possible. We are interested to hear from smaller dealers, including from Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities, with whom we are in direct contact about the review.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/01/2017 10:18:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green