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1658796

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Rural Areas
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 reduce (a) hare coursing, (b) theft and damage to farm equipment and (c) other rural crime; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	198036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to driving down rural crime, which is why we are providing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit and the National Rural Crime Unit (NRCU).</p><p>The Home Office committed to provide one-off funding of £200,000 to the NRCU this year to assist with set up costs of the new unit. The NRCU will provide support to forces nationally in their responses to rural crime, such as the theft of farming or construction machinery, livestock theft, rural fly tipping, rural fuel theft and equine crime.</p><p>Police Uplift Programme (PUP) funding has been used to tackle rural crime by forces and led to the formation of new teams and to bolster capabilities.</p><p>New measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act came into force on 1st August 2022, which empower and equip the police and courts with the powers they need to combat hare coursing. These powers included creating two new criminal offences; trespass with the intention of using a dog to search for or pursue a hare; and being equipped to trespass with the intention of using a dog to search for or pursue a hare.</p><p>The Government supported the Equipment Theft (Prevention) Act 2023, which will help to prevent the theft of agricultural equipment such as quad bikes by requiring immobilisers and forensic markings to be fitted before new equipment is sold to customers, and equipment to be registered on a database. The Act gained Royal Assent on 20 July.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/09/2023 11:23:32 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1639776

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Cosmetics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many existing legacy licences are in force for testing cosmetics ingredients on animals; how many animals have been used for (a) such testing and (b) testing for ingredients used in (i) cosmetics and (ii) other types of products in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and whether she is taking steps to phase out such licences.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	186309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Animals in Science Regulation Unit has granted seven project licences, or amendments to licences, that are currently active, that specifically authorise the testing on animals of chemicals used as ingredients in cosmetics under the REACH regulations.</p><p>A project licence authorises a programme of work within which the procedures are performed. Data are not collected on the specific numbers of animals used for individual tests.</p><p>The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the use of animals in scientific procedures. The statistics can be found at: <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/animals-in-science-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/animals-in-science-statistics</a></p><p>The Government is engaging with the relevant companies to review and determine a way forward on the remaining active licences.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 05/06/2023 16:14:13 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1606407

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits for early renewal of passports and reduction of pressure on HM Passport Office staff of allowing up to six months remaining validity of old passports to be added to new passports.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	171360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>When renewing a British passport between 2001 and September 2018, up to nine months of remaining validity of the old passport could be added to the new passport. Renewed adult passports could therefore be valid for up to 10 years and 9 months.</p><p>The UK was the last country to carry over unused validity to a new passport. However, international civil aviation guidelines are that an adult passport should be valid for a maximum of 10 years, and a passport for a child should be issued for a maximum of five years.</p><p>Alongside side this, each country, or group of countries, may set out a requirement for passport validity as a condition of entry. This includes passports held by a third-country national, such as a British citizen, not being permitted to enter countries within the Schengen Area with a passport that was issued more than ten years previously. For these reasons, there are currently no plans to return to the policy of adding remaining validity to new passports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 27/03/2023 14:10:41 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1606089

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Nitrous Oxide: Misuse
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 Nitrous oxide: updated harms assessment, published by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs on 6 March 2023, what steps she plans to take to help prevent the misuse of nitrous oxide; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	170551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) published their report on nitrous oxide on 6 March, setting out the evidence as it currently stands and making seven recommendations.</p><p>The Government will consider the ACMD advice carefully along with any other available evidence, as appropriate, and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/03/2023 11:46:45 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1603776

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
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 progress has been made in (a) reducing the number of animals used in experiments and (b) increasing the use of non-animal technologies in scientific experimentation; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	163727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office Regulator will only grant licences to use animals in science where there are no alternatives, where the number of animals used is the minimum needed to achieve the scientific benefit, and where the potential harm to animals is limited to that needed to achieve the scientific benefit.</p><p>The Government is committed to the development of alternatives to using animals in scientific procedures and continues to actively support and fund the development and dissemination of the 3Rs (replacement, reduction and refinement) for the use of animals in scientific procedures.</p><p>This is achieved through UK Research and Innovation’s funding of the National Centre for the 3Rs, which works nationally and internationally to drive the uptake of non-animal technologies, and through research into the development of alternatives by Innovate UK, the Medical Research Council, and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/03/2023 15:34:00 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1545012

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what records local police forces keep of the use of tasers by police officers; what assessment she has made of the (a) incidence of (i) temporary and (ii) permanent injury among and (b) other effects on those tasered; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	94695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes annual statistics on all police use of force, including Taser use. Police are required to refer all serious incidents, including serious injuries, to the Independent Office for Police Conduct.</p><p>Taser has been approved for use by police use, following stringent scientific, safety and medical tests which indicated that it is safe and effective for use in UK policing.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/12/2022 16:07:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1545054

registered interest
date	23/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Rural Areas
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 reduce rural crime in (a) East Yorkshire and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	94698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>Our manifesto committed us to use police resources to tackle rural crime. As well as recruiting 20,000 additional police officers, we are also taking steps to address issues that we know affect rural communities. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act empowers and equips the police and courts with the powers they need to combat hare coursing. The Government is also providing funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit.</p><p>As at 30 September 2022, Humberside Police has recruited 263 additional uplift officers against a total three year allocation of 322 officers. As of the same date, 15,343 additional uplift officers have been recruited in England and Wales through the Police Uplift Programme, 77% of the target of 20,000 additional officers by March 2023. The deployment of these officers is an operational decision for Chief Constables.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 28/11/2022 17:14:46 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1543038

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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 steps she is taking to reduce the number of experiments carried out on animals each year; and if she will make it her policy to phase out the use of cats in scientific procedures.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	88831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>Under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA), cats (together with dogs, horses, and non-human primates) are specially protected species. This means that greater oversight is required of establishments holding these species and of projects using these species.</p><p>Government policy is to actively support and fund the development and dissemination of techniques that Replace, Reduce and Refine the use of animals in research (the 3Rs). This is achieved through funding UK Research and Investment who fund the National Centre for the 3Rs and fund further research through Innovate UK, the Medical Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council into the development of alternatives.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 24/11/2022 17:57:19 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 35988 answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1536389

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police National Computer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the safety, security and reliability of technology (a) during and (b) following the upgrade of the Police National Computer; what processes have been followed to ensure value for money from money spent from the public purse on adopting a new computer system for the police; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	72212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The Police National Computer (PNC) hardware and software support contracts have been extended through to March 2026 to ensure the continued safety, security, and reliability of this nationally critical operational policing data service.</p><p>The upgrade of the PNC mainframe computer hardware completed in August 2022. 19 of 21 recommendations resulting from the Lord Hogan-Howe review into the ongoing support and protection of the PNC service have been closed with the remaining 2 recommendations anticipated to be closed in the coming weeks.</p><p>The replacement of the PNC with a new and modern Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS) has commenced with some services already live and being used by policing. The replacement is planned to complete in 2025, allowing PNC to be retired in advance of its formal end of life.</p><p>LEDS is delivered via a diverse supply chain including a combination of civil service and contingent labour, Home Office central contracts and 3<sup>rd</sup> party contract mechanisms each of which are fully underpinned by formal commercial governance supported by the both the Home Office Commercial Directorate and by the Cabinet Office, ensuring fair and open competitive tendering processes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 31/10/2022 15:40:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1507507

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Telecommunications Cables: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the current prevalence of metal cable theft from telecommunication networks including in rural areas; and what further steps she plans to take to deter such thefts.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	53299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is concerned at the current prevalence of metal cable theft and is working closely with police and industry partners to drive down acquisitive crime, including metal theft.</p><p>The Home Office provided seed corn funding in 2021 to set-up the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP). The NICRP ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle crime affecting infrastructure companies including telecommunications and utility companies, rail networks, agricultural and construction companies. The NICRP shares intelligence between police and industry partners to understand emerging trends and share best practice; as well as working with police to target offenders. The NICRP also alerts its members to crimes in local areas to ensure companies can implement crime prevention measures.</p><p>The British Transport Police, through the NICRP, has conducted three national weeks of action targeting scrap metal dealers, focused on metal theft, catalytic converter theft and money laundering in the waste industry. This action has resulted in 92 arrests, over 2,000 site visits and recovery of over 1,000 stolen catalytic converters. The NICRP has also trained over 1,600 officers in enforcement powers to deal with scrap metal dealers.</p><p>Policing partners have plans for further weeks of actions and we will continue to support the NICRP and NPCC lead for acquisitive crime, ensuring effective prevention and enforcement against metal theft and other crime affecting infrastructure companies.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 11/10/2022 09:32:40 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight