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1683666

registered interest
date	19/01/2024
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	National Science and Technology Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when the National Science and Technology Council last met.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	10612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>It is a long-established precedent that information about the discussions that have taken place in Cabinet and its Committees, and how often they have met, is not normally shared publicly.</p> answering member constituency Arundel and South Downs answering member printed Andrew Griffith question first answered 24/01/2024 09:38:32 answering member 4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1681111

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department plans to respond to the legal review by the Commission for Countering Extremism entitled Operating with impunity, published on 24 February 2021.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	8939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Commission for Countering Extremism provides valuable advice and expertise to my department and across Government on how to raise awareness and understanding of extremist ideologies so that we can tackle radicalisation and extremist activity.</p><p>Since the Operating with Impunity report was published in early 2021, there have been a number of changes to strengthen the Government’s approach to tackling extremism.</p><p>We continue to consider the recommendations made in the Operating with Impunity report in our work to counter extremism in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 24/01/2024 15:28:14 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1680354

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant the Answer of 18 December 2023 to Question 6491 on Shoplifting, following an instance of shoplifting what evidence can be secured from non-police personnel.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	8367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact shoplifting has on businesses, communities and consumers.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 51% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010; however, Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 25% in the 12 months to June 2023. Statistics also show the number of people charged with shoplifting offences has risen by 29% in the year ending June 2023. That’s a welcome indication that the police are heeding the message and are giving greater attention to shoplifting. The Home Office does not hold specific information relating to shoplifting offences attended by the police.</p><p>Over recent months I have worked with representatives of the retail sector and senior police leaders, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) leads for Acquisitive Crime, Retail Crime, Business Crime and the National Business Crime Centre, to improve the police response to</p><p>shoplifting. These conversations resulted in the development of the NPCC’s Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>In October, the NPCC published the Retail Crime Action Plan. Through this Plan, all police forces in England and Wales have committed to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel.</p><p>Additionally, where CCTV or other digital images are secured, police will run this through the Police National Database to further aid efforts to identify prolific offenders or potentially dangerous individuals. Police forces use the facial matching facility on the Police National Database which contains images of people previously arrested. The UK passport database is searched on a limited basis in support of the most serious law enforcement investigations.</p><p>The plan also includes guidance for retailers on what response they can expect from their local police, as well as how retailers can assist the police by providing evidence to help ensure cases are followed-up. Retailers can assist police by providing CCTV footage and images, which is best shared electronically via a Digital Evidence Management System.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on police attendance at retail crime incidents. The NPCC is exploring how this data could be captured by police forces to show attendance in line with the commitments in the Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests made by police in England and Wales, as part of the annual ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fstop-and-search-and-arrests-year-ending-march-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPippa.Cousins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd8df91da99ff46de28fc08dc10f9dc65%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638403912535493709%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=egB2VA2a8i%2Fn7Q%2B4GtHifHl5gp%2FSGfmO4Zm17A8aPD8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Police Powers and Procedures: Stop and search and arrests</a>’ statistical release. The Home Office does not hold information relating to citizens arrests.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8368 8369 8370 8371 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:49:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1680355

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting
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 18 December 2023 to Question 6491 on Shoplifting, what percentage of reports of shoplifting were attended by police in 2023; and whether attendance levels increased after publication of the National Police Chiefs' Council's Retail Crime Action Plan in October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	8368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact shoplifting has on businesses, communities and consumers.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 51% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010; however, Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 25% in the 12 months to June 2023. Statistics also show the number of people charged with shoplifting offences has risen by 29% in the year ending June 2023. That’s a welcome indication that the police are heeding the message and are giving greater attention to shoplifting. The Home Office does not hold specific information relating to shoplifting offences attended by the police.</p><p>Over recent months I have worked with representatives of the retail sector and senior police leaders, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) leads for Acquisitive Crime, Retail Crime, Business Crime and the National Business Crime Centre, to improve the police response to</p><p>shoplifting. These conversations resulted in the development of the NPCC’s Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>In October, the NPCC published the Retail Crime Action Plan. Through this Plan, all police forces in England and Wales have committed to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel.</p><p>Additionally, where CCTV or other digital images are secured, police will run this through the Police National Database to further aid efforts to identify prolific offenders or potentially dangerous individuals. Police forces use the facial matching facility on the Police National Database which contains images of people previously arrested. The UK passport database is searched on a limited basis in support of the most serious law enforcement investigations.</p><p>The plan also includes guidance for retailers on what response they can expect from their local police, as well as how retailers can assist the police by providing evidence to help ensure cases are followed-up. Retailers can assist police by providing CCTV footage and images, which is best shared electronically via a Digital Evidence Management System.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on police attendance at retail crime incidents. The NPCC is exploring how this data could be captured by police forces to show attendance in line with the commitments in the Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests made by police in England and Wales, as part of the annual ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fstop-and-search-and-arrests-year-ending-march-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPippa.Cousins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd8df91da99ff46de28fc08dc10f9dc65%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638403912535493709%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=egB2VA2a8i%2Fn7Q%2B4GtHifHl5gp%2FSGfmO4Zm17A8aPD8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Police Powers and Procedures: Stop and search and arrests</a>’ statistical release. The Home Office does not hold information relating to citizens arrests.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8367 8369 8370 8371 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:49:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1680356

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: 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 times Ministers in his Department consulted the National Police Chiefs' Council on its Retail Crime Action Plan before publication.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	8369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact shoplifting has on businesses, communities and consumers.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 51% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010; however, Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 25% in the 12 months to June 2023. Statistics also show the number of people charged with shoplifting offences has risen by 29% in the year ending June 2023. That’s a welcome indication that the police are heeding the message and are giving greater attention to shoplifting. The Home Office does not hold specific information relating to shoplifting offences attended by the police.</p><p>Over recent months I have worked with representatives of the retail sector and senior police leaders, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) leads for Acquisitive Crime, Retail Crime, Business Crime and the National Business Crime Centre, to improve the police response to</p><p>shoplifting. These conversations resulted in the development of the NPCC’s Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>In October, the NPCC published the Retail Crime Action Plan. Through this Plan, all police forces in England and Wales have committed to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel.</p><p>Additionally, where CCTV or other digital images are secured, police will run this through the Police National Database to further aid efforts to identify prolific offenders or potentially dangerous individuals. Police forces use the facial matching facility on the Police National Database which contains images of people previously arrested. The UK passport database is searched on a limited basis in support of the most serious law enforcement investigations.</p><p>The plan also includes guidance for retailers on what response they can expect from their local police, as well as how retailers can assist the police by providing evidence to help ensure cases are followed-up. Retailers can assist police by providing CCTV footage and images, which is best shared electronically via a Digital Evidence Management System.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on police attendance at retail crime incidents. The NPCC is exploring how this data could be captured by police forces to show attendance in line with the commitments in the Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests made by police in England and Wales, as part of the annual ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fstop-and-search-and-arrests-year-ending-march-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPippa.Cousins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd8df91da99ff46de28fc08dc10f9dc65%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638403912535493709%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=egB2VA2a8i%2Fn7Q%2B4GtHifHl5gp%2FSGfmO4Zm17A8aPD8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Police Powers and Procedures: Stop and search and arrests</a>’ statistical release. The Home Office does not hold information relating to citizens arrests.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8367 8368 8370 8371 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:49:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1680357

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting: Identification of Criminals
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 18 December 2023 to Question 6491 on Shoplifting, whether HM Passport Office data has been used to help identify suspects of shoplifting.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	8370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact shoplifting has on businesses, communities and consumers.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 51% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010; however, Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 25% in the 12 months to June 2023. Statistics also show the number of people charged with shoplifting offences has risen by 29% in the year ending June 2023. That’s a welcome indication that the police are heeding the message and are giving greater attention to shoplifting. The Home Office does not hold specific information relating to shoplifting offences attended by the police.</p><p>Over recent months I have worked with representatives of the retail sector and senior police leaders, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) leads for Acquisitive Crime, Retail Crime, Business Crime and the National Business Crime Centre, to improve the police response to</p><p>shoplifting. These conversations resulted in the development of the NPCC’s Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>In October, the NPCC published the Retail Crime Action Plan. Through this Plan, all police forces in England and Wales have committed to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel.</p><p>Additionally, where CCTV or other digital images are secured, police will run this through the Police National Database to further aid efforts to identify prolific offenders or potentially dangerous individuals. Police forces use the facial matching facility on the Police National Database which contains images of people previously arrested. The UK passport database is searched on a limited basis in support of the most serious law enforcement investigations.</p><p>The plan also includes guidance for retailers on what response they can expect from their local police, as well as how retailers can assist the police by providing evidence to help ensure cases are followed-up. Retailers can assist police by providing CCTV footage and images, which is best shared electronically via a Digital Evidence Management System.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on police attendance at retail crime incidents. The NPCC is exploring how this data could be captured by police forces to show attendance in line with the commitments in the Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests made by police in England and Wales, as part of the annual ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fstop-and-search-and-arrests-year-ending-march-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPippa.Cousins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd8df91da99ff46de28fc08dc10f9dc65%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638403912535493709%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=egB2VA2a8i%2Fn7Q%2B4GtHifHl5gp%2FSGfmO4Zm17A8aPD8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Police Powers and Procedures: Stop and search and arrests</a>’ statistical release. The Home Office does not hold information relating to citizens arrests.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8367 8368 8369 8371 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:49:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1680358

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Shoplifting: Arrests
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 18 December 2023 to Question 6491 on Shoplifting, whether the number of citizen's arrests related to shoplifting increased in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	8371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the significant impact shoplifting has on businesses, communities and consumers.</p><p>The Crime Survey for England and Wales shows neighbourhood crime is down 51% compared to findings from the year ending March 2010; however, Police Recorded Crime figures show shoplifting offences increased by 25% in the 12 months to June 2023. Statistics also show the number of people charged with shoplifting offences has risen by 29% in the year ending June 2023. That’s a welcome indication that the police are heeding the message and are giving greater attention to shoplifting. The Home Office does not hold specific information relating to shoplifting offences attended by the police.</p><p>Over recent months I have worked with representatives of the retail sector and senior police leaders, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) leads for Acquisitive Crime, Retail Crime, Business Crime and the National Business Crime Centre, to improve the police response to</p><p>shoplifting. These conversations resulted in the development of the NPCC’s Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>In October, the NPCC published the Retail Crime Action Plan. Through this Plan, all police forces in England and Wales have committed to prioritise police attendance at the scene where violence has been used towards shop staff, where an offender has been detained by store security, and where evidence needs to be secured and can only be done by police personnel.</p><p>Additionally, where CCTV or other digital images are secured, police will run this through the Police National Database to further aid efforts to identify prolific offenders or potentially dangerous individuals. Police forces use the facial matching facility on the Police National Database which contains images of people previously arrested. The UK passport database is searched on a limited basis in support of the most serious law enforcement investigations.</p><p>The plan also includes guidance for retailers on what response they can expect from their local police, as well as how retailers can assist the police by providing evidence to help ensure cases are followed-up. Retailers can assist police by providing CCTV footage and images, which is best shared electronically via a Digital Evidence Management System.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold data on police attendance at retail crime incidents. The NPCC is exploring how this data could be captured by police forces to show attendance in line with the commitments in the Retail Crime Action Plan.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests made by police in England and Wales, as part of the annual ‘<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fstop-and-search-and-arrests-year-ending-march-2023&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPippa.Cousins%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd8df91da99ff46de28fc08dc10f9dc65%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638403912535493709%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=egB2VA2a8i%2Fn7Q%2B4GtHifHl5gp%2FSGfmO4Zm17A8aPD8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Police Powers and Procedures: Stop and search and arrests</a>’ statistical release. The Home Office does not hold information relating to citizens arrests.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8367 8368 8369 8370 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:49:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1680359

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Databases
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 20 December 2023 to Question 6492 on Crime: Databases, if he will provide examples of organisations who have a lawful reason to access HM Passport Office data in support of the law enforcement mission they have been tasked with performing.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	8372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to making sure the police have the tools and technology they need to solve and prevent crimes and keep the range of policy and technology changes needed to enable this under review. Not to keep pace with change will leave our communities vulnerable.</p><p>Territorial police forces and the National Crime Agency, for example, have access to a range of datasets to help them identify suspects or victims. This includes the Passport Office databases</p><p>The Home Office, working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, continues to assess the national policing programmes to determine the best approach to delivery of digital capabilities. This includes discussions on the merits of combining policing databases.</p><p>There are no plans to merge the Police National Database and the Passport Office Databases and therefore no assessment of merits has been made.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8373 8374 8375 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:46:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1680360

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Databases
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 20 December 2023 to Question 6492 on Crime: Databases, which data sets police forces have access to to help identify criminals as of 8 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	8373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to making sure the police have the tools and technology they need to solve and prevent crimes and keep the range of policy and technology changes needed to enable this under review. Not to keep pace with change will leave our communities vulnerable.</p><p>Territorial police forces and the National Crime Agency, for example, have access to a range of datasets to help them identify suspects or victims. This includes the Passport Office databases</p><p>The Home Office, working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, continues to assess the national policing programmes to determine the best approach to delivery of digital capabilities. This includes discussions on the merits of combining policing databases.</p><p>There are no plans to merge the Police National Database and the Passport Office Databases and therefore no assessment of merits has been made.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8372 8374 8375 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:46:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1680361

registered interest
date	08/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime: Databases
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 20 December 2023 to Question 6492 on Crime: Databases, whether the Government plans to increase police access to HM Passport Office data to help identify criminals.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	8374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2024 answer text <p>The government is committed to making sure the police have the tools and technology they need to solve and prevent crimes and keep the range of policy and technology changes needed to enable this under review. Not to keep pace with change will leave our communities vulnerable.</p><p>Territorial police forces and the National Crime Agency, for example, have access to a range of datasets to help them identify suspects or victims. This includes the Passport Office databases</p><p>The Home Office, working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, continues to assess the national policing programmes to determine the best approach to delivery of digital capabilities. This includes discussions on the merits of combining policing databases.</p><p>There are no plans to merge the Police National Database and the Passport Office Databases and therefore no assessment of merits has been made.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 8372 8373 8375 question first answered 16/01/2024 17:46:07 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson