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79654

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals on domestic worker visas have sought assistance as victims of human trafficking through the National Referral Mechanism.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Derby
	uin	HL1546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect the information that has been requested. However, domestic workers who are abused or exploited, regardless of their immigration status, can receive care and support in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL1547 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:35:20 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4143 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Derby

79655

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals on domestic worker visas have been identified as victims of human trafficking offences in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Derby
	uin	HL1547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect the information that has been requested. However, domestic workers who are abused or exploited, regardless of their immigration status, can receive care and support in the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL1546 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:35:19 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4143 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Derby

79656

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forced Labour
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many audits of supply chains have been undertaken to ensure that public bodies and publicly-funded projects are not using forced labour through their supply chains.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Derby
	uin	HL1548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not hold central information on the number of audits commissioned or auditing steps taken regarding publically funded projects, as these would be a matter for individual contracting authorities to commission.</p><p> </p><p>All suppliers are required to comply with UK law, including relevant human rights and employment rights law. Social, environmental and ethical issues are taken into account in the procurement process, where relevant and proportionate.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, EU procurement rules require contracting authorities to exclude suppliers that have been convicted of certain offences, and allow authorities to exclude suppliers for grave professional misconduct. The new EU procurement Directives, which are currently being transposed into UK law, update the mandatory exclusion offences to explicitly include offences of &quot;trafficking in human beings&quot;.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL1549 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:34:54 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4143 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Derby

79657

	registered interest
	date	28/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what auditing steps they have taken since 2010 to ensure that public bodies and publicly-funded projects are not using forced or trafficked labour in their own supply chains.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Derby
	uin	HL1549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We do not hold central information on the number of audits commissioned or auditing steps taken regarding publically funded projects, as these would be a matter for individual contracting authorities to commission.</p><p> </p><p>All suppliers are required to comply with UK law, including relevant human rights and employment rights law. Social, environmental and ethical issues are taken into account in the procurement process, where relevant and proportionate.</p><p> </p><p>In particular, EU procurement rules require contracting authorities to exclude suppliers that have been convicted of certain offences, and allow authorities to exclude suppliers for grave professional misconduct. The new EU procurement Directives, which are currently being transposed into UK law, update the mandatory exclusion offences to explicitly include offences of &quot;trafficking in human beings&quot;.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Northover grouped question UIN HL1548 question first answered 18/08/2014 09:34:53 answering member 2539 label Biography information for Baroness Northover
	tabling member	4143 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Derby

62665

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Hartlepool
	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 provide additional funding for Cleveland Police to assist in (a) retaining and (b) increasing the number of police officers in operation in Hartlepool constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
	tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
	uin	201205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Like all parts of the public sector the police must play their part in <br>reducing the deficit and the vast majority of forces are rising to the <br>challenge of reducing costs, maintaining services and cutting crime. <br>Ultimately what matters is how officers are deployed, not how many of them <br>there are and, in Cleveland, police recorded crime has fallen by 14 per cent <br>since 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 30/06/2014 12:07:10 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

62952

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	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, how many police officers there are per head of the population in (a) England and (b) Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	201501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The figures provided show the number of police officers per 100,000 population <br />in England and in Wales as at 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 30/06/2014 12:30:48 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green attachment 1 file name PQ 20501 table.xlsx title Police officers per 100,000 population previous answer version 4797 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

63080

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Civil Disorder: Birmingham
	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 lessons to be learned from the police offer of immunity to witnesses in the case involving the deaths of Haroon Jahan, Shazad Ali and Abdul Musavir in Birmingham during the civil disturbances in that city in 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	201665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 7 May 2014 the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) announced <br>its findings in regard to Operation Pointer, an independent investigation into the <br>conduct of two West Midlands Police Officers relating to the triple murder trial <br>arising from rioting in Birmingham in August 2011. The IPCC's conclusions are <br>deeply troubling - it is clear that the professional standards expected of all <br>police officers were not met in this individual case. We expect West Midlands <br>Police to act upon the report and improve its systems and procedures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 30/06/2014 12:09:38 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green previous answer version 5124 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

63314

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
	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 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 667W, on offences against children: internet, to which police forces intelligence packages were disseminated; and how many such packages were sent to each such force.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	201832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the Hon Member to the reply given on 19 June 2014, Official Report, columns<br>666-667W. <br><br>The information requested is operational and cannot be released because of the <br>possibility that there are related investigations or judicial processes <br>ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 30/06/2014 10:59:56 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

63316

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Knives: Clacton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Police and Crime Commissioner for Essex on incidents involving knives in Clacton and the potential effect of stop and search guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
	uin	201812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There have been no specific discussions with the Police and Crime Commissioner <br>for Essex on incidents involving knives in Clacton. <br><br>The Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme was announced by the Home Secretary on <br>30 April 2014, and the intention is to launch the Scheme in the summer. The <br>Scheme aims to achieve greater transparency and community involvement in the <br>use of stop and search by the police and support a more intelligence-led <br>approach leading to better outcomes, particularly improving the stop and search <br>to arrest ratio.<br><br>Only 9% of the 1.2 million stop and searches that took place in 2011/12 led to <br>an arrest. The adoption of an intelligence-led approach to stop and search by <br>the Metropolitan Police in January 2012 coincided with a fall of a third in the <br>number of recorded stop and searches taking place between 2011/12 and 2012/13, <br>while the proportion of resultant arrests increased from 8% to 12%. Meanwhile <br>in the same period, offences recorded by the Metropolitan Police involving <br>knives or sharp instruments fell by 20%.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 09/07/2014 10:08:21 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

63317

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2014
	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, if she will estimate the Government spend per head of population on police services in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) the East Midlands and (c) England in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Sherwood
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Spencer
	uin	201781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table shows total core Government funding per head of population provided <br>to each Police and Crime Commissioner (previously Police Authority) in the <br>East Midlands region and to England for each of the last three years.<br><br>Core Government funding to the police is distributed using the Police <br>Allocation Formula. The Formula takes into account the relative needs of <br>individual police force areas, not regions. A composite figure for the East <br>Midlands region is therefore not shown.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><strong>Total Core Governement Funding Per Head of Population (£)* **</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><strong>2012/13</strong></td><td><strong>2013/14**</strong></td><td><strong>2014/15***</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Derbyshire</strong></td><td>109.29</td><td>107.50</td><td>101.67</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Leicestershire</strong></td><td>114.95</td><td>112.70</td><td>106.43</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Lincolnshire</strong></td><td>91.65</td><td>89.32</td><td>84.10</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Nottinghamshire</strong></td><td>126.27</td><td>126.60</td><td>119.70</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Northamptonshire</strong></td><td>106.15</td><td>105.51</td><td>99.31</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>England</strong></td><td>145.14</td><td>141.46</td><td>133.52</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">*Figures are based on total core Government funding which encompasses all formula funding to the police.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">**Population figures are based on the Census projections that were used in the Police Allocation Formula to calculate funding allocations in 2012/13 and 2013/14. The population figures for 2014 are based on the latest Census projection, as the Police Allocation Formula was not run in 2014/15.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">***The Neigbourhood Policing Fund (NPF) was rolled into Police Main Grant in 2013/14. To assist comparison, the NPF allocations have been included in the 2012/13 figures.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">****The Community Safety Fund (CSF) was rolled into Police Main Grant in 2014/15. To assist comparison, CSF allocations have been included in the 2014/15 figures.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><strong>Additional notes</strong></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">1) From 2014/15, the Home Office is also paying out Council Tax Freeze Grant funding relating to the 2011/12 and 2013/14 schemes and Local Council Tax Support (LCTS) funding to PCCs in England. This funding was previously paid to the police by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). This is excluded from the table to assist comparison with previous years.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">2) The police in England also receive small amounts of central government grant from other sources including the DCLG and Ministry of Justice. They also receive funding from the police precept component of council tax.</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 30/06/2014 12:18:03 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
	tabling member	4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer