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224479

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Wrexham
	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 police officers employed in Wrexham constituency for frontline duties in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	225883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect police workforce information at the requested <br>level. The deployment of available resources is a matter for chief officers <br>locally, working with their Police and Crime Commissioner.<br><br>At the overall police force area level, according to the definitions set out by <br>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, North Wales Police plan to have <br>1428 police officers working in frontline roles by March 2015. This represents <br>95 % of the total police officer workforce compared to 92%<br>(1,458 officers) in <br>March 2010. <br><br>Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary has made clear there is no simple <br>link between officer numbers and crime levels. This is supported by the <br>reduction in crime of more than one fifth under this Government, according to <br>the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/03/2015 16:03:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

386187

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Criminal Investigation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police civilian staff in (i) North Wales and (ii) the UK have been allocated to investigation of sexual offences in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	4504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold information centrally on the number of police officers or staff that have been assigned to investigate sexual offences.</p><p>The deployment of police officers locally is an operational matter for Chief Constables, in conjunction with their Police and Crime Commissioners</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/07/2015 14:22:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

445565

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Wales
	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 constables there were in North Wales in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	22848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The table provided contains statistics on the total number of full-time equivalent police officers and the number of these who hold the rank of constable in North Wales, as at 31 March 2010 to 31 March 2015.</p><p>As HM Inspectorate of Constabulary has made clear, there is no simple link between police numbers and crime levels, between numbers and the visibility of police in the community, or between numbers and the quality of service provided.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 21/01/2016 17:37:56 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name Table 22848.xls title Full-time equivalent police officers
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

168339

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Drugs: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there were in courts in North Wales for the misuse of controlled drugs in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	217477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Drug offending is serious in itself and drug abuse also underlies a huge volume of acquisitive and violent crime which can blight communities. The independent Sentencing Council issued a sentencing guideline on drug offences, effective from February 2012, which brought sentencing guidance together for the first time to help to ensure consistent and proportionate sentencing for all drug offences that come before courts.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of convictions for offences under the Misuse of controlled drugs in courts within the North Wales Police force area, from 2009 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of convictions for the misuse of controlled drugs in courts within North Wales police force area 2009-2013 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total Guilty</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>(1) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>(2) The conviction statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(3) All Offences under Misuse of Drugs Act 1971</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/12/2014 13:16:11 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

177575

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Court Orders: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many orders for compensation for victims were made in courts in North Wales in the last three years for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	223110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Hardworking taxpayers deserve to know that criminals will pay. The courts continue to maintain strong performance levels with more than £518 million in financial impositions collected from offenders in 2013 and an increase of £28 million in Victim Surcharge, providing support to victims of crime and their families.</p><p>The number of offenders ordered to pay compensation, by police force area, in North Wales, from 2011 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the table below.<br></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6">Number of offenders ordered to pay compensation, in North Wales, 2011-2013<sup>(1)(2)(3)(4)</sup></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td> </td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Total Compensation orders</td><td> </td><td>1,827</td><td>1,695</td><td>1,617</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">(1) Including compensation orders given as secondary disposals for principal offences.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="7">(2) The above figures include compensation order for all offences, excluding summary motoring offences.</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9">(3) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="9">(4) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 09/02/2015 17:32:57 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

438699

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions for domestic violence have been recorded in (a) Wrexham, (b) North Wales and (c) Wales in each of the last five years for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	20252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 05/01/2016 11:47:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas