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50078

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	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 incidents of domestic violence involving a legally owned (a) firearm and (b) airgun in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	198133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The requested information is not available centrally.<br><br>The Home Office is notified by police forces in England and Wales of how many <br>domestic abuse incidents they have dealt with but it is not possible from this <br>information to say how many involved firearms (whether legally owned or not) or <br>air weapons.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 9403 answering member constituency Wycombe answering member printed Steve Baker answering member 4064
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

50077

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls were made to the National Domestic Violence Helpline in 2013; and how many such calls mentioned use of (a) any weapon and (b) a firearm.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	198132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office provides funding to the National Domestic Violence Helpline, <br>which is run jointly by Women's Aid and Refuge. Latest management information <br>provided by Women's Aid and Refuge sets out that in the first half of financial <br>year 2013/2014 (April -September 2013), the National Domestic Violence Helpline received <br>78,894 calls.<br><br>This data does not provide information on the number of calls that mention the <br>use of any weapon or firearms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 9399 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

50079

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of air rifles in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	198134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Only air rifles which have a discharge velocity of 12ft lbs are held on a <br>firearms certificate. <br><br>The police National Firearms Licensing Management System (NFLMS) shows that as <br>of 12 May, 11,852 such air rifles were held on certificate in England and <br>Wales. <br><br>Low-powered air rifles (those below 12ft lbs discharge velocity) are not <br>licensed in England and Wales. It is therefore not possible to provide an <br>estimate of the number of air rifles which fall into this classification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 9405 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

65735

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Firearms: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward proposals for reform of the firearms licensing fees system.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	203943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This matter remains under consideration. <br><br>In parallel, work continues on improving the efficiency of the process <br>including the introduction of an online system (eCommerce) which will be piloted in the <br>autumn and rolled out next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 09/07/2014 15:18:39 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 8940 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

78061

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been placed under a discretionary bar from working with (a) children and (b) adults in each of the last five years; and for what (i) reasons and (ii) harm type each person was so placed.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	205989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2014 answer text <p>The following table sets out the number of people that have been placed under a discretionary bar from working with (a) children and (b) adults in each of the last five years. Information relating to the reasons and the harm type under which each person was so placed cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td>Calendar Year</td><td>Discretionary Barred Children's</td><td>Discretionary Barred Adults</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>26</td><td>2121</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>152</td><td>1022</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>163</td><td>503</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>157</td><td>391</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>165</td><td>441</td></tr></tbody></table></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></tr><tr><td> </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></tr><tr><td> </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></tr><tr><td> </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></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Independent Safeguarding Authority did not have the power to automatically place individuals on the adults barred list where their convictions predated 20 January 2009, when automatic barring on the adults list became available. These cases were considered under the discretionary barring route. The ISA continued to receive notification of these convictions in 2009 and did not conclude all of these cases until 2010/11. This means that the figures for discretionary bars were higher in 2009 and 2010. After 2010, the number of such cases decreased and the number of discretionary bars reduced in line with that change.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 07/08/2014 12:55:47 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 11255 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

92882

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences Prevention Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sexual offence prevention orders have been implemented in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	210146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>Figures for the number of sexual offences prevention orders imposed by the courts are contained in the Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements Annual Report, published by the Ministry of Justice. The report covering the period from April 2013 to March 2014 is due to be published in late October. MAPPA reports for 2009-2013 may be found on the GOV.uk website.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 21/10/2014 16:03:43 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 22236 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

78524

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Vetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many discretionary referrals have been made from the National Crime Agency Child Exploitation and Online Protection unit to the Disclosure and Barring Service in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	206296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/08/2014 answer text <p>Child Exploitation and Online Protection unit (CEOP) Command works with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check the details of individualsagainst CEOP records when requested to do so, however they do not makediscretionary referrals. Like its predecessor (the Criminal Records Bureau), the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has access to Police National Computer (PNC) records which includes details of those who have been charged or convicted in connection with CEOP Command investigations. This allows the DBS to undertake checks when criminal records certificates are applied for or referrals are receivedfrom employers or others.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 19/08/2014 07:33:30 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 11259 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44535

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons the expert panel for the review into new psychoactive substances does not include representation from the public health sector.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	193255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>It does. Public health expertise is contributed to the New Psychoactive <br>Substances review by:<br><br>Dr Owen Bowden Jones, Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry, who is leading an <br>initiative to develop clinical knowledge summaries for New Psychoactive <br>Substances with support from Public Health England; Paul Griffiths, Head of <br>Science at the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, who <br>received an award from the US National Institute for Drug Addiction in <br>recognition of his role in developing the knowledge base on NPS; and the drug <br>policy team at the Department of Health.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker previous answer version 2613 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44094

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what provision she has made to allow charities and expert groups to contribute to the expert review into new psychoactive substances.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 192912 192914 192915 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

44095

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who the members of the expert panel into new psychoactive substances are; and what the list of witnesses to be called is.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	192914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The aim of the review is to consider the new drugs landscape which the arrival <br />of new psychoactive substances has produced, and how the UK's response should <br />be strengthened. It is considering the legal framework to deal with these new <br />substances, as well as other policy levers, for example in health or education <br />which might be available to the Government. <br /><br />The names of the core expert panel members are given in the attached table. <br />Members were chosen for their expertise and extensive networks which they are <br />using to bring evidence to the review. <br /><br />The panel is considering national and international available evidence, <br />and is engaging with other experts and organisations including charities as the review progresses. <br />The choice of expert witnesses is a matter for the panel.<br /><br />As referred to in the published Terms of Reference, the panel's recommendations <br />will be presented to Home Office Ministers in the Spring.</p><p /> <p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Norman Baker grouped question UIN 192912 192915 192962 question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 28 label Biography information for Norman Baker
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson