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	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been made available to police forces for contingency planning in relation to the UK leaving the EU; which police forces have applied for that funding; how many of those applications have been successful; how much has been spent on that contingency planning to date; and whether that funding is available to police in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	214536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>Claims for EU Exit related policing costs for forces in England and Wales have been dealt with under the Special Grant process. So far only Kent Police have sought funding and have been provided with £845,000 to cover their planning costs. We are continuing to liaise closely with the force to ensure they have the resources they need.</p><p>Funding provided by the Home Office is only for forces in England and Wales. Policing in Scotland is a devolved issue.</p><p>We are also working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) on implementing operation safety net to establish the International Based on NPCC proposals we agreed to allocate £2.4m of additional, national-level funding to the NPCC for this work in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/02/2019 17:12:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

732864

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	War Crimes
	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 capacity of the War Crimes Unit and the Home Office to (a) receive and (b) act on complaints from members of the public on alleged war crimes.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	1294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The investigation and prosecution of individuals suspected of war crimes is an operational matter for the police. Any decision to investigate or prosecute is the responsibility of the police in consultation with Crown Prosecution Service.</p><p>In particular, the War Crimes Team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) has national responsibility for the investigation of such offences, including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture; it is their responsibility, accordingly, to determine the recourses necessary to carry out this function.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 04/07/2017 13:05:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

747063

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	War Crimes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process is in place for individual constituents to bring alleged cases of war crimes to the attention of the war crimes unit and the relevant authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	2281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The investigation and prosecution of individuals suspected of war crimes is an operational matter for the police. Any decision to investigate or prosecute is the responsibility of the police in consultation with Crown Prosecution Service. In particular, the War Crimes Team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) has national responsibility within England and Wales for the investigation of such offences, including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture; it is their responsibility, accordingly, to determine the recourses necessary to carry out this function.</p><p> </p><p>Referrals from the public can be made directly to the War Crimes Team at the following email address:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="mailto:SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk" target="_blank">SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidelines on this referral process can be found on the Crown Prosecution Service’s website:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html</a></p><p> </p><p>As policing is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the responsibility for investigations into alleged war crime offences, and the referral system, is an operational matter for Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, respectively.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2283 question first answered 06/07/2017 12:01:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

747064

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	War Crimes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms are in place to enable people to bring allegations of war crimes to the attention of the appropriate authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	2283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The investigation and prosecution of individuals suspected of war crimes is an operational matter for the police. Any decision to investigate or prosecute is the responsibility of the police in consultation with Crown Prosecution Service. In particular, the War Crimes Team of the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) has national responsibility within England and Wales for the investigation of such offences, including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture; it is their responsibility, accordingly, to determine the recourses necessary to carry out this function.</p><p> </p><p>Referrals from the public can be made directly to the War Crimes Team at the following email address:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="mailto:SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk" target="_blank">SO15Mailbox.WarCrimesunit@met.pnn.police.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidelines on this referral process can be found on the Crown Prosecution Service’s website:</p><p> </p><p>- <a href="https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html" target="_blank">https://www.cps.gov.uk/publications/agencies/war_crimes.html</a></p><p> </p><p>As policing is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland, the responsibility for investigations into alleged war crime offences, and the referral system, is an operational matter for Police Scotland and the Police Service of Northern Ireland, respectively.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2281 question first answered 06/07/2017 12:01:18 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray