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1691358

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	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 22 February 2024 to Question 14503 on Asylum: Deportation, for what reason it would be disproportionately expensive to provide information on the number of flights cancelled; and if he will make it his policy to collect information on the number of flights cancelled in future.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	15423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>We are determined to remove those with no right to remain in the UK – including dangerous foreign criminals.</p><p>All spending is carefully scrutinised to make sure that every pound of taxpayers’ money is spent in the most effective way.</p><p>The Government’s efforts to facilitate entirely legitimate and legal returns of people who have entered the UK illegally are often frustrated by late challenges submitted hours before the flight.</p><p>These claims are often baseless and entirely without merit but are given full legal consideration which can lead to removal being rescheduled, this, in some instances, leads to cancellation costs.</p><p>The information requested in PQ14503 on cancellation reasons, with specific reference to the costs recorded on page 193 of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, would require a manual reconciliation of the individual cases against financial records to see if a cancellation cost was levied. This could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2022-to-2023" target="_blank">Home Office annual report and accounts: 2022 to 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 28/02/2024 17:52:29 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1689982

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Deportation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 193 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, published on 11 September 2023, how many scheduled flights intended to return those who no longer have the right to remain in the United Kingdom were cancelled; and for what reason each one was cancelled.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	14503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish the information you have requested, we are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 22/02/2024 17:09:58 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1684069

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many prisoners were referred to the Prevent programme in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	10770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of referrals to the Prevent programme from HMPPS each year, 2015/16 to 2022/23</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022/23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Referrals to Prevent made by HMPPS</strong></p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>283</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>297</p></td><td><p>373</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>287</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This data is taken from the annual statistical release ‘Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent programme’ which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/individuals-referred-to-and-supported-through-the-prevent-programme-statistics" target="_blank">Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>HMPPS includes staff working for HM Prison and Probation Service, including Youth Offender Services. Data here has been taken from the latest Individuals referred to and supported through the Prevent Programme publication, April 2022 to March 2023. This data comes from a live database which is regularly updated and in some cases there may be a delay in a particular case being entered into the system, therefore, at any given time, the published figures may not be 100% accurate.</p><p>The number of referrals reported includes individuals who had been referred more than once during the year. This information is included as each referral may not contain the same information (for example, different sector of referral or type of concern) and may not have the same outcome (for example, signposted to statutory partners, discussed at a Channel panel).</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/01/2024 17:07:36 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

1684070

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: 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 people arrested for terrorism-related activity have been released under investigation in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	10771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2024 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of persons arrested for terrorism-related activity with latest charging outcomes released without being charged, or bailed to return &amp; released under investigation, each year from Year to September 2014 to Year to September 2022.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year to Sept 2014</p></td><td><p>Year to Sept 2015</p></td><td><p>Year to Sept 2016</p></td><td><p>Year to Sept 2017</p></td><td><p>Year to Sept 2018</p></td><td><p>Year to Sept 2019</p></td><td><p>Year to Sept 2020</p></td><td><p>Year to Sept 2021</p></td><td><p>Year to Sept 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Released without being charged</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 140 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 175 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 141 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 273 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 145 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 128 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 104 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 83 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 85 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Bailed to return &amp; released under investigation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 0 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 1 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 6 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 18 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Prior to the June 2019 publication, those who were released under investigation were unable to be recorded separately and were recorded as 'released without charge'. From June 2019 the Home Office has published numbers on those bailed to return &amp; released under investigation as one figure. Data presented here are based on the latest position with each case as at the date of data provision from CTPHQ Coordination Centre (23 October 2023).</p><p>Therefore individuals released under investigation may have their outcome updated over time, and the numbers change accordingly. More information regarding individuals arrested and charged for terrorist-related activity can be found in the Home Office’s <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Foperation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMoses.Lacey1%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1a3bb716ba3e4be194f308dc1c253328%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638416193332899036%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IewNaZNq8opqtsMUpAbm%2FfpSnOuse3m314bFXhWFCXg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000</a> statistics release.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/01/2024 17:04:05 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	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