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1233505

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for which foreign states the College of Policing provided training courses in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20; and what the subject of each of those training courses was.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	88375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>This is a matter for the College of Policing, but I can confirm that it does provide bespoke training packages to international partners.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/09/2020 15:52:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1254898

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle recent trends in the level of disability hate crimes in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	120103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Hate crime is completely unacceptable, and this Government takes it very seriously. That is why the Government published the Hate Crime Action Plan in 2016 and refreshed it in October 2018.</p><p>The Action Plan established a public awareness campaign which included examples of disability hate crime to make clear that such acts are completely unacceptable, held two ministerial meetings with disability groups and social media companies to help tackle online abuse of disabled people and provided £193,000 in funding for community projects that directly tackled disability hate crime.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 30/11/2020 17:10:11 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1276820

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the Government's decision to separate its Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy from the Domestic Abuse Strategy on tackling gender-based violence.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	138007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>Addressing Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains a key priority of this Government. We are committed to fighting VAWG crimes, of which domestic abuse is a high-harm and high-volume subset.</p><p>Our aim in having two strategies is for twice as much focus on these crimes. allowing space, within the VAWG strategy, for consideration of other evolving or less understood crimes, such as those perpetrated through digital or online means. The approach does not separate domestic abuse out from the umbrella term of VAWG, but allows a dedicated focus on it.</p><p>The two strategies will be complementary and work together to drive down VAWG crimes and their impact on society and will put victims and survivors at the heart of our response.</p><p>We meet regularly with organisations that support survivors to discuss our approach to the VAWG and DA strategies, and will continue to engage with women’s, girls’ and victims’ organisations on this important work, including several sector-wide sessions in the last few months, individual calls with leading VAWG organisations, and participation in the Domestic Abuse Commissioners regular sector calls.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 138008 question first answered 21/01/2021 11:31:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1276822

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Gender Based Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions the Government had with Violence Against Women and Girls charities and organisations on the decision to separate its Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy from the Domestic Abuse Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	138008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>Addressing Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains a key priority of this Government. We are committed to fighting VAWG crimes, of which domestic abuse is a high-harm and high-volume subset.</p><p>Our aim in having two strategies is for twice as much focus on these crimes. allowing space, within the VAWG strategy, for consideration of other evolving or less understood crimes, such as those perpetrated through digital or online means. The approach does not separate domestic abuse out from the umbrella term of VAWG, but allows a dedicated focus on it.</p><p>The two strategies will be complementary and work together to drive down VAWG crimes and their impact on society and will put victims and survivors at the heart of our response.</p><p>We meet regularly with organisations that support survivors to discuss our approach to the VAWG and DA strategies, and will continue to engage with women’s, girls’ and victims’ organisations on this important work, including several sector-wide sessions in the last few months, individual calls with leading VAWG organisations, and participation in the Domestic Abuse Commissioners regular sector calls.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 138007 question first answered 21/01/2021 11:31:05 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1276824

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Violence: Females
	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 make it her policy to introduce a single comprehensive and integrated policy framework for (a) protection against gender-based violence and domestic abuse and (b) support for victims that is aligned to the provisions of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and the Istanbul Convention.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	138009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2021 answer text <p>Addressing Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) remains a key priority of this Government. We are committed to fighting VAWG crimes, of which domestic abuse is a high-harm and high-volume subset, warranting a dedicated strategy.</p><p>Our aim in having two strategies is for twice as much focus on these crimes. allowing space, within the VAWG strategy, for consideration of other evolving or less understood crimes, such as those perpetrated through digital or online means. The approach does not separate domestic abuse out from the umbrella term of VAWG, but allows a dedicated focus on it.</p><p>The two strategies will be complementary and work together to drive down VAWG crimes and their impact on society and will put victims and survivors at the heart of our response.</p><p>The UK signed the Istanbul Convention in 2012. Chapter IV (Articles 18-28) of the Istanbul Convention relates to protection and support for victims. As set out in the recent report on our progress towards ratification of the Convention, published on 22 October 2020, we are fully compliant with the articles which comprise Chapter IV.</p><p>We take seriously our responsibilities under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and were examined by the UN Committee on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in February 2019. The Committee welcomed progress made by the UK in relation to violence against women and girls.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/01/2021 11:36:36 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1287701

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Cameras
	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 are equipped to wear body worn cameras for each police force in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	155290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>According to the National Police Chief’s Council, all forces are deploying Body Worn Video. Its deployment is an operational matter for each police force and decisions will be made based on local priorities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 16:14:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1287702

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Cameras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many body worn cameras each police force has in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	155291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>According to the National Police Chief’s Council, all forces are deploying Body Worn Video. Its deployment is an operational matter for each police force and decisions will be made based on local priorities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 15:16:57 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1287703

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Cameras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has for the further roll out of body worn video cameras to police forces.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	155292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The NPCC report all forces deploy Body Worn Video. Its deployment is an operational matter for each police force and decisions will be made based on local priorities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 16:27:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1287704

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Cameras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints have been received about the lack of recording by body worn video cameras in frontline policing, per police force.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	155293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Data is not available on how many complaints have been received about the lack of recording by body worn video cameras in frontline policing.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 16:22:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1287705

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Cameras
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to standardise policies on body worn cameras on a national, rather than force-by-force, basis.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	155294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The use of imagery captured by Body Worn Video is subject to a number of national standards through the Data Protection Act 2018, the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, College of Policing Authorised Professional Practice (Management of Police Information) and the Surveillance Camera Code.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/03/2021 16:31:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse