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The Home Office does not collect or hold figures on the cost to police force of issuing Osman warnings.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4495", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kit Malthouse"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North West Hampshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kit Malthouse"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-07-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-07-07T10:48:23.087Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-07-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Threat to Life Notices"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 25867 on Threat to Life Notices, whether her Department holds figures on the cost to police forces of issuing Osman warnings in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4268", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Reed"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve Reed"} ], "uin" : "30025"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1485318", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1485318/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/a><\/p> These data are collected by Police Force Area only, and lower levels of geography, such as Parliamentary Constituencies or Metropolitan Boroughs are not collected. Data on the number of police officers in Cheshire Police, on both a full-time equivalent (FTE) and a headcount basis, as at 31 March each year since 2007 are available in the Open Data Tables that accompany the release here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1005761/open-data-table-police-workforce-280721.ods<\/a><\/p> The next release of \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019, which will cover the situation as at March 2022, is scheduled for release on Wednesday 27th July.<\/p> While the \u2018Police workforce, England and Wales\u2019 statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, throughout the duration of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount only) in England and Wales by Police Force Area. The latest release contains provisional headcount figures for 31 March 2022, which are available here: Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers were based permanently in Ellesmere Port and Neston constituency in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1485333/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/strong>The below table provides a breakdown of the number of hours on the Community Payback caseload by Probation region as of 27/06/22.<\/p> It outlines the number of hours handed down by the courts (including recently sentenced hours) which still need to be worked.<\/p> This Government is committed to ensuring that offenders work all of their sentenced hours, subject to judicial decision.<\/p> We are boosting the number of hours offenders spend doing tough Community Payback, such as cleaning up public places, by nearly two thirds \u2013 from five million to eight million hours a year.<\/p> <\/p> Probation Area<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Caseload of Community Payback Hours <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Midlands Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 374,615.8 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derby City<\/p><\/td> 21,928.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Derbyshire<\/p><\/td> 34,234.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland<\/p><\/td> 75,605.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lincolnshire East and West<\/p><\/td> 15,007.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottingham City<\/p><\/td> 35,591.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Nottinghamshire<\/p><\/td> 34,131.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other East Midlands Region<\/p><\/td> 158,117.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East of England<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 513,991.2 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bedfordshire<\/p><\/td> 36,741.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cambridgeshire and Peterborough<\/p><\/td> 43,474.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex North<\/p><\/td> 110,644.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Essex South<\/p><\/td> 91,922.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hertfordshire<\/p><\/td> 36,568.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Norfolk<\/p><\/td> 63,515.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northamptonshire<\/p><\/td> 66,600.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Suffolk<\/p><\/td> 63,303.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other East of England<\/p><\/td> 1,221.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greater Manchester<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 345,023.9 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bolton<\/p><\/td> 27,752.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bury and Rochdale<\/p><\/td> 35,672.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Manchester North<\/p><\/td> 40,585.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Manchester South<\/p><\/td> 31,889.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oldham<\/p><\/td> 25,090.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Salford<\/p><\/td> 22,014.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stockport and Trafford<\/p><\/td> 31,438.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tameside<\/p><\/td> 22,011.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wigan<\/p><\/td> 24,482.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other Greater Manchester<\/p><\/td> 84,086.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kent Surrey Sussex Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 360,166.8 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Brighton and East Sussex<\/p><\/td> 58,613.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Kent<\/p><\/td> 67,102.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Surrey<\/p><\/td> 60,347.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Kent<\/p><\/td> 119,825.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Sussex<\/p><\/td> 52,913.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other Kent Surrey Sussex Region<\/p><\/td> 1,365.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> London<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 849,204.5 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Barking and Dagenham and Havering<\/p><\/td> 51,914.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Brent<\/p><\/td> 34,225.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Camden, Islington<\/p><\/td> 30,109.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Croydon<\/p><\/td> 31,883.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ealing and Hillingdon<\/p><\/td> 31,754.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Enfield and Haringey<\/p><\/td> 45,730.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Greenwich and Bexley<\/p><\/td> 39,660.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hackney and City<\/p><\/td> 29,639.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hammersmith, Fulham, Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster<\/p><\/td> 32,480.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Harrow and Barnet<\/p><\/td> 31,241.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kingston, Richmond and Hounslow<\/p><\/td> 32,074.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lambeth<\/p><\/td> 23,328.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lewisham and Bromley<\/p><\/td> 46,789.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Newham<\/p><\/td> 44,479.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Redbridge and Waltham Forest<\/p><\/td> 51,924.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Southwark<\/p><\/td> 23,016.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tower Hamlets<\/p><\/td> 37,316.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wandsworth, Merton and Sutton<\/p><\/td> 36,975.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other London<\/p><\/td> 194,660.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North East Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 200,402.0 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> County Durham and Darlington<\/p><\/td> 19,739.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gateshead and South Tyneside<\/p><\/td> 25,418.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Newcastle Upon Tyne<\/p><\/td> 15,074.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Tyneside and Northumberland<\/p><\/td> 29,707.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Redcar, Cleveland and Middlesbrough<\/p><\/td> 19,154.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stockton and Hartlepool<\/p><\/td> 16,397.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sunderland<\/p><\/td> 15,017.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other North East Region<\/p><\/td> 59,895.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 510,398.6 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Blackburn and Darwen<\/p><\/td> 9,884.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Central Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 29,460.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire East<\/p><\/td> 28,540.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cheshire West<\/p><\/td> 28,792.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cumbria<\/p><\/td> 31,000.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 23,942.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Halton and Warrington<\/p><\/td> 29,306.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Knowsley and St Helens<\/p><\/td> 26,413.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Liverpool North<\/p><\/td> 34,095.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Liverpool South<\/p><\/td> 34,535.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North West Lancashire<\/p><\/td> 39,715.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sefton<\/p><\/td> 22,513.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wirral<\/p><\/td> 37,475.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other North West Region<\/p><\/td> 134,722.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South Central<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 351,656.0 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Buckinghamshire and M Keynes<\/p><\/td> 48,551.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> East Berkshire<\/p><\/td> 33,317.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hampshire North and East<\/p><\/td> 52,774.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oxfordshire<\/p><\/td> 23,929.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Portsmouth and IoW<\/p><\/td> 26,117.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Southampton, Eastleigh and New Forest<\/p><\/td> 34,784.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Berkshire<\/p><\/td> 37,259.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other South Central<\/p><\/td> 94,921.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> South West<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 404,434.6 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bath and North Somerset<\/p><\/td> 19,903.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bristol and South Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> 103,488.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cornwall and Isles of Scilly<\/p><\/td> 18,229.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Devon and Torbay<\/p><\/td> 32,491.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dorset<\/p><\/td> 73,086.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gloucestershire<\/p><\/td> 34,267.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Plymouth<\/p><\/td> 27,462.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Somerset<\/p><\/td> 38,190.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Swindon and Wiltshire<\/p><\/td> 56,374.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other South West<\/p><\/td> 940.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wales<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 304,529.4 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cardiff and Vale<\/p><\/td> 66,898.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cwm Taf Morgannwg<\/p><\/td> 45,412.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dyfed Powys<\/p><\/td> 38,891.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gwent<\/p><\/td> 36,714.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Wales<\/p><\/td> 85,236.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Swansea, Neath Port-Talbot<\/p><\/td> 28,893.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other Wales<\/p><\/td> 2,483.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands Region<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 403,012.7 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Birmingham Central and South<\/p><\/td> 54,245.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Birmingham North, East and Solihull<\/p><\/td> 45,832.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Coventry<\/p><\/td> 46,190.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dudley and Sandwell<\/p><\/td> 19,188.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford<\/p><\/td> 15,311.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Staffordshire and Stoke<\/p><\/td> 52,068.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Walsall and Wolverhampton<\/p><\/td> 33,985.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Warwickshire<\/p><\/td> 29,432.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Worcestershire<\/p><\/td> 16,994.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other West Midlands Region<\/p><\/td> 89,763.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire and The Humber<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 688,056.9 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Barnsley and Rotherham<\/p><\/td> 48,170.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bradford and Calderdale<\/p><\/td> 168,798.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Doncaster<\/p><\/td> 34,181.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hull and East Riding<\/p><\/td> 60,515.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kirklees<\/p><\/td> 65,751.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Leeds<\/p><\/td> 128,704.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North and North East Lincs<\/p><\/td> 27,857.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> North Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> 44,007.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sheffield<\/p><\/td> 44,698.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wakefield<\/p><\/td> 49,025.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> York<\/p><\/td> 15,075.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other Yorkshire and The Humber<\/p><\/td> 1,271.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 5,305,492.4 <\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Data as at 27/06/2022. It is worth noting that some recording of hours sentenced or worked takes place retrospectively and therefore won't be included in this data.<\/p> Data is sourced from nDelius and while this data has been assured as much as practical, as with any large administrative dataset, the data should not be assumed to be accurate to the last value presented.<\/p> Cases held in an 'Other' Delivery Unit include cases held by a Region-wide Community Payback function, cases held in the region's enforcement function, or cases pending allocation to a Probation Delivery Unit.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 25871 on Community Orders, how many hours of Community Payback is yet to be delivered in each (a) region of (i) England and (ii) Wales and (b) probation service area in the latest period for which figures are available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1484969/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " This Government is determined to crack down on the county lines gangs who exploit our children and have a devastating impact on our communities. That is why, through the ten-year Drugs Strategy, we are investing up to £145m over three years in our successful County Lines Programme. Since November 2019 police activity funded by the County Lines Programme has closed over 2,400 lines, made over 8,000 arrests, and engaged over 9,500 individuals through safeguarding interventions.<\/p> Also, through the County Lines Programme, the Home Office funds the National County Lines Co-ordination Centre (NCLCC) who have identified and are sharing best practice on \u2018cuckooing\u2019. Examples include working with local authorities and housing associations to raise awareness, to disrupt this malicious crime and signpost vulnerable victims to support.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to protect the victims of cuckooing through the criminal justice system.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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