The Government\u2019s top priority is the safety and security of the public. The 2015 Spending Review settlement protected counter-terrorism policing spend until 2020-21 and included a significant capital increase to deliver growth of key counter-terrorist policing capabilities.The Government is in regular dialogue with the police to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place across all areas of policing.<\/p>
In recognition of the pressures on policing following this year\u2019s terrorist attacks, the Home Secretary has announced a further £24 million for counter-terrorism policing. Work is currently under way to review the UK\u2019s counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST,including drawing on the lessons learned from the attacks in London and Manchester.<\/p>
We remain committed to increasing cross-government spending on counter-terrorism by 30%, from £11.7 billion to £15.1 billion.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1539", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wyre and Preston North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Ben Wallace"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-09T14:15:52.587Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Counter-terrorism"} , "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, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of police spending on counter-terrorism.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Selly Oak"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"} ], "uin" : "111196"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782813", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782813/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Police training and guidance are the responsibility of the College of Policing, which has recently launched a sexual offences Special Investigator Development Programme, and has updated its Authorised Professional Practice on domestic abuse and rape. The College has also launched a new training programme developed by the voluntary sector called \u2018Domestic Abuse Matters\u2019 which focuses on improved evidence gathering and understanding of controlling and coercive behaviour. This training is being rolled out across forces.<\/p>
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Through the Police Transformation Fund, the Home Office has also awarded £1.9 million to the College to pilot a new \u2018licence to practise\u2019 which will ensure that only those officers who are qualified to carry out specialist investigations in high risk areas like child protection, are able to do so. And, up to £12.4million has also been awarded for the Digital Policing Programme, including the Digital Evidence Transfer Service. This is designed to allow forces to rapidly transmit the increasing body of digital evidence across the criminal justice system.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1561", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Nick Hurd"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-06T17:29:34.823Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Police: Finance"} , "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, what assistance she has provided to the police to support the deployment of qualified specialist investigators to tackle domestic abuse, sexual offences and online crime.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/298", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve McCabe"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Selly Oak"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Steve McCabe"} ], "uin" : "111193"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/778827", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/778827/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The final police settlement for 2017/18 was laid in Parliament on 1st<\/sup> February 2017. The final police settlement was debated and agreed in the House of Commons on 22nd<\/sup> February.<\/p> Overall police spending, including council tax precept, is protected in real terms for the period of Spending Review 2015. Each PCC who maximised their precept income in 2015/16 and 2016/17 are receiving at least cash flat direct resource funding in 2017/18 when compared to 2015/16.<\/p>"}
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