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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/423599/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office does not hold information centrally on the number of times Taser have been used by the police in each London borough over the last five years.<\/p><p>The Home Office publishes information on the number of times Taser have been used by police forces. The following table shows the number of times Taser has been used over the last five years by the London Metropolitan police and City of London police force.<\/p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"5\"><p>Taser use by forces in London between 2010 and 2014<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>City of London<\/p><\/td><td><p>5<\/p><\/td><td><p>7<\/p><\/td><td><p>12<\/p><\/td><td><p>13<\/p><\/td><td><p>20<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan<\/p><\/td><td><p>359<\/p><\/td><td><p>378<\/p><\/td><td><p>755<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,110<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,942<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>364<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>385<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>767<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>2,123<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>1,962<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\"><p>Source: Police use of Taser, England and Wales<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Notes:<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"6\"><p>1. Since 2009 there was a continual roll out of Taser which saw all forces using Taser in 2013<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"7\"><p>2. Care should be taken when making comparisons between forces on the level of Taser use. This is due to the varying data quality across the forces and that the level of Taser use it likely to be highly correlated with the size of the population in the force area. Forces will also have different policies regarding Taser use.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"7\"><p>3. There are a number of factors that may lead to an increase or a decrease in the use of Taser. These figures should not be used to interpret how any single factor is changing, for example, the level of crime.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times tasers have been used by the police in each London borough in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/421422/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government supports the need for transparent and accurate data on how the police are using force. That is why the Home Secretary asked Chief Constable David Shaw to carry out an in depth review of Taser data and other use of force. The review will present options for collecting, collating and publishing data on how force including Taser is being used by the police, who it is being used on, and what the outcomes are. Chief Constable David Shaw\u2019s Use of Force Data Review is expected to report to the Home Secretary later this year. As with sensitive powers like stop and search, the police use of force warrants proper accountability and transparency.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reasons information held by her Department regarding the ethnicity, age and gender of people involved in police Taser incidents has not been included in annually published statistics; and if she will ensure such information is included in future publications of annual police Taser incident statistics.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission an investigation into the reasons for the proportion of Taser incidents which involve black people; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/420873/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Chief Constable David Shaw\u2019s Use of Force Data Review is expected to report to the Home Secretary later this year. The review will present options for collecting, collating and publishing data on how force including Taser is being used by the police, who it is being used on and what the outcomes are. The Government supports the need for transparent and accurate data on how the police are using force. As with sensitive powers like stop and search, the police use of force warrants proper accountability and transparency.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what progress has been made in the review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force by police officers, and whether that review will include an assessment of the use of Tasers on men from ethnic minorities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2171", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Condon"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/421146/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>National standards for training police officers in the deployment of stinger devices is an operational matter for individual police Chief Officers drawing on the police\u2019s own Authorised Professional Practice of England and Wales Police, developed by the College of Policing.<\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/227170/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office routinely publish the Police Use of Taser Statistics in England and Wales. The Police Use of Taser Statistics in England and Wales for July to <br>December 2014 have not yet been published. The Police Use of Taser Statistics for January to June 2014 are published on Gov.uk. <br><a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-taser-statistics-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2014-data-tables\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-use-of-taser-statistics-england-and-wales-january-to-june-2014-data-tables<\/a><br><br>The statistics show that Taser was used (either drawn, red-dot, aimed, arced, drive-stun, angle drive-stun, or fired) by the police 84 times in Lancashire <br>between January and June 2014. Police forces in the North West, including Merseyside, Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Lancashire, used Taser on <br>756 occasions in this period.The Home Office cannot provide detailed figures on the number of occasions Taser was used in Preston. Data on location is incomplete. The cost to retrieve, validate and quality assure this data would be disproportionate.<br><br>The Home Secretary has already set out, in October 2014, that there is a need to bring much greater transparency and accountability to how this sensitive tactic <br>is used, and has asked Chief Constable David Shaw to conduct an in-depth review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions tasers were used by the police in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire and (c) the North West in 2014.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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