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1178908

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of 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 she has made of the level of threat of violent attacks on shop workers; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	18382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government carried out a Call for Evidence on violence and abuse against shop staff to better understand the scale of the issue and the measures which may help prevent these crimes. We published the Government response to these findings on 7 July: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/priti-patel-to-tackle-violence-and-abuse-against-shopworkers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/priti-patel-to-tackle-violence-and-abuse-against-shopworkers</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/07/2020 14:45:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1178910

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Special Constables: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on campaigns to recruit more special constables.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	18384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2020 answer text <p>Special constables bring diverse and valuable skills to police forces that strengthen policing and help forces to develop important links with communities. Recruitment and eligibility criteria of special constables are set locally at the discretion of Chief Officers.</p><p>The Home Office Employer Supported Policing (ESP) scheme is a partnership between employers and the police service aimed at encouraging employers to enable their staff to volunteer as special constables in the communities they serve. We will continue to work closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s Citizens in Policing Programme and the College of Policing to support the development of a national approach to the attraction and training of special constables.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/07/2020 14:47:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1178941

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers (a) have been recruited nationally in the last 12 months and (b) she plans to allocate to Bedfordshire constabulary in the next 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	18509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is delivering on the people’s priorities by recruiting 20,000 additional police officers over the next three years.</p><p> </p><p>In October 2019 Home Office confirmed officer allocations for every force in England and Wales in the first year of the uplift. Bedfordshire Police has been allocated 54 officers in year one of the uplift, to be recruited by the end of March 2021. Decisions on the allocation of officers for years two and three are yet to be taken.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-announces-first-wave-of-20000-police-officer-uplift" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-announces-first-wave-of-20000-police-officer-uplift</a></p><p> </p><p>From April 2020 the Home Office will publish quarterly updates outlining the progress on delivering the police uplift.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/03/2020 17:03:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1178951

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Rendition and Torture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under what formal process Police Scotland could request evidence from the US Government for an ongoing criminal investigation.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	18863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Where formal evidence is required as part of a criminal investigation, the Police Service of Scotland would contact the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service of Scotland to send a Letter of Request for Assistance to the US Government under the provisions of the 1994 UK-US treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in criminal matters.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 02/03/2020 17:08:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1178958

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has chartered flights scheduled for deportations in the next six months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	18870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Most enforced immigration returns are undertaken using scheduled flights, alongside fare-paying passengers. However, charter flight operations are an important means to return foreign national offenders and immigration offenders where there are limited scheduled routes or where the returnees may be disruptive. We utilise both approaches flexibly to best meet operational needs and maximise value for money.</p><p>For operational reasons, it is not possible to disclose full details of the returns charter flight programme over the next six months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 02/03/2020 17:05:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1178980

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Wildlife Crime Unit: Finance
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 allocate long-term funding to the National Wildlife Crime Unit.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Mrs Andrea Jenkyns
uin	18632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office will be providing specific funding of £136,000 to support the work of the National Wildlife Crime Unit in 2020/21. This will be in addition to specific funding for the Unit provided by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the funding central Government will be providing police forces in England and Wales to tackle all types of crime, including wildlife crime.</p><p>Decisions about Home Office funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit beyond March 2021 will be taken as part of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/03/2020 19:32:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1178981

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Ofcom: Enforcement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what enforcement mechanisms Ofcom will be given to regulate tech companies.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Mrs Andrea Jenkyns
uin	18633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2020 answer text <p>In February 2020, the Government published the initial consultation response to the Online Harms White Paper and announced that it was minded to appoint Ofcom as the online line harms regulator.</p><p>Subject to remaining government and parliamentary processes, the regulator will have strong enforcement powers to deal with non-compliance and drive remedial action. The new regulatory framework will introduce a duty of care, overseen by the independent regulator. This will ensure that companies, where appropriate, take prompt, transparent and effective action to address online harms.</p><p>In the White Paper we set out that the regulator will have sufficient powers to take effective action against companies that breach regulator requirements. We have consulted on the most appropriate enforcement powers for the regulator, and are considering measures including notices, warning, fines and business disruption measures. Further information will be included in the full government response which will be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2020 17:07:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1178982

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Courts: Children
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 increase support available to victims of child abuse when they are attending court.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Mrs Andrea Jenkyns
uin	18634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to meeting the needs of vulnerable victims and witnesses. It provides the Witness Intermediary Scheme to assist those with communication difficulties, including victims of child abuse.</p><p>The majority of requests for Registered Intermediaries (RIs) - a communications specialist who helps witnesses with communication difficulties - concern the assistance of children.</p><p>In 2019, RIs assisted more than 4,500 children, 560 of whom were less than 5 years old.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 29/07/2020 12:09:19 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1178989

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish a response to her Department’s call for evidence on abuse and violence towards shopworkers.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	18640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the damaging impact that violence and abuse can have on victims, businesses, and the wider community; and we are committed to tackling this issue.</p><p>We launched a call for evidence on violence and abuse toward shop staff to help strengthen our understanding of the scale and extent of the issue. During the Westminster Hall debate on ‘Protection of retail workers’, which took place on 11 February, I committed to publishing the Government’s response by the end of March 2020. Unfortunately, given the current circumstances, the Government must focus its communications on tackling COVID-19. Therefore, the publication of the Government’s response is delayed. I am, however, keen to publish it as soon as I am able.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 01/07/2020 16:16:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

1179005

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	D-Day Landings: Anniversaries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date (a) Hampshire Constabulary and (b) Thames Valley Police will receive their mutual aid submissions submitted following D-Day 75.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	18895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Mutual aid payments are managed between the respective police forces.</p><p>The Home Office has received a Special Grant application from Hampshire Police for funding in relation to D-Day 75 and this is currently being considered. No application has been received from Thames Valley Police in relation to this operation.</p><p>Police forces should include within their policing and budget plans reasonable contingencies for unexpected events within their areas.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 18896 18897 question first answered 02/03/2020 16:57:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan