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1718462

registered interest
date	15/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Firearms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost of an armed response callout.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	26575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2024 answer text <p>Given the operational nature of armed deployments, decisions around the funding and deployment of armed officers are a matter for individual forces and their Chiefs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 20/05/2024 15:38:00 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1695475

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their personal capacity, (b) their official position and (c) both since 19 December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	18252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>The fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice must not be disclosed outside Government without their authority.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 15/03/2024 13:57:03 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1695504

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bank Services: Freezing of Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of financial institutions he expects to participate in the suspended accounts scheme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	18253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to developing a scheme that satisfies the objectives of both industry and government and it will be open to members across the whole financial sector.</p><p>As a voluntary scheme, we are currently working closely with the financial sector on the detail, to ensure that it is attractive to as many participants as possible.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/03/2024 16:12:44 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1689252

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Recruitment and Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of (a) hiring and (b) training a new (i) police officer, (ii) police community support officer and (iii) special constable was as of 12 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	14178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government delivered its commitment to deliver 20,000 additional police officers by March 2023. There are now over 149,000 officers in England and Wales, higher than the previous peak before the Police Uplift Programme, in March 2010.</p><p>The Government is determined to ensure that the police have the resources they need. Compared with 2019-20, there has been a total settlement increase of up to 30.7% in cash terms, which enabled the recruitment of 20,000 additional officers nationally.</p><p>Decisions about police recruitment, including how recruitment and selection processes are run, are a matter for Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners and are therefore managed locally by forces. This is done within a national application, assessment and selection framework, in line with national guidance maintained by the College of Policing.</p><p>It would be for individual forces to provide localised data regarding the costs of training and hiring police officers, police community support officers and special constables.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/02/2024 15:46:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1689253

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Crime Agency: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost of (a) hiring and (b) training a new National Crime Agency officer was in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	14179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2024 answer text <p>The NCA does not routinely capture generalised costs to hire and train NCA officers.</p><p>This is due to the variety of roles in the Agency, specialised training and individual vetting requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/02/2024 15:47:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1678946

registered interest
date	19/12/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Visas: Care Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the prevalence of certificates of sponsorship for care workers being sold overseas.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	7643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office is aware of allegations of the selling of Certificates of Sponsorship to care workers overseas. All allegations of abuse are investigated but no wider assessment of the prevalence of this activity has been undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 12/01/2024 13:45:50 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1663358

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the types of (a) knives and (b) other sharp instruments that have been used in (i) homicides and (ii) other offences involving those instruments in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	201212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office Homicide Index holds detailed data on homicides recorded by the police in England and Wales. Information on the type of sharp instrument used in a homicide was added to the collection in April 2022. These data, for the year ending March 2023, are due to be published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in February 2024.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely collect information on the types of knives or sharp instruments used in other offences.</p><p>The year ending June 2023 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) published by the ONS shows that violent incidents have fallen by 52% since the year ending March 2010.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 201213 question first answered 19/10/2023 12:04:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1663359

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Swords and Daggers: Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) homicides and (b) other offences involved the use of a ninja sword in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	201213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office Homicide Index holds detailed data on homicides recorded by the police in England and Wales. Information on the type of sharp instrument used in a homicide was added to the collection in April 2022. These data, for the year ending March 2023, are due to be published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) in February 2024.</p><p>The Home Office does not routinely collect information on the types of knives or sharp instruments used in other offences.</p><p>The year ending June 2023 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) published by the ONS shows that violent incidents have fallen by 52% since the year ending March 2010.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 201212 question first answered 19/10/2023 12:04:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1663828

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Drugs: Organised Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of when the targeted stakeholder engagement exercise on the proposed offence of cuckooing will conclude.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	201681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2023 answer text <p>The exploitation and degradation that is associated with the pernicious practice of cuckooing is wholly unacceptable and this Government is determined to tackle it.</p><p>Cuckooing is most commonly associated with the county lines drug distribution model. That’s why, as part of our ambitious 10-year Drugs Strategy, we are investing up to £145m over three years to tackle drugs supply and county lines activity, building on our successful County Lines Programme, launched in November 2019.</p><p>In March 2023, as part of the Government’s Anti-Social Behaviour action plan, we announced that we would be engaging with stakeholders on the scope of a potential new criminal offence.</p><p>The targeted stakeholder engagement exercise has revealed there are a range of powers and tools available to disrupt cuckooing activity and Home Office officials continue to work closely with police and wider partners to both raise awareness of cuckooing and share effective practice to tackle this abhorrent practice.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 19/10/2023 09:02:54 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1663871

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Eritrea
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 prevent (a) harassment and (b) violence against (i) women and (ii) elderly people from the UK's Eritrean community.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	201724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Public sexual harassment is an appalling crime, and the Government has already taken significant action to tackle it. We have ensured that new guidance was published for police and prosecutors on existing offences, have provided £120 million through the Safer Streets and Safety of Women at Night Funds to make our streets safer, have created the new SafeStreet tool which allows people to pinpoint where they have felt unsafe and the police to take action.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also supported the Protection from Sex-Based Harassment in Public Act 2023, which makes public sexual harassment a specific offence. The Act received Royal Assent on 18<sup>th</sup> September 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Tackling violence against women and girls is a government priority. It is unacceptable and preventable, and an issue which blights the lives of millions. In July 2021, we published our cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy to help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere -- at home, online, at work and on the streets.</p><p> </p><p>Older people and women from the Eritrean community who are victims and survivors of VAWG have access to a range of support provided through the Government’s Domestic Abuse Plan and VAWG Strategy. This support includes:</p><ul><li>Over £2 million to provide specialist support to victims of VAWG from ethnic minority communities, undertaking a range of activities, including delivering training sessions and frontline professional services.</li><li>In the 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial years, up to £361,000 and £432,000 respectively to Hourglass who support older victims of domestic abuse. This will provide enhanced helpline support with a focus on reaching marginalised communities across England and Wales.</li><li>Up to £1.4 million annually until March 2025 to the Support for Migrant Victims Scheme, which provides wraparound support services for migrant victims of domestic abuse, including accommodation, subsistence, counselling and legal advice.</li></ul> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 23/10/2023 12:04:45 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris