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168124

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking with international partners to close down cybercrime networks.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Combating cyber crime is a core part of the National Cyber Security Strategy, which is underpinned by the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) and £860 million of investment over five years. The Government has so far committed around 10% of NCSP funding to build law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This includes the establishment of the National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) in the National Crime Agency (NCA), and cyber teams within each of the Regional Organised Crime Units across England and Wales.</p><p>Almost every major cyber crime investigation has an international element and as a result the NCA has prioritised building partnerships with key international partners to tackle this common cyber threat.</p><p>To this end, and as a result of NCSP investment, the NCA has deployed a number of International Liaison Officers overseas. The NCA, EU and other international partners (US, New Zealand, Australia and Canada) have agreed common threats and goals which are informing the development of a model for proactive global joint cyber investigations. Over the past year the NCCU has led the UK response in a number of global operations targeting malware and the unit has a leading role in the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) hosted at the European Cyber Crime Centre at Europol.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 15/12/2014 12:48:28 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

168315

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Law and Order
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 has taken to increase the representation of ethnic minorities in leadership roles within law enforcement agencies.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving diversity in policing: in a modern, diverse society it is essential to building the trust and confidence of all communities.<br><br>This Government’s reforms will allow for faster progress on equality and diversity. We established the College of Policing, which has embarked on a major programme looking at recruitment, retention and progression of black and <br>minority ethnic officers and has recently published advice on positive action for police forces. We are actively engaging with the College, and forces to ensure this work is taken forward, providing access to key diversity data to <br>evaluate progress within forces, and publishing workforce diversity data online for the public on police.uk. We have also introduced different routes into the police through the Direct Entry schemes and by supporting the development of <br>‘Police Now’. These schemes have received a more diverse range of applicants compared to the existing police workforce. For example, the ‘Police Now’ scheme received 1,248 applications, of which 48% were from women, and 19% from <br>people of black or ethnic minority backgrounds. This is in contrast to the current representation levels in the Metropolitan Police, where only 11% of police officers are from an ethnic minority background and 25% are women.<br><br>We have also established Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) with responsibility for the totality of policing in their areas, including ensuring that community needs are met, and that forces secure the trust and confidence <br>of the public. Decisions on when and how to recruit individuals are for the chief officer of a police force. <br><br>We welcome the launch of the Gypsy, Roma Traveller Police Association this year, whose aims include fostering better relations between the police and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. This shows that policing takes equality <br>and diversity seriously and is taking steps to address issues that matter to all communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 217293 217296 question first answered 12/12/2014 16:57:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168318

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Travellers
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 has taken to (a) provide support for the recruitment of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller police officers and (b) in other ways improve relations between the police and the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving diversity in policing: in a modern, diverse society it is essential to building the trust and confidence of all communities.<br><br>This Government’s reforms will allow for faster progress on equality and diversity. We established the College of Policing, which has embarked on a major programme looking at recruitment, retention and progression of black and <br>minority ethnic officers and has recently published advice on positive action for police forces. We are actively engaging with the College, and forces to ensure this work is taken forward, providing access to key diversity data to <br>evaluate progress within forces, and publishing workforce diversity data online for the public on police.uk. We have also introduced different routes into the police through the Direct Entry schemes and by supporting the development of <br>‘Police Now’. These schemes have received a more diverse range of applicants compared to the existing police workforce. For example, the ‘Police Now’ scheme received 1,248 applications, of which 48% were from women, and 19% from <br>people of black or ethnic minority backgrounds. This is in contrast to the current representation levels in the Metropolitan Police, where only 11% of police officers are from an ethnic minority background and 25% are women.<br><br>We have also established Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) with responsibility for the totality of policing in their areas, including ensuring that community needs are met, and that forces secure the trust and confidence <br>of the public. Decisions on when and how to recruit individuals are for the chief officer of a police force. <br><br>We welcome the launch of the Gypsy, Roma Traveller Police Association this year, whose aims include fostering better relations between the police and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. This shows that policing takes equality <br>and diversity seriously and is taking steps to address issues that matter to all communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 217292 217296 question first answered 12/12/2014 16:57:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168319

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Law and Order
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 has taken to increase the representation of ethnic minorities in front-line law enforcement roles.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving diversity in policing: in a modern, diverse society it is essential to building the trust and confidence of all communities.<br><br>This Government’s reforms will allow for faster progress on equality and diversity. We established the College of Policing, which has embarked on a major programme looking at recruitment, retention and progression of black and <br>minority ethnic officers and has recently published advice on positive action for police forces. We are actively engaging with the College, and forces to ensure this work is taken forward, providing access to key diversity data to <br>evaluate progress within forces, and publishing workforce diversity data online for the public on police.uk. We have also introduced different routes into the police through the Direct Entry schemes and by supporting the development of <br>‘Police Now’. These schemes have received a more diverse range of applicants compared to the existing police workforce. For example, the ‘Police Now’ scheme received 1,248 applications, of which 48% were from women, and 19% from <br>people of black or ethnic minority backgrounds. This is in contrast to the current representation levels in the Metropolitan Police, where only 11% of police officers are from an ethnic minority background and 25% are women.<br><br>We have also established Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) with responsibility for the totality of policing in their areas, including ensuring that community needs are met, and that forces secure the trust and confidence <br>of the public. Decisions on when and how to recruit individuals are for the chief officer of a police force. <br><br>We welcome the launch of the Gypsy, Roma Traveller Police Association this year, whose aims include fostering better relations between the police and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. This shows that policing takes equality <br>and diversity seriously and is taking steps to address issues that matter to all communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 217292 217293 question first answered 12/12/2014 16:57:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168320

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on (a) external legal advice and counsel and (b) internal legal services in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	217472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Legal Costs, by financial year <br><br>Year Total £000s <br>2013-14 80,591 <br>2012-13 65,436 <br>2011-12 44,048 <br>2010-11 39,485 <br><br>Note <br>On 1 October 2013, the Home Office legal branch transferred to the Treasury Solicitor’s Department (as part of a wider consolidation of government legal services). Thus, all historic spend on the Home Office legal branch has been treated as external legal costs, to ensure that year-on-year figures are comparable. <br><br>This government has been working to remove the opportunities for abusive litigation in the immigration system. The Immigration Act 2014 has replaced the old multiple decision points with a single decision notice, cutting out the multiple opportunities to bring a legal challenge under the previous legislation. It also reduces the number of immigration decisions that can be <br>appealed from 17 to 4, whilst introducing a quick and cost-effective system of Administrative Review to correct case-working errors – keeping unnecessary litigation out of the courts. It also makes more appeals non-suspensive, allowing us to deport certain harmful individuals before their appeals are heard if there is no risk of serious irreversible harm.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 09/01/2015 16:44:39 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 32783 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

168321

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of her Department's executive board are (a) male and (b) female.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2014, there were (a) 9 male and (b) 5 female members of the Home Office Supervisory Board.<br><br>As at 31 March 2014, the members of the Home Office Supervisory Board were (a) 36% white British and (b) 0% from any other ethnic background. <br><br>The remaining 64% of Home Office Supervisory Board members have not declared their ethnicity.<br><br>As at 31 March 2014, fewer than 5 Home Office Supervisory Board members declared a disability. <br><br>Data on ethnicity and disability has been reported and anonymised in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and in line with the Code of Practice for the UK Statistics Authority. <br><br>The racial or ethnic identity with which an individual chooses to identify is not self-evident. Information about the racial or ethnic background of an individual is sensitive personal data as defined by section 2 of the Data Protection Act 1998. It would be inappropriate to disclose this information unless the individual concerned had given explicit consent or had taken steps to put the information in the public domain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 217379 217400 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:12:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168322

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Living Wage
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) her Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by her Department are paid less than the Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>All permanent members of staff directly employed by the Home Office are paid the Living Wage or above.<br><br>All temporary agency staff are employed in accordance with the Agency Workers Regulations, which ensures parity with directly employed staff after 12 weeks.<br><br>The Home Office only keeps information on the legal minimum standards of pay of staff employed by organisations contracted to provide services within the Home Office and does not keep information specifically on the Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 217442 217463 question first answered 11/12/2014 14:39:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168323

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions police vehicles have been used as ambulances in (a) London and (b) England and Wales in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	217581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>Statistics on the use of police cars as ambulances are not collected by the Home Office.<br><br>However, experimental data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) publication, &quot;Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and patients subject to Supervised Community <br>Treatment Annual Figures, England 2012/13&quot;, suggested that in a sample offorces, just under 74% of those detained under section 136 of the Mental HealthAct 1983 and taken to a hospital based place of safety were transported by<br>the police rather than ambulance.<br><br>More details can be found in the HSCIC publication here: <a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB12503" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB12503</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/12/2014 14:51:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 32787 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168324

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pay
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) her Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by her Department who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) women and (ii) men.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>All permanent members of staff directly employed by the Home Office are paid the Living Wage or above.<br><br>All temporary agency staff are employed in accordance with the Agency Workers Regulations, which ensures parity with directly employed staff after 12 weeks.<br><br>The Home Office only keeps information on the legal minimum standards of pay of staff employed by organisations contracted to provide services within the Home Office and does not keep information specifically on the Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 217421 217442 question first answered 11/12/2014 14:39:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168325

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Directors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of her Department's executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	217379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2014, there were (a) 9 male and (b) 5 female members of the Home Office Supervisory Board.<br><br>As at 31 March 2014, the members of the Home Office Supervisory Board were (a) 36% white British and (b) 0% from any other ethnic background. <br><br>The remaining 64% of Home Office Supervisory Board members have not declared their ethnicity.<br><br>As at 31 March 2014, fewer than 5 Home Office Supervisory Board members declared a disability. <br><br>Data on ethnicity and disability has been reported and anonymised in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and in line with the Code of Practice for the UK Statistics Authority. <br><br>The racial or ethnic identity with which an individual chooses to identify is not self-evident. Information about the racial or ethnic background of an individual is sensitive personal data as defined by section 2 of the Data Protection Act 1998. It would be inappropriate to disclose this information unless the individual concerned had given explicit consent or had taken steps to put the information in the public domain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 217358 217400 question first answered 15/12/2014 12:12:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson