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1007755

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Taxis: Fares
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 incidents of taxi fare evasion reported to police in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	191982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on police recorded crime, which are published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The latest figures, for the year ending June 2018, can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables</a></p><p>Crimes involving taxi fare evasion will be included within the category of making off without payment along with other incidents such as driving off from a petrol station without paying for fuel and leaving a restaurant without paying the bill. However, from information held centrally it is not possible to identify incidents of taxi fare evasion.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/11/2018 13:10:45 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1007835

registered interest
date	15/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Forensic Science: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 10,000 cases identified by the National Police Chiefs' Council as possibly being affected by manipulation at Randox Testing Services were discovered to have been manipulated following testing; and which category of offences those cases related to.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	191959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold this information. This case remains subject to ongoing police investigation.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/11/2018 13:17:31 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1006911

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Royal Commissions
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 establish a royal commission on the role and future funding of policing.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	191330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office has no plans to establish a Royal Commission into police funding. Such a Commission would be a substantial undertaking requiring significant time and resource.</p><p>Instead, the Government is on the front foot in engaging with the police and we recognise the changing demands they are facing. The department supports forces to achieve their vision for policing through funding and work to improve forces' capabilities under five main strands: local policing; specialist capabilities; workforce; digital policing; and business enablers.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/11/2018 13:12:40 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

1006946

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Pensions
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 (a) additional cost to police forces in 2019-20 of employer contributions to the police pension scheme arising from the reduction in the public sector pension scheme discount rate confirmed in Budget 2018 and (b) additional grant to police forces to contribute towards those costs.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	191259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p>We are assessing the implications of changes to the public service pensions discount rate change announced in Budget 2018 on all forces.</p><p>The Budget made clear that part of these costs will be met from the Treasury Reserve in 2019/20. As the Chancellor set out in his speech, the Home Secretary will review police spending power ahead of the provisional police funding settlement for 2019/20 to be published next month.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/11/2018 13:15:44 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1006984

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fires: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 163508 on Housing: Solar Power and with reference to the British Research Establishment's report, Fire and Solar PV Systems - Recommendations for the Fire and Rescue Services, published on 15 July 2017, what steps his Department plans to take as a result of those recommendations.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	191271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>None. It is for individual fire and rescue authorities to determine operational practices and policies. As part of this, it is for local fire and rescue authorities to consider firefighter guidance recommendations from this or any other such report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 16:40:55 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1006989

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bedfordshire Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what amount of special grant funding Bedfordshire Police have applied for; and for what purpose they have made that application.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	191453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Bedfordshire Police have made an application for Special Grant funding for £4.6 million, mainly for a specialist operation to tackle gun and gang crime in the region (Operation Boson).</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 16:45:52 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1006057

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Stations: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police stations have closed in each of the last eight years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	190755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect information on police station closures.</p><p>It is for democratically elected Police and Crime Commissioners, working with Chief Constables, to determine the best use of resources to effectively serve and engage their communities and to build their trust and confidence.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 16:51:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1006105

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sir Edward Heath
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 commission a review of Operation Conifer.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	190738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has given careful consideration to a review of Operation Conifer but has concluded that there are no grounds to justify review or intervention by Government.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 16:42:49 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1006107

registered interest
date	13/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sir Edward Heath
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the cost to the public purse was of Operation Conifer; and what lessons have been learnt as a result of that operation.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	190739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p><br>The Home Office does not hold information on the total cost of Operation Conifer, as this is an operational matter for Wiltshire Police. However, in December 2017 the department provided £1.1 million of Special Grant funding towards the overall cost of the operation.</p><p>Lessons were learnt from the various forms of scrutiny the operation was subject to, including an Independent Scrutiny Panel, two reviews by Operation Hydrant and a review by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary (as it was then). The findings of the operation were then published in the Summary Closure Report, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/media/582/Op-Conifer-Summary-Closure-Report/pdf/Op_Conifer_Summary_Closure_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.wiltshire.police.uk/media/582/Op-Conifer-Summary-Closure-Report/pdf/Op_Conifer_Summary_Closure_Report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 19/11/2018 16:44:27 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching