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1203354

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date	12/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Firearms and 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 resources she has allocated to (a) researching and (b) tackling the causes of gun and knife-related crimes in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	59260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s Serious Violence Strategy, published in April 2018, sets out our analysis of the trends and drivers behind rises in serious violence including gun and knife crime.</p><p> </p><p>We are clear that the police must have the powers and resources they need to tackle gun and knife crime, wherever it occurs.  This is why we are recruiting 20,000 more police officers over the next three years and why the West Midlands police are receiving £620.4m in funding in 2020/21 – an increase of £49.1m on 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Home Office has committed over £176.5 million over two years to address</p><p>serious violence in the most affected 18 police force areas in England and Wales, which</p><p>includes £104.9 million to pay for a surge in police operational activity, of which £12,601,485 has been allocated to West Midlands police. The remaining £70 million is being invested in multi-agency Violence Reduction Units (VRUs) over two financial years, with £6,740,000 of this going directly to the West Midlands VRU. The VRU brings together police, local government, health and education professionals, community leaders and other key partners to identify the drivers of serious violence and agree a multi-agency response.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to gun crime specifically, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 has introduced a ban on certain rapid-firing rifles and we are introducing greater regulation of antique firearms to prevent their misuse by criminals. We have also consulted on statutory guidance on firearms licensing to improve standards and the consistency of police licensing decisions, and we have established a multi-agency national firearms threat assessment centre to improve our capability to disrupt the supply and use of illegal firearms by criminals and Organised Crime Groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 also gives the police more powers to tackle knife crime and will make it more difficult for young people to get hold of knives in the first place. The Act</p><p>introduces Knife Crime Prevention Orders which will help the police to steer those most at risk away from serious violence and knife crime, and we will be legislating to introduce new Serious Violence Reduction Orders to make it easier for the police to stop and search known knife</p><p>carriers.</p><p> </p><p>The Serious Violence Strategy also puts an emphasis on prevention and early intervention. We are investing £200 million through the Youth Endowment Fund to invest in and evaluate early intervention projects and an additional £500 million over five years through the new Youth Investment Fund to build new youth centres, refurbish existing youth facilities, provide mobile facilities for harder to reach areas, and to invest in the youth work profession and frontline services.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/06/2020 16:19:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1203355

registered interest
date	12/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Royal Commission On Criminal Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timescale is for announcing the (a) Chair and (b) terms of reference of the proposed Royal Commission on Criminal Justice announced in the Queen's Speech of December 2019.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	59243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Royal Commission is an important opportunity to address some of the key issues affecting the criminal justice system.</p><p>As we emerge from this unprecedented pandemic, we are carefully addressing the scope, terms of reference and membership of the Commission. In doing so we intend to embrace the lessons we can learn from the present crisis with Covid-19 to help make the system more resilient.</p><p>As this work develops, further announcements will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/06/2020 15:50:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1202826

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police Service's Handling of Non-recent Sexual Offence Investigations Alleged against Persons of Public Prominence Independent Review
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 paragraph 2.4.137 of the report entitled, The Independent Review of the Metropolitan Police Service's handling of non-recent sexual offence investigations alleged against persons of public prominence, published on 4 October 2019, whether the police have plans to undertake an investigation of the two individuals referred to as potential witnesses A and B for perverting the course of justice and wasting police time; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	58665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The police are independent of Government, and it is an operational decision by forces whether to conduct investigations into alleged criminality.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/06/2020 13:25:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1202828

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrests: Death
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 people in each ethnic group died following arrest in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	58667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>This information is publicly available.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 58668 question first answered 18/06/2020 13:38:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1202829

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police Custody: Death
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 people in each ethnic group died in police custody in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	58668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>This information is publicly available.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 58667 question first answered 18/06/2020 13:38:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1202867

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the increase in (a) xenophobia and (b) hate crimes reported in relation to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	58642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office are working closely with the National Police Chief’s Council to ensure that all police forces are providing reassurance to affected communities and encouraging hate crime reporting during the pandemic. The Government are also working with civil society partners to understand whether there are issues of underreporting at this time.</p><p>Government continues to work with communities around the country and the police to ensure people of all backgrounds have access to the latest information and are supported through this period.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/06/2020 15:00:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1202874

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police officers in the Metropolitan Police Service are of a black or ethnic minority background.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	58598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the ethnicity and rank of police officers in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area, on an annual basis. The latest available data, covering the situation as at 31 March 2019, can be found in of the Open Data Tables, published alongside the 'Police Workforce, England and Wales' statistics, available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817735/open-data-table-police-workforce-ethnicity.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817735/open-data-table-police-workforce-ethnicity.ods</a></p><p>Data as at 31 March 2020 are due to be published in July 2020.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 58599 question first answered 17/06/2020 08:15:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1202877

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police: Ethnic Groups
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 police officers at Chief Superintendent level or above in the Metropolitan Police Service are of a black or ethnic minority background.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	58599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the ethnicity and rank of police officers in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area, on an annual basis. The latest available data, covering the situation as at 31 March 2019, can be found in of the Open Data Tables, published alongside the 'Police Workforce, England and Wales' statistics, available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817735/open-data-table-police-workforce-ethnicity.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/817735/open-data-table-police-workforce-ethnicity.ods</a></p><p>Data as at 31 March 2020 are due to be published in July 2020.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 58598 question first answered 17/06/2020 08:15:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1202879

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to increase the number and proportion of police officers from a black and ethnic minority background in (a) the Metropolitan Police Service and (b) police forces in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	58600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Police forces have worked hard to improve equality and diversity in policing and the workforce is more diverse than ever before, however we know that we cannot be complacent. Our drive to recruit 20,000 officers gives us a significant opportunity to attract a wide range people into a career in policing and support the police to become more representative of the communities they serve.</p><p> </p><p>At 31 March 2019, there were 8,329 black, Asian and minority ethnic officers representing 6.9% of all police officers in England and Wales, compared with 4.7% in 2010.</p><p>The Metropolitan Police Service has the highest proportion of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) officers in England and Wales (15.0%) and had almost 4,500 BAME officers in total. One in four new recruits joining the Metropolitan police were from a black, Asian and minority ethnic background in 2018/19.</p><p>We continue to work across policing to support forces in addressing under-representation in the recruitment, retention and progression of officers, including those from BAME backgrounds.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/06/2020 08:06:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

1202893

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Horses
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 plans to review the use of police horses during protests and crowd control operations.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	58752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>Home Office officials regularly discusses with the National Police Chief’s Council the effectiveness of public order tactics including the use of Mounted Horse Units for crowd control purposes.</p><p>The use of police horses is an operational matter for chief officers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/06/2020 08:04:35 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West