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1020346

registered interest
date	05/12/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime and Radicalism: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding the Government has provided to organisations tackling online extremism and hate crime in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	199414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Over the last five years the Government has committed to funding a range of organisations tackling online extremism and hate crime.</p><p>This has included: over £450k to MOPAC for a London Hate Crime Hub through the Police Innovation Fund; £200k for the first year of the police National Online Hate Crime Hub which went live in January 2018; alongside £100k to the Police to support the TrueVision website for hate crime reporting. As part of the response to online extremism under the Counter Extremism Strategy, we have provided £272,419 in grant funding for Civil Society Organisations through the Building a Stronger Britain Together Programme.</p><p>There has also been funding to tackle broader issues than online extremism and hate which would have benefit for both issues. For example, over £1.8m funding to tackle online harassment through the Office for Students.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 21/12/2018 17:03:07 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

994000

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding each police authority in England received (a) in (i) revenue support grant and (ii) redistributed business rates and (b) through the council tax policing precept in 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	183350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Information on revenue grant support, redistributed business rates and council tax policing precept for 2009-10 was published by the Department for Communities and Local Government (now Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) and is available at the link below.</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919221338/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/counciltax200910" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919221338/http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/counciltax200910</a></p><p>Table 6 breaks down council tax precept income for English police forces.</p><p>Table 8 includes a breakdown of revenue grant support and redistributed business rates by force area.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 20/11/2018 17:37:34 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

989570

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 level of reserve funding police forces held at 31 March in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	180737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Reserves are an important tool for police leaders, but this is taxpayers’ money and we need real transparency about how it is being used.</p><p>That is why in January the Government published information on police reserves and provided guidance to Police and Crime Commissioners making clear that they must be more open with taxpayers about their plans to use them.</p><p>The exact level of reserves is a matter for individual Police and Crime Commissioners, who have a legal duty to set balanced annual budgets and ensure they have adequate reserves. Police reserve levels since 2011 are published in the Police Financial Reserves section on gov.uk. These can be found by following the link below. Earlier figures can be found in former Police Authority statements of accounts.</p><p>We will shortly be publishing March 2018 police reserve figures on gov.uk, following the publication of Police and Crime Commissioners’ annual accounts</p><p><br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-financial-reserves" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-financial-reserves</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/10/2018 16:46:10 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

989586

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department holds on the online platforms that hate crime offences have been perpetrated on.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	180738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office does not collect this information centrally. However, the most recent assessment of the evidence is available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/748140/hate-crime-a-thematic-review-of-the-current-evidence-oct2018-horr102.pdf." target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/748140/hate-crime-a-thematic-review-of-the-current-evidence-oct2018-horr102.pdf.</a></p><p>A joint Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport and Home Office White Paper will be published this winter, which will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures detailing how we will tackle online harms. Potential areas where we will consider legislating include transparency report-ing to outline the response and prevalence of harms, including hate crime, on online platforms.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/10/2018 13:44:39 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

989658

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	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 estimate she has made of the (a) amount of direct Government funding and (b) contribution from council tax through the police precept to each police force in England in each year from 2009 to 2016.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	180740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>Earlier this year the Home Office published a statistical bulletin setting out the breakdown of general Government grant funding and precept funding for each force for the years 2015-16 to 2018-19, available at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-funding-for-england-and-wales-2015-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-funding-for-england-and-wales-2015-to-2019</a></p><p>Police Grant Reports and accompanying Written Ministerial Statements setting out the grant funding provided by the Home Office are available for the years since 2010-11 at the address below.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-finance</a></p><p>The 2009-10 Police Grant Report can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/98274/police-grant-report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/98274/police-grant-report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Council tax information for Police and Crime Commissioners in England since 2011-12 is published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and is available at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2009-10 and 2010-11 council tax information can be found at the links below.</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919221338/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/counciltax200910" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919221338/http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/counciltax200910</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919171510/http:/www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/counciltax201011" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919171510/http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/counciltax201011</a></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 22/10/2018 16:47:01 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

921937

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for his Department to respond to it's consultation on the draft Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill; and what the timetable is for further steps to be taken in relation to that Bill.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	152183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>On 8 March we launched a 12 week public consultation on proposals for a landmark domestic abuse Bill and a supporting package of practical action to transform the response to domestic abuse. The consultation closed on 31 May. Over 3,200 responses to the consultation were received. The responses to the consultation are being considered and a draft Bill will be published later this session.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/06/2018 16:23:16 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

384722

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: 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 non-executive directors of her Department who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department's board; what the names and length of tenure of such directors were; and how many and what non-executive director appointments she has made since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	3560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>None of the Home Office’s non-executive directors who were in post before May 2015 have since left the Department’s board. Since May 2010 the Secretary of State has made 5 non-executive appointments to the departmental board. Further details on the Department’s non-executives are given in the Annual Report &amp; Accounts. The published accounts from 2010 can be accessed via the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/120048/annual-report-201011.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/143619/annual-report-2011-12.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/210660/Annual_Report_and_Accounts_FINAL_updated_logo.pdf</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/321446/ARA_web_enabled_18_June.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 29/06/2015 11:41:56 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

175775

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Employment Agencies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many recruitment and employment agencies her Department has used to source staff in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	222088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Department does not centrally hold details of recruitment and employment agencies who are engaged to source staff so this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/02/2015 14:41:03 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

169873

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Travel
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 has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	218478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office is performing well in reducing spending while protecting and improving our services. Against an 09/10 baseline, Government has saved £1.4billion through centralising arrangements for common goods and services. <br><br>Since 2009/10 we hve reduced the use of taxis by over 30% and we have cut spending on first class rail travel by 92% since 2010/11. Between 2006-2010 and 2010-2014, we have cut spending on taxis by £1.4m, on first-class rail by £3m, and all air travel by £4m.<br><br>The spend for taxis, first class train tickets and business class air travel in the last five years are as follows. <br><br>Taxis*<br>2009-2010 £768,623.66<br>2010-2011 £531,192.09<br>2011-2012 £318,944.83<br>2012-2013 £534,167.57<br>2013-2014 £529,919.39<br><br><br>First Class Train Tickets**<br>2010-2011 £203,884.12<br>2011-2012 £26,051.22<br>2012-2013 £23,232.63<br>2013-2014 £22,934.14<br><br><br>Business Class Air Travel***<br>2010-2011 £678,187.04<br>2011-2012 £861,537.43<br>2012-2013 £667,298.69<br>2013-2014 £1,010,037.59<br><br>It is not possible to separately identify the cost of first class train tickets and business class air travel in 2009/2010.</p><p /> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 18:38:48 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

170002

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost of (a) fraud and (b) financial error in (i) her Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	218507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>Previously reported fraud data was collected on behalf of HM Treasury. Archived reports can be found at: <br><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130129110402/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/psr_managing_risk_of_fraud.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130129110402/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/psr_managing_risk_of_fraud.htm</a><br><br>Currently the Home Office collects data for inclusion in the Quarterly Data Survey, as part of a Cabinet Office initiative, and shows combined totals of reported fraud and error for the Home Office and its executive agencies.<br><br>The Home Office has collected data for financial error since 2012/13, and is also published as part of a broader Cabinet Office initiative within the Quarterly Data Summary. Prior to 2012-13, the Home Office did not report the <br>value of financial error data. The Home Office does not collect data on financial error for Non-Departmental Public Bodies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/12/2014 15:32:26 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell