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1712622

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Devon and Cornwall Police: Community Policing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many (1) police officers, and (2) police community support officers, were employed in neighbourhood policing in Devon & Cornwall Police in each year from 2010 to present.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the function of police workers, as at 31 March each year, in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales</a>.</p><p>Since 2012, the Home Office has published statistics on the functions of police workers which includes a “neighbourhood policing” function. From 31 March 2015 onwards, the Home Office replaced the ‘old’ functions framework with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s (CIPFA) Police Objective Analysis (POA) framework. The POA framework also includes a “neighbourhood policing” function although the two frameworks are not directly comparable.</p><p>Data on the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in neighbourhood policing roles, collected under the CIPFA POA framework, in Devon and Cornwall, between 31 March 2015 and 2023, can be found in Tables F1 and F3 of the data tables accompanying each publication. The Home Office do not hold directly comparable data on the number of police officers and PCSOs employed in neighbourhood policing roles for years prior to 2015.</p><p>Table 1 shows the number of FTE police officers and PCSOs employed in neighbourhood policing roles in Devon and Cornwall between the 31 March 2015 and 2023. As at 31 March 2023, there were 264 FTE police officers employed in neighbourhood policing roles in Devon and Cornwall, an increase of 1.6% (4 FTE) compared to March 2015. The number of officers in neighbourhood policing roles had been declining between 2015 and 2018, when it reached a low of 220 FTE, before increasing year on year to levels seen in March 2015. Whilst the number of officers in neighbourhood police officers is similar to 2015, the proportion has decreased by 1.2 percentage points from 8.9% in 2015 to 7.7% in 2023.</p><p>As at 31 March 2023, there were 129 FTE PCSOs employed in neighbourhood policing roles, a decrease of 61.2% (204 FTE) compared to March 2015 when there were 333 FTE PCSOs employed in neighbourhood policing roles. Whilst the number of PCSOs has been declining, the proportion of PCSOs employed in neighbourhood policing roles has remained consistent.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Number and proportion of full-time equivalent police officers and PCSOs employed in neighbourhood policing roles, as at 31 March 2015 to 2023, Devon and Cornwall</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>As at 31 March</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Police officers</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>PCSOs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>231</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>253</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>99.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> </strong>Some forces are not able to make a clear distinction between certain subfunctions and therefore record the majority of, or all, employees under one function. This is particularly apparent for the ‘Neighbourhood Policing’ (1a) and ‘Incident (Response) Management’ (1b) functions, so the Home Office recommends using the wider function of “Local Policing”. Data for local policing is shown in Table 2 below.</p><p><strong>Table 2: Number and proportion of full-time equivalent police officers and PCSOs employed in local policing roles, as at 31 March 2015 to 2023, Devon and Cornwall</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>As at 31 March</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Police officers</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>PCSOs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion (%)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,393</p></td><td><p>47.5</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td><td><p>45.8</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,259</p></td><td><p>44.9</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,291</p></td><td><p>45.5</p></td><td><p>245</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,304</p></td><td><p>45.0</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td><td><p>47.6</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,459</p></td><td><p>49.5</p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>1,522</p></td><td><p>47.7</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>99.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>1,679</p></td><td><p>48.8</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>100.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Data for the ‘as at 31 March 2024’ publication will be published in July 2024 as part of the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 07/05/2024 12:45:20 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1712661

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the border between the UK and Republic of Ireland is secure against the passage malign foreign actors.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	22945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>We continue a high level of cooperation on border security with Ireland; working closely together to identify and tackle those who seek to abuse arrangements from entering the Common Travel Area.</p><p>Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 allows a Counter-Terrorism Police Officer to stop, question and, when necessary, detain and search, individuals and goods travelling through UK ports and the “border area” for the purpose of determining whether the person (or the goods) appears to be someone who is, or has been, engaged in hostile activity.</p><p>In Northern Ireland, a place is within the “border area” if it is no more than one mile from the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland or it is the first place at which a train travelling from the Republic of Ireland stops to let passengers off.</p><p>Individuals who seek to abuse the Common Travel Area arrangements are liable to be detained, and if unlawfully entering the UK, removed.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 30/04/2024 14:25:09 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1712672

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries
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 publish a response to the proposal of 18 April 2024 by the EU Commission to open negotiations to facilitate youth mobility visas between the EU and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	22932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK notes the publication by the European Commission on 18 April 2024 setting out a proposal to EU Member States and seeking their agreement to negotiate a UK/EU wide Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS). This is currently a matter for the EU and its Member States and the UK has not been formally approached.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 30/04/2024 13:05:55 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1712673

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries
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 the Answer of 22 November 2023 to Question HL130 on Youth Mobility Scheme: EU countries, whether he has had discussions with EU Member state counterparts on establishing bilateral youth mobility schemes.
tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
uin	22938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK remain open to negotiating new bilateral Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) arrangements with other countries and territories, including all EU Member States. However, as each YMS is subject to a bilateral, reciprocal arrangement which also provides benefit to UK nationals, with the details agreed between the relevant parties, we are unable to disclose the status of negotiations as they occur.</p><p>We remain committed to expanding our YMS to more nations, including but not limited to those within the EU. Further details of additional YMS agreements will be announced once they are concluded.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 25/04/2024 11:07:41 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1702389

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Overseas Students: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that universities are following English proficiency requirements for foreign students.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	22818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), as part of their compliance activities, conduct on-site audits of sponsors and check what assessment methods sponsors have used and their relevant evidence. Where there are any compliance breaches, UKVI take compliance action which can include formal action plans or revocation of the sponsor licence. English language assessments are also considered as part of the Basic Compliance Assessment which sponsors are required to pass on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 26/04/2024 09:13:14 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1702394

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Knives: Amnesties
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 assessment of the potential merits of introducing a knife amnesty.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	22701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Many police forces provide amnesty bins all year round to provide the public with a facility to safely dispose of unwanted knives and other offensive weapons. It is for Chief Constables, directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and Mayors with PCC functions to make operational decisions including how to allocate resources based on their local knowledge and experience.</p><p>The Government continues to encourage police forces to undertake a series of coordinated national weeks of action to tackle knife crime under Operation Sceptre. The operation includes targeted stop and searches, weapon sweeps of hotspot areas, surrender of knives, including through amnesty bins, test purchases of knives from retailers, and educational events. The latest phase of the operation took place between 13 to 19 November 2023 and saw 12,149 knives surrendered or recovered.</p><p>On 25 January we laid the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024 in Parliament. Subject to parliamentary approval, this will prohibit the manufacture, supply, sale and possession of zombie-style knives and machetes in England and Wales from 24 September 2024. From 26 August 2024 to 23 September 2024 we will be running a surrender and compensation scheme so that those who own zombie-style knives and machetes which will be banned, can surrender them and receive compensation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 24/04/2024 16:25:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1702418

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Internet: Cryptography
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) monitor and (b) enforce the removal of illegal content on platforms with end-to-end encryption.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	22802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Online Safety Act 2023 places legal obligations on tech companies to prevent and rapidly remove illegal content.</p><p>The Act’s illegal content safety duties mean that in-scope services will have to prevent users from encountering illegal content, such as child sexual exploitation and abuse. These provisions will come into force in due course.</p><p>The Online Safety Act is “technology agnostic” and focuses on the outcomes and behaviours it's trying to regulate, rather than targeting specific technologies, platforms and services. The Online Safety Act requires digital services to put in place proportionate systems and processes to make their platforms safe, whatever the design of the platform, informed by their own risk assessment of their service and its functionalities.</p><p>The UK Government supports strong encryption provided that it can be implemented safely and in a way that does not undermine legitimate law enforcement. But there does not necessarily need to be a choice between protecting children and privacy and it is right to require companies to keep children safe.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/04/2024 15:58:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1702430

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arriving in the UK aboard any floating structure have (a) had their phone confiscated by border force and (b) had their data digitally downloaded since 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	22779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office are unable to provide the requested data. This is on the basis that it is operationally sensitive and not stored in an easily accessible format.</p><p>Border Force, Immigration Enforcement and police colleagues use every tool at their disposal to investigate and disrupt the people smuggling networks who facilitate dangerous crossings on such floating vessels and structures, including seizing and examining mobile phones which could assist with criminal investigations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 26/04/2024 09:09:01 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1702431

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arriving in the UK aboard any floating structure have been stopped under Schedule 7 Terrorism Act powers since the enactment of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	22780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data covering the use of the powers under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 on a quarterly basis.</p><p>This data can be found via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000.</a></p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 29/04/2024 16:08:13 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1702432

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people arriving in the UK aboard any floating structure who have been stopped under Schedule 7 Terrorism Act powers since the enactment of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 have had a lawyer present during a stop.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	22781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data covering the use of powers under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 on a quarterly basis.</p><p>This data can be found via the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000. </a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 29/04/2024 16:05:19 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle