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748020

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to put in place a protocol with police, local authorities, and other emergency services, to respond to acid attacks.
tabling member printed	Baroness Uddin
uin	HL474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>We are working closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead on the scale and nature of attacks with acid and other corrosive substances and how to respond to such attacks.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 11/07/2017 12:59:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1827 label Biography information for Baroness Uddin

748042

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Metropolitan Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of the Metropolitan Police to handle multiple large-scale terrorist attacks such as that at Borough Market simultaneously.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	2727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the UK’s preparedness for terrorist attack under constant review, and is delivering a £144 million programme to increase numbers of armed police officers in the UK. The first phase of the armed uplift is complete, with an additional 41 Armed Response Vehicles and around 650 armed officers trained. The number of armed response vehicles has more than doubled in London and around a quarter of the national CTSFO capability will also be based in the capital.</p><p>The Home Office also trains and equips specialist fire and ambulance teams to manage casualties in higher risk environments. These capabilities are deployable to a terrorist incident occurring anywhere in the UK, including London. Police’s response to the Borough Markey attack was fast and effective, with at least six armed response vehicles arriving on scene within the first ten minutes.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/07/2017 16:42:11 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

748045

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Greater Manchester Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of Greater Manchester Police to handle multiple large-scale terrorist attacks simultaneously.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	2723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the UK’s preparedness for terrorist attack under constant review, and is delivering a £144 million programme to increase numbers of armed police officers in the UK. The first phase of the armed uplift is complete, with an additional 41 Armed Response Vehicles and around 650 armed officers. The next phase - an increase in Counter-Terrorism Specialist Firearms Officers - is expected to complete in 2018, with a proportion to be based in Manchester.</p><p>The Home Office also trains and equips specialist fire and ambulance teams to manage casualties in higher risk environments. These capabilities are deployable to a terrorist incident occurring anywhere in the UK, including in Greater Manchester. The emergency services’ response to the recent terrorist attack in Manchester was fast and effective, with at least six armed response vehicles arriving at the incident within ten minutes.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/07/2017 16:41:26 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

748244

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
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 her Department's approved intervention providers for the Channel programme as located in each region of England.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	2865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>There are 20 individuals currently undergoing assessment for approval to become intervention providers (IPs) for the Channel programme. Recruitment of IPs is a continuous process and 5 individuals have recently received Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the current regional location breakdown of approved IPs. The majority of IPs work nationally and are frequently commissioned to work outside of their geographical location. We keep the list of IPs under review to ensure that regional distribution is appropriate to the number of Channel cases.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of IPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 2885 question first answered 12/07/2017 12:51:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

748249

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many intervention providers for the Channel Programme are pending approval.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	2885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>There are 20 individuals currently undergoing assessment for approval to become intervention providers (IPs) for the Channel programme. Recruitment of IPs is a continuous process and 5 individuals have recently received Ministerial approval.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides the current regional location breakdown of approved IPs. The majority of IPs work nationally and are frequently commissioned to work outside of their geographical location. We keep the list of IPs under review to ensure that regional distribution is appropriate to the number of Channel cases.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of IPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 2865 question first answered 12/07/2017 12:51:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

748040

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service to handle multiple large-scale incidents such as that at Grenfell Tower simultaneously.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	2725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>All Fire and Rescue Services plan for major and complex incidents. For multiple large scale incidents, if a fire and rescue service’s local capacity needs augmenting, there are well developed mutual aid arrangements so it can draw on resources from neighbouring fire and rescue services and across the country. Home Office supports specialist national resilience capabilities to respond to multiple scale incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) provide the coordination of support for national level incidents, working closely with the Government crisis management structures.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2726 question first answered 11/07/2017 12:52:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

748041

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	London Fire Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the capacity of the London Fire Brigade to handle multiple large-scale incidents such as that at Grenfell Tower simultaneously.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	2726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>All Fire and Rescue Services plan for major and complex incidents. For multiple large scale incidents, if a fire and rescue service’s local capacity needs augmenting, there are well developed mutual aid arrangements so it can draw on resources from neighbouring fire and rescue services and across the country. Home Office supports specialist national resilience capabilities to respond to multiple scale incidents.</p><p> </p><p>The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) provide the coordination of support for national level incidents, working closely with the Government crisis management structures.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2725 question first answered 11/07/2017 12:52:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

748216

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Corrosive Substances: Sales
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 Answers to the hon. Member for East Ham of 23 March 2017 to Questions 68535 and 68460, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislation to (a) control the sale and purchase of products with high acidic content and (b) restrict by age of consumer the sale and purchase of such products.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	2974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office and the National Police Chiefs’ Council jointly hosted a meeting on 4 July with medical experts, police, retailers, and officials from a number of Government departments and agencies to share understanding about the nature of attacks and discussed action being taken by the respective agencies. We are currently considering with retailers what action can be taken to restrict access to the most harmful products used in acid and other corrosive substance attacks.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/07/2017 12:40:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

748229

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received from chief constables in relation to frontline police officer numbers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Secretary regularly meets with and receives correspondence from Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Constables on a range of issues including frontline officer numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on the size, composition, and deployment of the police workforce are operational matters for directly accountable Police and Crime Commissioners and the Chief Constable of each area.</p><p> </p><p>We have a constructive and ongoing dialogue with policing about ensuring that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place to keep the public safe.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 11/07/2017 12:46:16 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

748231

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review guidance on single crewing by police officers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not produce guidance on single crewing. Decisions on patrol policy are for Chief Constables, working with directly accountable Police and Crime Commissioners who set the strategic direction for the force through their local police and crime plan. Chief constables keep their patrol policies under regular review and decide how best to respond to their local circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 2690 question first answered 11/07/2017 12:43:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh