Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police custody suites in the UK have technology to allow live-link interpretation; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of such interpretation.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Home Office does not collect this data. However, we support the use of video to minimise time spent in court and streamlined procedures that save time and money. The police and the wider Criminal Justice System need to meet the needs of a public who increasingly use technology in their day-to-day lives. They must have the tools and the skills to deal with digital information, to tackle crime, support victims and ensure swift justice.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of (a) arrests and (b) convictions for domestic violence offences in Dartford constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Norman Baker
The information requested is not available.
Data on arrests are reported to the Home Office on the basis of aggregated
offence categories only, for example violence against the person, sexual
offences and robbery. From these centrally reported categories it is not
possible to separately identify arrests that involve domestic violence.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many vehicles were seized by the police as a result of being driven without insurance in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Damian Green
The Home Office does not hold this information.
The police have the power under the Road Traffic Act (1988) to seize vehicles
driven without insurance. Enforcement of vehicle seizures is an operational matter for the police.