Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to allegations of the theft of almost 300 cats in the Suffolk area between June and December 2014.
Answered by Lord Bates
Allegations of criminal behaviour should be reported to the Suffolk Constabulary so they can decide whether to instigate a criminal investigation. The Government has introduced Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to ensure that police force priorities across England and Wales better reflect those of the communities they serve, and that the police respond effectively to crime committed in the local area.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the number of recorded homophobic crimes in each of the last five years in England and Wales.
Answered by Lord Bates
The Home Office does not hold information specifically on homophobic crimes but does hold information on the number of hate crimes based on sexual orientation – which may also include crimes against heterosexuals (and perceived heterosexuals).
In 2011/12, 2012/13 and 2013/14 there were 4,364, 4,261 and 4,622 sexual orientation hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales (including the British Transport Police) respectively. The Home Office only holds data for the last three years.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals were placed on police bail by the Metropolitan Police Service in each year between 1997 and 2013.
Answered by Lord Bates
This information is not held centrally by the Home Office. In the past the Metropolitan Police Service has provided some data on police bail numbers in response to freedom of information requests.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many individuals were placed on police bail in England and Wales in each year between 1976 and 2013.
Answered by Lord Bates
The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many children remain missing of those reported missing since 1 July 2007.
Answered by Lord Bates
This information is held with individual police forces. The National Crime Agency publishes annual statistics on Missing Persons which includes missing children http://missingpersons.police.uk.
The last published report shows that in 2011/12 there were around 313,000 missing persons incidents. This report also finds that 64% of missing
incidents involved cases of missing children.
Data within this report shows that the majority (70%) of missing people return or are located within 16 hours with only 2% missing for longer than a week.