Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what data or survey information the Department for Transport holds on (1) pedal cyclists breaching road traffic regulations, and (2) near misses or injuries caused by cyclists to pedestrians.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on Fixed Penalty Notices and other outcomes for motoring offences as part of the “Police Powers and Procedures: Other PACE powers” statistical bulletin. The most recent data, for 2021, are available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1118166/fixed-penalty-notices-and-other-motoring-offences-statistics-police-powers-and-procedures-year-ending-31-december-2021.ods
The Home Office collects data through a national fixed penalty processing system (PentiP), which includes some information on offences of pedal cyclists breaching road traffic collections. However, these data are not routinely published within the motoring offences statistics and are therefore not quality assured. Additionally, data are not collected on whether there were near misses or injuries sustained during an incident.
The Home Office has also been informed by the Department for Transport that they do not hold data regarding either part of the question.
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of (1) their announcement of an additional £970 million in funding for the police service in 2019, (2) the fact that each police officer costs approximately £50,000 a year, and (3) their proposals to fund an increase in police numbers of 3,500 officers, they will instead be able to fund an extra 20,000 police officers.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
Police funding is increasing by over £1 billion this year, including council tax and serious violence funding. Police force spending is a decision for PCCs and Chief Constables, considering their local pressures and priorities.
The Home Secretary has committed to prioritising police funding at the next Spending Review.
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they measure the performance and success of the National Crime Agency in limiting the import and supply of controlled substances such as cocaine and heroin.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
In line with the National Serious Organised Crime Performance Framework, disruption data allows for the assessment of varied activities including traditional law enforcement Pursue responses and the broader spectrum of Prevent, Protect and Prepare activities, carried out by a range of agencies and government departments.
Therefore, across SOC threats (including Drugs), the NCA assesses its disruptions by the extent to which an activity is judged to have led to a reduction in the threat from an individual, group, or vulnerability linked to serious and organised crime. This approach helps to calibrate the NCA’s effort towards the highest harm serious and organised criminals and networks.
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average time taken for the Independent Office for Police Conduct to investigate a public complaint about police behaviour.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The information you requested is available on the Independent Office for Police Conduct’s (IOPC) website, published via their annual reports. The 2017/18 report can be accessed
https://policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/Who-we-are/accountability-performance/IOPC_annual_report_and_accounts_2017-18.pdf with previous reports available https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/who-we-are/accountability-and-performance/annual-report-and-plans The police conduct accountability and performance annual report: describes our work over the past year, including the investigations we have carried out, the appeals we have handled, and our work to increase public confidence in the complaints system. It also outlines what we have been doing over the past year to review and implement changes to the way we work.
The 2017/18 performance year, the figures include 9 months of IPCC data (April to December) and 3 months of IOPC data (January to March).
Figures for the 2018/19 performance year will be included in the IOPC’s next annual report which will be laid before Parliament and published later in the year.
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the budget to support the police transformation fund in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
As outlined in a Written Statement on Police Funding (HLWS429) of 31 January 2018 the Police Transformation Fund will remain at £175m in the 2018/19 financial year. £29m of the fund is allocated to enable a national uplift in armed policing capability and capacity.
The fund was £175m in 2017/18 (including £32m for the armed uplift) and £76m in 2016/17 (including £34m for the armed uplift).
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have died from police weapon discharges in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office publication Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017 presents statistics on the number of i) armed officers, ii) police firearms operations and iii) incidents in which police firearms were discharged in the 43 Home Office police forces for the financial years ending March 2009 to March 2017. The data can be found in tables 1, 3 and 4 here:
Below is the relevant extract from the tables to answer part of your request:
How many police firearms officers are employed in England and Wales at present; and how many were employed in each of the last five years (HL7888).
Table 3: Number of armed officers on 31 March 2013 to 31 March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 6,092 | 5,864 | 5,647 | 5,639 | 6,278 |
How many times police firearms officers have been deployed in England and Wales in each of the last five years (HL7889).
Table 1: Number of police firearms operations, years ending March 2013 to March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 15,475 | 14,939 | 14,685 | 14,649 | 15,705 |
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on:
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) publication ‘Deaths during or following police contact Statistics for England and Wales 2016/17’ presents statistics on the number of fatal police shootings for the financial years ending March 2007 to March 2017. The data can be found in table A1 here:
https://policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/statistics/Tables_deaths_report1617.ods
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in England and Wales were injured in police weapon discharges in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office publication Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017 presents statistics on the number of i) armed officers, ii) police firearms operations and iii) incidents in which police firearms were discharged in the 43 Home Office police forces for the financial years ending March 2009 to March 2017. The data can be found in tables 1, 3 and 4 here:
Below is the relevant extract from the tables to answer part of your request:
How many police firearms officers are employed in England and Wales at present; and how many were employed in each of the last five years (HL7888).
Table 3: Number of armed officers on 31 March 2013 to 31 March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 6,092 | 5,864 | 5,647 | 5,639 | 6,278 |
How many times police firearms officers have been deployed in England and Wales in each of the last five years (HL7889).
Table 1: Number of police firearms operations, years ending March 2013 to March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 15,475 | 14,939 | 14,685 | 14,649 | 15,705 |
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on:
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) publication ‘Deaths during or following police contact Statistics for England and Wales 2016/17’ presents statistics on the number of fatal police shootings for the financial years ending March 2007 to March 2017. The data can be found in table A1 here:
https://policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/statistics/Tables_deaths_report1617.ods
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police weapons have been discharged in England and Wales in each of the last five years, excluding negligent discharges.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office publication Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017 presents statistics on the number of i) armed officers, ii) police firearms operations and iii) incidents in which police firearms were discharged in the 43 Home Office police forces for the financial years ending March 2009 to March 2017. The data can be found in tables 1, 3 and 4 here:
Below is the relevant extract from the tables to answer part of your request:
How many police firearms officers are employed in England and Wales at present; and how many were employed in each of the last five years (HL7888).
Table 3: Number of armed officers on 31 March 2013 to 31 March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 6,092 | 5,864 | 5,647 | 5,639 | 6,278 |
How many times police firearms officers have been deployed in England and Wales in each of the last five years (HL7889).
Table 1: Number of police firearms operations, years ending March 2013 to March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 15,475 | 14,939 | 14,685 | 14,649 | 15,705 |
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on:
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) publication ‘Deaths during or following police contact Statistics for England and Wales 2016/17’ presents statistics on the number of fatal police shootings for the financial years ending March 2007 to March 2017. The data can be found in table A1 here:
https://policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/statistics/Tables_deaths_report1617.ods
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times police firearms officers have been deployed in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office publication Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017 presents statistics on the number of i) armed officers, ii) police firearms operations and iii) incidents in which police firearms were discharged in the 43 Home Office police forces for the financial years ending March 2009 to March 2017. The data can be found in tables 1, 3 and 4 here:
Below is the relevant extract from the tables to answer part of your request:
How many police firearms officers are employed in England and Wales at present; and how many were employed in each of the last five years (HL7888).
Table 3: Number of armed officers on 31 March 2013 to 31 March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 6,092 | 5,864 | 5,647 | 5,639 | 6,278 |
How many times police firearms officers have been deployed in England and Wales in each of the last five years (HL7889).
Table 1: Number of police firearms operations, years ending March 2013 to March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 15,475 | 14,939 | 14,685 | 14,649 | 15,705 |
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on:
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) publication ‘Deaths during or following police contact Statistics for England and Wales 2016/17’ presents statistics on the number of fatal police shootings for the financial years ending March 2007 to March 2017. The data can be found in table A1 here:
https://policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/statistics/Tables_deaths_report1617.ods
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police firearms officers are employed in England and Wales at present; and how many were employed in each of the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office publication Police use of firearms statistics, England and Wales: April 2016 to March 2017 presents statistics on the number of i) armed officers, ii) police firearms operations and iii) incidents in which police firearms were discharged in the 43 Home Office police forces for the financial years ending March 2009 to March 2017. The data can be found in tables 1, 3 and 4 here:
Below is the relevant extract from the tables to answer part of your request:
How many police firearms officers are employed in England and Wales at present; and how many were employed in each of the last five years (HL7888).
Table 3: Number of armed officers on 31 March 2013 to 31 March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 6,092 | 5,864 | 5,647 | 5,639 | 6,278 |
How many times police firearms officers have been deployed in England and Wales in each of the last five years (HL7889).
Table 1: Number of police firearms operations, years ending March 2013 to March 2017
Police force/region | March 2013 | March 2014 | March 2015 | March 2016 | March 2017 |
England and Wales | 15,475 | 14,939 | 14,685 | 14,649 | 15,705 |
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on:
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) publication ‘Deaths during or following police contact Statistics for England and Wales 2016/17’ presents statistics on the number of fatal police shootings for the financial years ending March 2007 to March 2017. The data can be found in table A1 here:
https://policeconduct.gov.uk/sites/default/files/Documents/statistics/Tables_deaths_report1617.ods