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 Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what information and data the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority holds about injuries caused by pedal cyclists to pedestrians who have subsequently made a claim to the Authority.
Answered by Lord Bellamy - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The GB-wide Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (the Scheme) provides state-funded compensation to victims of violent crime who cannot pursue compensation or redress from other routes. The Scheme is administered by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA).
Payments are available under the Scheme for physical or psychological injuries resulting directly from a crime of violence, as defined in Annex B of the Scheme. Paragraph 4(1)(b) of Annex B specifies that a crime of violence will not be considered to have been committed if an injury “resulted from the use of a vehicle, unless the vehicle was used with intent to cause injury to a person”. Paragraph 4(2) outlines that a “vehicle” for the purposes of this paragraph means any device which can be used to transport persons, animals or goods, whether by land, water or air. Therefore, any application which relates to an injury caused by a cyclist will only be eligible if the vehicle was used with intent to cause injury to the applicant.
It is possible that CICA holds information which falls within the scope of this request, however it can only be extracted from the CICA’s database through manual search of case records at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many pedestrians received treatment for injuries caused by bicycle collisions in each year from 2010 to 2023.
Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The information requested is not held by the Department.
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many injuries have been caused to pedestrians by cyclists over the last five years; and what percentage of those injuries have been classified as (1) serious, or (2) slight.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The number of pedestrian casualties in Great Britain injured in a collision with a pedal cyclist which was reported by police using the STATS19 system in each of the last 5 years for which data are available is shown in the table. Note however it is known that a majority of non-fatal collisions are not reported to police.
Year | Total injured casualties | Percentage with serious injury | Percentage with slight injury |
2017 | 528 | 26% | 74% |
2018 | 481 | 32% | 68% |
2019 | 402 | 34% | 66% |
2020 | 304 | 35% | 65% |
2021 | 436 | 32% | 68% |
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many road traffic collisions involving a cyclist and a pedestrian were reported to the police in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and what was the recorded severity of the injuries resulting from those collisions.
Answered by Baroness Vere of Norbiton - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
The number of reported personal injury collisions between a pedal cyclist and a pedestrian in England and Wales, and the resulting casualties by severity of injury, in each of the last 5 years for which data are available is shown in the table.
Year | Total collisions | Total casualties | Fatalities | Seriously injured casualties | Slightly injured casualties |
2017 | 488 | 626 | 4 | 147 | 475 |
2018 | 428 | 544 | 1 | 159 | 384 |
2019 | 362 | 448 | 4 | 144 | 300 |
2020 | 278 | 343 | 4 | 112 | 227 |
2021 | 384 | 462 | 0 | 140 | 322 |
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of officers the Police Service of Northern Ireland needed to safely provide a police service for the people of Northern Ireland.
Answered by Lord Duncan of Springbank
Policing is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland and operational capability is a matter for the Chief Constable. The PSNI’s main budget is allocated by the Department of Justice from the Northern Ireland block grant.
The UK Government has provided the PSNI with the additional security funding it has asked for and needs to ensure that they have the resource (including officers) to tackle the SEVERE threat from Northern Ireland related terrorism. This additional security funding boosts PSNI’s ability to tackle the terrorist threat while ensuring day-to-day policing isn’t compromised.
PSNI received £230m in additional security funding in the last Parliament and £160m in this one. In addition, the UK Government has, to date, provided PSNI with over £16.5m in EU Exit funding to help manage pressures and contingencies arising from ongoing EU exit preparations. This has enabled PSNI to recruit 206 additional officers this financial year.
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 Department for International Development:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to reports of the actions of Rabia Bibi and the government of Pakistan in arresting a trafficking ring of Pakistani and Chinese nationals, what assessment they have made of the number of cases of faith targeted human trafficking; and what steps they are taking to ensure that this newly vulnerable community is being effectively supported through UK aid designated for the most vulnerable and marginalised communities.
Answered by Baroness Sugg
The UK Government’s approach to tackling modern slavery and trafficking in Pakistan is to reduce the permissive environment through community based activities, and to strengthen the legislative framework for more effective prevention and control. We have not made an assessment of the number of cases of faith targeted human trafficking, however the UK Government is currently working on a range of projects aimed at minimising the incidence of modern slavery (including trafficking) in Pakistan. DFID and the Home Office have also commissioned a study which will look at modern slavery and trafficking specifically. A second study on women and trafficking is planned in 2020.
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Working Links going into administration on the charities to which it owed money.
Answered by Baroness Buscombe
The Department considered the impact on stakeholders and sub-contractors, based on the Administrator’s statement of affairs at the point of Working Links going into administration, and has worked with both the Administrator and Fedcap, who have taken over a number of Working Links contracts, to minimise the impact on those supply chain partners owed monies by Working Links at the point of administration.