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.
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 Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the level of illiteracy among the prison population in England and Wales over the last three years; and how those figures have been affected by the literacy programme organised by HM Prison Service.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
On 24 May, we published a ground-breaking Education and Employment strategy for our prisons. The strategy sets out how we will transform our approaches to helping prisoners develop their skills and thereby secure and sustain employment after they leave custody.
The government introduced mandatory testing of prisoners’ levels of maths and English in prisons in England in August 2014. Prisoners are tested on reception to custody and, since 1 August 2017, we also test prisoners when they move between establishments and on release.
The table below sets out data on assessed levels of English on reception for prisoners in custody in England.
Academic year: | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
Education assessments in English | 72,680 |
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Entry Level 1 | 5,760 | 7.9% | 4,620 | 7.4% | 4,350 | 8.0% |
Entry Level 2 | 9,630 | 13.2% | 9,770 | 15.7% | 8,440 | 15.6% |
Entry Level 3 | 21,620 | 29.7% | 21,050 | 33.8% | 16,610 | 30.7% |
Level 1 | 25,850 | 35.6% | 18,560 | 29.8% | 17,360 | 32.0% |
Level 2 | 9,340 | 12.9% | 6,340 | 10.2% | 5,830 | 10.8% |
Not known | 890 | 1.2% | 2,410 | 3.9% | 2,110 | 3.9% |
Entry Level 3 would be the level expected of an 11-year old: in the 2016/17 academic year, 54% of prisoners were at or below that level in English.
We are empowering governors, giving them the power to tailor education and training to the needs of their prisoners by putting in place new prison education contracts that will come into effect from April 2019. Under these new arrangements, we will be collecting the data needed to allow us to judge the success of our learning programmes more effectively in terms of progress. We have put in place a core common curriculum, focused on the underpinning basic skills of maths and English, which will underpin the new education contracts. We have selected the Awarding Organisations whose qualifications will be used exclusively in these subjects so that those starting a course at one prison can bank and build on their progress if they move elsewhere.
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
Asked by: Lord Hogan-Howe (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the police service in England and Wales has spent on the apprenticeship scheme since it started.
Answered by Lord Bates
It is only possible to accurately determine the total Apprenticeship Levy payments made by police forces and the amount of funds entering their apprenticeship service accounts at disproportionate costs.
This is because HMRC and DfE administrative data is not produced in a form where police forces and their associated PAYE schemes are easily identifiable.