Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Collins of Highbury on 26 November and 5 December (HL2460 and HL2989), why they are unable to confirm whether they have discussed conversion practice policies with the government of the Republic of Ireland.

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

There has been no engagement with governments of international jurisdictions on conversion practice policies since the election of the new government.

Question

To ask the Leader of the House when she expects a Written Answer to be given to the question asked by Lord Jackson of Peterborough on 22 October (HL1878).

Answered by Baroness Smith of Basildon - Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Privy Seal

The Ministry of Defence answered the question for written answer (HL1878) on 5th December 2024. As is sometimes the case when a Minister asks for further contextual information, a response may be later than the target 10 days. As Leader of the House I continue to remind Ministers of the 10 working day target.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government which particular characteristics are covered by the Additional Threshold Test for recording non-crime hate incidents; what plans they have to expand that list; and on what evidence any such plans would be based.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The statutory Code of Practice on NCHIs, developed by the previous government, sets out that an NCHI involves hostility or prejudice towards persons with a particular characteristic. A particular characteristic is defined as meaning race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity – this aligns with the five protected characteristics covered in hate crime legislation in England and Wales. Further detail can be found in paragraph 16 of the Code.

This Government has made clear that we will work with policing to ensure there is a consistent and common-sense approach applied to non-crime hate incidents.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for their policies of the Court of Appeal judgment R (Miller) v College of Policing (2021).

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The statutory Code of Practice on NCHIs, developed by the previous government, sets out that an NCHI involves hostility or prejudice towards persons with a particular characteristic. A particular characteristic is defined as meaning race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or transgender identity – this aligns with the five protected characteristics covered in hate crime legislation in England and Wales. Further detail can be found in paragraph 16 of the Code.

This Government has made clear that we will work with policing to ensure there is a consistent and common-sense approach applied to non-crime hate incidents.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to give the proposed Police Performance Unit powers to sanction police forces incorrectly recording (1) hate crimes, and (2) non-crime hate incidents.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office collects and publishes information on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. Information on non-crime hate incidents is not centrally collated. The Home Secretary has been clear about the consistent and common-sense approach that needs to be adopted when dealing with these matters, and we are working with the College of Policing on how best that can be done.

To drive up performance and standards and ensure communities can have confidence in their local police force, a new Police Performance Unit will be established in the Home Office. The Unit will harness national data to monitor performance and direct improvements, underpinned by a performance framework developed with the College of Policing, policing inspectorate (HMICFRS), National Police Chiefs’ Council and PCCs.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether there is any correlation between the incidence of non-crime hate incidents and hate crimes.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office collects and publishes information on hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales. Information on non-crime hate incidents is not centrally collated. The Home Secretary has been clear about the consistent and common-sense approach that needs to be adopted when dealing with these matters, and we are working with the College of Policing on how best that can be done.

To drive up performance and standards and ensure communities can have confidence in their local police force, a new Police Performance Unit will be established in the Home Office. The Unit will harness national data to monitor performance and direct improvements, underpinned by a performance framework developed with the College of Policing, policing inspectorate (HMICFRS), National Police Chiefs’ Council and PCCs.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Coaker on 5 December (HL1878), what steps they are taking consequent upon the Ministry of Defence review into equality, diversity and inclusion.

Answered by Lord Coaker - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

Following the review into Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Defence has accelerated work to restructure and consolidate its staff networks into a smaller number, is conducting an audit of our training programmes to ensure that they deliver high-quality, valuable content, and will ensure that future partnerships and consultancy spend on EDI projects have a clearer focus on return on investment.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the National Police Chiefs’ Council regarding their review of guidance of trans identified police offers conducting strip searches; and when it will be published.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

Ministers and officials meet with representatives of the NPCC on a regular basis and discuss a wide range of topics.

The National Police Chiefs’ Council is currently reviewing its national guidance on searching by transgender officers, and we anticipate this will be issued to forces in 2025.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 11 December (HL2987), what estimate they have made of the monetary cost of the collation and verification of data relating to individuals who have had their UK visas revoked on the grounds of (1) national security, and (2) being non-conducive to the public good.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

It has been established that the time it would take to individually review each case that has been considered for curtailment during the time frame requested would exceed the relevant cost limit.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hanson of Flint on 11 December (HL2985), why they do not currently hold data on the cost to individual police forces of collecting and collating data on non-crime hate incidents.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

Data relating to non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) is held by individual police forces.

Previous Conservative governments have made the decision to not centrally collate this data in order to minimise the burden on police forces.

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