Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the complaints made about John Worboys were subsequently deemed to have been Not Detected; and whether it is permissible for such complaints to be be reinvestigated at a future date.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The investigation of offences is an operational matter for the police. In the case of alleged offences already reported to the police which did not meet the evidential threshold for prosecution, the police may decide to resume investigations where new evidence comes to light.
Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that areas with historically low levels of crime continue to receive necessary levels of funding for local police.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The 2015 Spending Review protected overall police spending in real terms. Since 2015/16 police forces have received broadly flat cash budgets and we are increasing investment in transformation, improved communications and technology capabilities
Decisions on the most effective use of the Metropolitan Police’s resources are for Chief Officers and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) who are held to account by the communities they serve.
Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time was by local authority area for calls to the 101 non-emergency crime reporting service in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The handling of 101 calls is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office does not request 101 data from forces.
Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that operators on the 101 non-emergency crime reporting service have sufficient knowledge of the local areas for which they are responsible.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The handling of 101 calls is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office does not request 101 data from forces.
Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls to the 101 non-emergency crime reporting service were terminated by the caller while waiting for an operator in each local authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The handling of 101 calls is an operational matter for the police. The Home Office does not request 101 data from forces.
Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the 101 service for reporting low level crime.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Ipsos Mori survey for HMIC “Public views of policing in England and Wales 2016/17” published on 20 July 2017 shows that: people are most likely to call 999 for crimes/incidents against the person; there is a balance between 999 and 101 for property-related incidents; while for online incidents, anti-social behaviour and updates on previous incidents, 101 is the most likely choice. The survey can be found at:
https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/2017-07/public-views-of-policing-2017-hmic.pdf
Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stowaways have died while attempting to travel into the UK by aeroplane in each of the last five years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Home Office does not hold this information.
Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stowaways have been recorded as attempting to travel into the UK by aeroplane in each of the last five years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
There is one recorded instance of a surviving stowaway travelling into the UK by aeroplane, in the last five years. All other cases are a matter for the police and the Home Office does not hold this data.
Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stowaways have been recorded travelling into Heathrow Airport by aeroplane in each of the last five years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
There is one recorded instance of a surviving stowaway travelling into Heathrow airport and across the UK by aeroplane, in the last five years.
All other cases are a matter for the police. The Home Office does not hold this data
Asked by: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many stowaways have been recorded travelling into the UK by aeroplane in each of the last five years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
There is one recorded instance of a surviving stowaway travelling into Heathrow airport and across the UK by aeroplane, in the last five years.
All other cases are a matter for the police. The Home Office does not hold this data