Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to reintroduce the ban on animal experimentation.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
Animal testing of cosmetics for consumer safety has been banned in the UK since 1998 and this remains in force.
On 17 May 2023 the Government announced it is going further by banning, with immediate effect, licences to test ingredients exclusively used in the production of cosmetics for the purposes of worker safety.
The Home Secretary has issued a Written Ministerial Statement, which can be found here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-05-17/hcws779.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional immigration officers are undergoing training in order to expand the current staffing level.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
For security reasons, we would not disclose this level of detail about our workforce. The overall number of officers employed by both Immigration Enforcement and Border Force is at page 107 of the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts: HO annual report and accounts 2020-21 (publishing.service.gov.uk).
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional immigration officers have been appointed in each year between January 2018 and March 2023.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
For security reasons, we would not disclose this level of detail about our workforce. The overall number of officers employed by both Immigration Enforcement and Border Force is at page 107 of the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts: HO annual report and accounts 2020-21 (publishing.service.gov.uk).
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Afghan asylum seekers housed in UK hotels will be offered permanent accommodation (a) in the same area as those hotels and (b) which is suitably sized for the size of their party.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Government is working with 350 local authorities across the UK to meet the demand for housing and will continue to do so. Over 9,000 people have been supported into settled accommodation (This breaks down as c.8,500 moved into homes with an additional c.500 matched but not yet moved).
Further statistics on individuals resettled or relocated under the Afghan schemes have now also become available in the Immigration System Statistics, year ending December 2022 release.
Consideration of family size is an important factor when assisting guests with their housing needs. All guests are encouraged to work with our Home Office Liaison Officers (HOLOs) and council support staff at their hotel when searching for a property, who will support them to identify suitable, affordable homes.
We have always been clear with guests that there is no guarantee that any hotel moves or settled accommodation allocation will be in the same area as where they are now.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the likelihood of the use of tasers by the Metropolitan Police causing (a) temporary and (b) permanent injury.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
Taser provides officers with an important tactical option when facing potentially violent situations.
Taser has been approved for police use following independent medical evaluation by the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Medical Implications of Less Lethal Weapons to determine that it is safe and effective.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of adults in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency who were tasered by the Metropolitan Police from January 2022 to January 2023 by (a) age and (b) ethnicity.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of incidents where a CED (Conducted Energy Device; Taser) was used, by the age and ethnicity of the individual involved, in the ‘Police use of force, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here:
Police use of force statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
These data are collected by police force area only. Data for lower levels of geography, such as Parliamentary Constituencies, are not collected.
Data on the number of incidents involving CED by police force area (including the Metropolitan police force area) by officer perceived age group and officer perceived ethnicity for the year ending 31 March 2022 are available in the open data table that accompanies the release here:
Police use of force statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
CED use includes where the CED was discharged (drive-stun, fired and angle drive-stun) and not discharged (drawn, aimed, red-dotted and arced). The open data table presents whether a CED was used and the ‘highest’ use in columns BR and BS.
Data covering 1 April 2022 to 31 January 2023 have not yet been collected by the Home Office. Annual data covering the year ending 31 March 2023 will be published in late 2023.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of adults in London who were tasered by the Metropolitan Police from January 2022 to January 2023 by (a) age and (b) ethnicity.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of incidents where a CED (Conducted Energy Device; Taser) was used, by the age and ethnicity of the individual involved, in the ‘Police use of force, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here:
Police use of force statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
These data are collected by police force area only. Data for lower levels of geography, such as Parliamentary Constituencies, are not collected.
Data on the number of incidents involving CED by police force area (including the Metropolitan police force area) by officer perceived age group and officer perceived ethnicity for the year ending 31 March 2022 are available in the open data table that accompanies the release here:
Police use of force statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
CED use includes where the CED was discharged (drive-stun, fired and angle drive-stun) and not discharged (drawn, aimed, red-dotted and arced). The open data table presents whether a CED was used and the ‘highest’ use in columns BR and BS.
Data covering 1 April 2022 to 31 January 2023 have not yet been collected by the Home Office. Annual data covering the year ending 31 March 2023 will be published in late 2023.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of children in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency who were tasered by the Metropolitan Police from January 2022 to January 2023 by (a) age and (b) ethnicity.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of incidents where a CED (Conducted Energy Device; Taser) was used, by the age and ethnicity of the individual involved, in the ‘Police use of force, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here:
Police use of force statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
These data are collected by police force area only. Data for lower levels of geography, such as Parliamentary Constituencies, are not collected.
Data on the number of incidents involving CED by police force area (including the Metropolitan police force area) by officer perceived age group and officer perceived ethnicity for the year ending 31 March 2022 are available in the open data table that accompanies the release here:
Police use of force statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
CED use includes where the CED was discharged (drive-stun, fired and angle drive-stun) and not discharged (drawn, aimed, red-dotted and arced). The open data table presents whether a CED was used and the ‘highest’ use in columns BR and BS.
Data covering 1 April 2022 to 31 January 2023 have not yet been collected by the Home Office. Annual data covering the year ending 31 March 2023 will be published in late 2023.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number of children in London who were tasered by the Metropolitan Police from January 2022 to January 2023 by (a) age and (b) ethnicity.
Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary
The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the number of incidents where a CED (Conducted Energy Device; Taser) was used, by the age and ethnicity of the individual involved, in the ‘Police use of force, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here:
Police use of force statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
These data are collected by police force area only. Data for lower levels of geography, such as Parliamentary Constituencies, are not collected.
Data on the number of incidents involving CED by police force area (including the Metropolitan police force area) by officer perceived age group and officer perceived ethnicity for the year ending 31 March 2022 are available in the open data table that accompanies the release here:
Police use of force statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
CED use includes where the CED was discharged (drive-stun, fired and angle drive-stun) and not discharged (drawn, aimed, red-dotted and arced). The open data table presents whether a CED was used and the ‘highest’ use in columns BR and BS.
Data covering 1 April 2022 to 31 January 2023 have not yet been collected by the Home Office. Annual data covering the year ending 31 March 2023 will be published in late 2023.
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Friern Barnet)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether (a) her Department and (b) its agencies utilise Chinese-manufactured CCTV systems.
Answered by Tom Tugendhat
As has been the case under successive administrations, it is not government policy to comment on the security arrangements of government buildings.
Specific details regarding the make and model of security systems are withheld on national security grounds.
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