Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) hotel rooms and (b) similar accommodation are occupied by asylum seekers in St Helens.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
Data on the number of supported asylum seekers residing in St Helens (including in contingency hotels and other contingency accommodation) is published in table Asy_D11 here: Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to police forces on protests that disrupt (a) sporting and (b) music events.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
It is unacceptable that athletes who put tremendous effort into their training, as well as spectators who spend their hard-earned money to attend, are having their experiences spoiled by a selfish minority. The Government is committed to tackling the guerrilla tactics used to disrupt major British events. That is why we recently introduced new legislation through the Public Order Act 2023, criminalising actions such as ‘locking on’. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 also made it easier to tackle public nuisance caused by protesters.
The College of Policing have primary responsibility for publishing police guidance and are operationally independent. They have recently worked with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to publish the National Protest Operational Advice document (National protest operational advice (college.police.uk)), which provides operational guidance on the handling of protests, including those that disrupt major events, and the application of the Public Order Act 2023.
In addition, the College of Policing’s Authorised Professional Practice on Public Order Public Safety (Public order public safety | College of Policing(opens in a new tab)) has recently been updated and provides guidance on the policing of major events. The document signposts to both the Public Order Act 2023 and the National Protest Operational Advice document.
The Home Secretary recently chaired a roundtable with cabinet colleagues, police and sports representatives. The Home Office will continue to work with event organisers and police to ensure plans are in place to protect sporting events.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) civilian staff there were in Merseyside in each year since 2010.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales on a biannual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Information on the number of police officers, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) and police staff in England and Wales broken by Police Force Area (PFA) as at the 31st March each year since 2007 can be found in the ‘Police Workforce Open Data Table’ available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-open-data-tables.
While the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin remains the key measure of the size of the police workforce, as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, the Home Office also publishes a quarterly update on the number of officers (headcount terms only) in England and Wales, broken down by PFA. Data are available here: Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of crime involving (a) knives, (b) guns and (c) any other weapon were recorded in St Helens in each year since 2015.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The Home Office collects and publishes information on offences involving knives / sharp instruments or firearms at the Police Force Area level only.
Information for Merseyside police can be found in the Home Office Open Data Tables, available here: Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been hosted in hotels in St Helens in each year since 2015; and how much that cost in each of those years.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
The latest published Immigration Statistics detail the number of asylum seekers accommodated in each local authority area. These statistics can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets#asylum-support. Data are published on a quarterly basis, with the latest information published on 25 August 2022.
The next quarterly figures are due to be released in November 2022. The Home Office does not publish a breakdown of these statistics which disaggregates the number of asylum seekers accommodated in a specific type of accommodation. These figures are not available in a reportable format and to provide the information could only be done at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation's annual report, Terrorism Acts in 2020.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The Government is grateful to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation for his recently submitted annual report on the Terrorism Acts in 2020. The report will be published in due course.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2021 to Question 57132 on Arrest Warrants: Cross Border Cooperation, for what reason her Department does not record that information.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The National Crime Agency (NCA) acts as the National Central Bureau for INTERPOL (NCB) for the UK. INTERPOL data is made available both at the UK border and to front-line policing in order to inform operational decision making. The appropriate and lawful action to take will be case specific.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the Fraud Action Plan.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times and on what dates the Joint Fraud Taskforce has met since its initial inception in February 2016.
From its inception in February 2016, the Joint Fraud Taskforce (JFT) has held a total of 27 meetings, including the recent relaunch on 21 October 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the Fraud Action Plan.
Work on the Fraud Action Plan has continued at pace since it’s inception in February 2021 and the government intend to publish the final plan in early 2022.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times and on what dates the Joint Fraud Taskforce has met since its initial inception in February 2016.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times and on what dates the Joint Fraud Taskforce has met since its initial inception in February 2016.
From its inception in February 2016, the Joint Fraud Taskforce (JFT) has held a total of 27 meetings, including the recent relaunch on 21 October 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will publish the Fraud Action Plan.
Work on the Fraud Action Plan has continued at pace since it’s inception in February 2021 and the government intend to publish the final plan in early 2022.
Asked by: Conor McGinn (Independent - St Helens North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) status and (b) likelihood of on-time delivery of the independent review of Prevent.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The Independent Review of Prevent is currently ongoing. The Independent Reviewer of Prevent will complete and present his report to the Government imminently. The Government will respond on receipt of the report, as parliamentary time allows.