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Written Question
Crime: Greater Manchester
Monday 2nd March 2020

Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Middleton South)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last received crime performance figures from Greater Manchester Police.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

Greater Manchester Police’s most recent crime data submission to the Home Office was received in August 2019. This covered police recorded crime up the end of June 2019. There has been a disruption to the regular supply of crime data since the force implemented a new Integrated Operational IT system in July 2019.

The Home Office carries out regular quality assurance of data received from all police forces in England and Wales before data are published as official statistics.


Written Question
Crime: Greater Manchester
Monday 2nd March 2020

Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Middleton South)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to verify the most recent crime performance figures from Greater Manchester Police.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

Greater Manchester Police’s most recent crime data submission to the Home Office was received in August 2019. This covered police recorded crime up the end of June 2019. There has been a disruption to the regular supply of crime data since the force implemented a new Integrated Operational IT system in July 2019.

The Home Office carries out regular quality assurance of data received from all police forces in England and Wales before data are published as official statistics.


Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Operation Augusta

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered Operation Augusta.

This is a story of the gross failure of public policy, and the implementation of public policy, to protect vulnerable children. Andy Burnham, the Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester watched “The Betrayed Girls”, a BBC programme about the sexual …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Operation Augusta

"The hon. Gentleman is underlining and emphasising my point about the lack of resources and leadership.

Two of the senior officers became chief constables afterwards, and their recollection of events is either non-existent or hazy. I simply do not believe that someone who had been in charge of such an …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Feb 2020
Operation Augusta

"I am not sure that I have a good answer for the hon. Gentleman. Some people, such as Pauline Newman, who was in charge of children’s services at the time, have moved on. The senior police officers who took the decision to wind up operation Augusta have moved on and …..."
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Written Question
National Emergency Services Memorial: Finance
Tuesday 5th February 2019

Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Middleton South)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will make a financial donation to the National Emergency Services Memorial.

Answered by Nick Hurd

This Government could not be clearer about the value we place on the role of police officers in cutting crime and keeping our local communities safe. We owe our brave emergency service workers a debt of gratitude for the courage, commitment and dedication they demonstrate in carrying out their duties.


The Home Office fully supports the campaign to fundraise for the National Emergency Services Memorial. The Home Office does not currently plan to make a financial donation to the National Emergency Services Memorial.


Written Question
Emergency Services Day: Staff
Thursday 31st January 2019

Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Middleton South)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will fund a position for somebody to work on the Emergency Services Day as the Ministry of Defence does for Armed Forces Day.

Answered by Nick Hurd

This Government could not be clearer about the value we place on the role of police officers in cutting crime and keeping our local communities safe. We owe our brave emergency service workers a debt of gratitude for the courage, commitment and dedication they demonstrate in carrying out their duties.


The Home Office fully supports the Emergency Services Day campaign and I was pleased to attend the Emergency Services Festival of Thanksgiving on 7 September 2018 in Manchester Cathedral.


The Home Office has no current plans to provide a financial donation or staffing to the Emergency Services Day.


Written Question
Emergency Services Day: Finance
Thursday 31st January 2019

Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Middleton South)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will provide the same national funding for the Emergency Services Day as the Ministry of Defence does for Armed Forces Day.

Answered by Nick Hurd

This Government could not be clearer about the value we place on the role of police officers in cutting crime and keeping our local communities safe. We owe our brave emergency service workers a debt of gratitude for the courage, commitment and dedication they demonstrate in carrying out their duties.


The Home Office fully supports the Emergency Services Day campaign and I was pleased to attend the Emergency Services Festival of Thanksgiving on 7 September 2018 in Manchester Cathedral.


The Home Office has no current plans to provide a financial donation or staffing to the Emergency Services Day.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 28 Mar 2018
Kerslake Arena Attack Review

"In extreme adversity, this may well have been Manchester’s finest hour. Andy Burnham, Richard Leese and Eddy Newman were a model of civic leadership during that period. The people of Manchester behaved heroically, as did the first responders to this terrible event. The force duty officer, in ignoring protocol and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Jan 2018
Proscription of Hezbollah

"My right hon. Friend is making a powerful case. Does she agree that, as well as being anti-Semitic, Hezbollah has assassinated and murdered Christians? As the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Zac Goldsmith) has said, any distinction between a military part and a political part of Hezbollah is entirely without …..."
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