Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to introduce a national missing persons database.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
We are working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) through the Home Office National Law Enforcement Data Programme (NLEDP) to deliver a National Register of Missing Persons (NRMP) which will enable us to have a snapshot of live missing incidents across police forces in England and Wales. This will assist officers when they encounter a missing person particularly if that missing person is outside their home force area.
We are currently working towards the NRMP to be in use operationally in 2020/2021.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) Abellio Greater Anglia, (b) Great Northern, (c) London Overground and (d) Network Rail on the county lines drug trade.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tackling county lines is a priority for this Government and to date we have rolled out a comprehensive package of communications and awareness raising activity with a range of key sectors, including transport partners.
The Home Office has held discussions with Transport for London (which includes London Overground) and Network Rail regarding county lines activity on the transport network and we are encouraging them to raise awareness of the issue amongst local rail operators and staff.
To date, there has been no direct engagement with Abellio Greater Anglia or Great Northern.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) Addison Lee, (b) BlaBlaCar, (c) Gett, (d) HOPP (Taxify), (e) Kabee, (f) mytaxi and (g) other taxi, minicab and private hire vehicle companies on the county lines drug trade.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tackling county lines is a priority for this Government and to date we have rolled out a comprehensive package of communications and awareness raising activity with a range of key sectors, including transport partners.
However, specific engagement regarding county lines has taken place with the Licensed Private Hire Car Association, Uber, the National Institute of Licensing and National Association of Licensing Enforcement Officers.
In additional, materials have been shared with police forces and local authorities to disseminate to taxi companies as part of their engagement work on county lines activity.
To date there has been no engagement with Addison Lee, BlaBlaCar, Gett, HOPP (Taxify), Kabee or mytaxi.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders Regulations 2017 on preventing the growth of the county lines drug trade.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Government legislated to introduce Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders (DDTROs) following a request from law enforcement to introduce this additional disruption tool for county lines drug dealing. DDTROs came into effect in December 2017 and after an initial pilot period were rolled out to all forces in February 2018.
The new National County Lines Coordination Centre (NLCLCC) is responsible for supporting cross border efforts to tackle county lines and maintains oversight of the use of DDTROs. The NCLCC is responsible for providing forces with support and guidance on the use of DDTROs as part of a package of techniques to disrupt county lines perpetrators.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2018 to Question 199271 and paragraph 20 of the National Crime Agency’s January 2019 report entitled County lines drug supply, Vulnerability and Harm 2018, whether he plans to gather information about children under 10 years of age involved in county lines.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
A key purpose of the National County Lines Coordination Centre (NCLCC) is to develop the national intelligence picture in relation to the threat from county lines. In addition, in November 2018 the Director General of the National Crime Agency formally tasked all Chief Constables under the Crime and Courts Act 2013, to direct all forces to implement a more consistent and prioritised intelligence and operational response in respect of county lines drugs supply, to include the submission of intelligence to the NCLCC and a prioritised response to high-risk lines and gangs.
The gathering of intelligence in relation to any known county lines activity will include, if they are involved and where known, children under the age of 10.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 10 January 2019 and 9 October 2018 to Questions 205811 and 173497, if he will publish a breakdown of the number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff at the National County Lines Coordination Centre.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre is a joint initiative be-tween the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs’ Council, supported by £3.6m of Home Office funding. It is one of our key commitments set out in the Serious Violence Strategy.
The Centre is fully operational and has around 40 staff in post. The Home Of-fice is not involved in the set up and running of the Centre as it is an op-erational matter for the NCA and police, and does not hold information about staffing breakdown.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2018 to Question 173497, whether his Department is able to provide a breakdown between the number of full-time and part-time staff at the National County Lines Coordination Centre.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The National County Lines Co-ordination Centre is a joint initiative between the National Crime Agency and the National Police Chiefs’ Council, supported by £3.6m of Home Office funding. It is one of our key commitments set out in the Serious Violence Strategy.
The Centre is fully operational and has around 40 staff in post. The Home Office is not involved in the set up and running of the Centre as it is an operational matter for the NCA and police.