Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many speeding fines were issued in the (a) North Wales, (b) Dyfed Powys, (c) South Wales and (d) Gwent Police areas in the 2018-19 financial year.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of fixed penalty notices issued for speed limit offences and data for the 2018/19 financial year is due to be published as official statistics in October 2019.
Previous editions of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish all correspondence and telephone transcripts between the UK Government and the Welsh Government on the terms of reference of the Independent review of drugs.
Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
My Department is in regular contact with the Welsh Government on a range of policies, including those relating to drugs and the recent drugs review. The correspondence and calls are undertaken on a confidential basis and it would not be appropriate to publish details.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of recommendation C of the NAO report entitled Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales 2018 on police forces in Wales.
Answered by Nick Hurd
After I engaged with all 43 police forces in England & Wales in 2017 about the demands on them, the Government decided that we should provide greater financial certainty for the police for 2018/29 and 2019/20. We are investing an additional £460m in the policing system this year, including around £280m of direct funding from council tax precept.
We will consider the issue of the police funding formula will be in the context of the next Spending Review.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of recommendation C of the NAO report entitled Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales 2018 on rural police forces in England and Wales.
Answered by Nick Hurd
After I engaged with all 43 police forces in England & Wales in 2017 about the demands on them, the Government decided that we should provide greater financial certainty for the police for 2018/29 and 2019/20. We are investing an additional £460m in the policing system this year, including around £280m of direct funding from council tax precept.
We will consider the issue of the police funding formula will be in the context of the next Spending Review.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the comparative effect of recommendation C of the NAO report entitled Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales 2018 on rural and urban police forces.
Answered by Nick Hurd
After I engaged with all 43 police forces in England & Wales in 2017 about the demands on them, the Government decided that we should provide greater financial certainty for the police for 2018/29 and 2019/20. We are investing an additional £460m in the policing system this year, including around £280m of direct funding from council tax precept.
We will consider the issue of the police funding formula will be in the context of the next Spending Review.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how he plans to control immigration to the UK from the EU while while also protecting the uninhibited movement of people between Ireland and the UK under the Common Travel Area.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The UK is firmly committed to protecting the Common Travel Area (CTA). December’s Joint Report between the UK and the European Commission confirmed the shared understanding that the CTA will be maintained as the UK leaves the EU.
This means that, as now, there will be no routine immigration controls on journeys from within the CTA to the UK; with no controls whatsoever at the Ireland-Northern Ireland land border. However, individuals will still always need to meet the UK’s immigration requirements when entering the UK through the CTA.
The UK is considering options for it’s future immigration system very carefully and will outline further details in due course. The UK’s future approach to immigration control for EU citizens will reflect CTA arrangements.
The UK will continue to work very closely with other CTA members, particularly Ireland, to strengthen the external CTA border and tackle those who seek to abuse arrangements. In addition, intelligence-led operations target potential abuse of CTA routes and people identified as attempting to circumvent our controls are liable to be detained and, if unlawfully in the UK, removed.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the likelihood of immigrants from the EU using the uninhibited movement of people under the Common Travel Area to gain access to the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The UK is firmly committed to protecting the Common Travel Area (CTA). December’s Joint Report between the UK and the European Commission confirmed the shared understanding that the CTA will be maintained as the UK leaves the EU.
This means that, as now, there will be no routine immigration controls on journeys from within the CTA to the UK; with no controls whatsoever at the Ireland-Northern Ireland land border. However, individuals will still always need to meet the UK’s immigration requirements when entering the UK through the CTA.
The UK is considering options for it’s future immigration system very carefully and will outline further details in due course. The UK’s future approach to immigration control for EU citizens will reflect CTA arrangements.
The UK will continue to work very closely with other CTA members, particularly Ireland, to strengthen the external CTA border and tackle those who seek to abuse arrangements. In addition, intelligence-led operations target potential abuse of CTA routes and people identified as attempting to circumvent our controls are liable to be detained and, if unlawfully in the UK, removed.
Asked by: Jonathan Edwards (Independent - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for increased border control at Welsh ports in the event of EU migrants using the uninhibited movement of people under the Common Travel Area to gain access to the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The UK is firmly committed to protecting the Common Travel Area (CTA). December’s Joint Report between the UK and the European Commission confirmed the shared understanding that the CTA will be maintained as the UK leaves the EU.
This means that, as now, there will be no routine immigration controls on journeys from within the CTA to the UK; with no controls whatsoever at the Ireland-Northern Ireland land border. However, individuals will still always need to meet the UK’s immigration requirements when entering the UK through the CTA.
The UK is considering options for it’s future immigration system very carefully and will outline further details in due course. The UK’s future approach to immigration control for EU citizens will reflect CTA arrangements.
The UK will continue to work very closely with other CTA members, particularly Ireland, to strengthen the external CTA border and tackle those who seek to abuse arrangements. In addition, intelligence-led operations target potential abuse of CTA routes and people identified as attempting to circumvent our controls are liable to be detained and, if unlawfully in the UK, removed.