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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2022
Public Order Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2022
Public Order Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2022
Public Order Bill

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Written Question
Demonstrations: Motorways
Thursday 3rd February 2022

Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle disruption caused by protests on motorways.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, contains measures which will improve the police's ability to deal with these disruptive protests.

The maximum penalty for wilful obstruction of the highway will be raised from a level 3 fine (currently £1,000) to an unlimited fine and/or six-months’ imprisonment. This will ensure offenders receive proportionate sentences for the disruption they cause.

We are also clarifying that this offence can still be committed if the free passage along the highway has already been obstructed by other protesters. This is to address the defence exploited by some who claim that they are not guilty of the offence if they join a protest on a highway after the police have closed it to ensure the safety of other protesters already obstructing it.

However, we are disappointed that the House of Lords did not back other measures which would have helped to further reduce this disruption caused by a selfish minority of protesters.


Written Question
Safer Streets Fund
Tuesday 18th January 2022

Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reduce crime through the Safer Streets Fund.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

We are delivering on the people’s priorities to cut crime and make our communities safe. The Safer Streets Fund enables Police and Crime Commissioners and Local Authorities across England and Wales to support interventions, including improved CCTV and streetlighting in areas experiencing high rates of neighbourhood crimes, such as burglary.

In total, £70 million has been invested; the first round worth £25 million and the second worth £20 million focused on preventing neighbourhood crimes, whilst third £25 million round, announced following the tragic death of Sarah Everard, aims to increase the safety of public spaces for all, with a particular focus on helping combat violence against women and girls.

As part of the October 2021 Budget, it was announced that £50 million per each for each of the three years of the Spending Review will be dedicated to the Safer Streets Fund, helping it continue its vital crime prevention role. Details of future rounds of funding will be announced in due course.


Written Question
Gender Based Violence
Tuesday 18th January 2022

Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the progress of its Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy.

Answered by Rachel Maclean

Action we have taken since publishing our cross-Government Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy in June 2021 includes:

  • appointing transport champions to help make public transport safer for women;
  • awarded £30m to help make our streets safer through the ‘Safer Streets Fund’ and ‘Safety of Women at Night’ fund;
  • launched a pilot of ‘StreetSafe’ to enable the public to anonymously report areas where they feel unsafe; and
  • provided additional funding for specialist support services such as the Revenge Porn Helpline.

We are continuing to work with Departments across Government to drive progress in implementing the Strategy and are also working closely with Maggie Blyth who has been appointed as the National Policing Lead for VAWG to improve the policing response to these crimes.

In the coming months, we will also publish a complementary Strategy on tackling Domestic Abuse.


Written Question
Organised Crime: Drugs
Tuesday 18th January 2022

Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on tackling county line drugs gangs.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

This Government is determined to crack down on the county lines gangs who are exploiting our children and have a devastating impact on our communities. On 6 December the Government published a ten-year Strategy to combat illicit drugs which sets out a whole-system approach of how the Government is doing more than ever to cut off the supply of drugs by criminal gangs.

Through the Strategy, we will bolster our flagship County Lines Programme, investing up to £145m over the next three years to tackle the most violent and exploitative distribution model yet seen. By 2024, we expect this to result in over 2,000 more county lines closed, through a sustained attack on the distribution model.

This new funding will build on our progress in tackling drugs supply and county lines. Since November 2019, through our programme, the Police have already closed more than 1,500 lines, made over 7,400 arrests, seized £4.3 million in cash and significant quantities of drugs, and safeguarded more than 4,000 vulnerable people.


Written Question
Police: Females
Tuesday 18th January 2022

Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on increasing the number of women police officers in England and Wales.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

We are increasing the number of police officers in England and Wales by 20,000, by March 2023. I am pleased to say excellent progress is being made in delivering against this target. As a result of their hard work and commitment police forces in England and Wales have recruited 11,053 additional officers, as at 30 September 2021. This is 55% of the 20,000 officer target.

We are also attracting a broad range of people into policing from all communities and backgrounds, including more women. I’m pleased to see that forces are seizing the opportunity of the uplift to make forces more representative of their communities.

Published data Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) show that as at 30 September 2021 there were 47,425 female officers (headcount) in total, representing 33.9% of officers in England and Wales. This is the highest number of female officers than ever before. Since April 2020, more than four in ten new recruits (42%) were female, an increase on 37% the year before.

The next set of quarterly statistics, showing progress to 31 December 2021,will be published on Wednesday 26 January 2022.


Written Question
Police: Recruitment
Tuesday 18th January 2022

Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Crewe and Nantwich)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress the Government has made on the recruitment of 20,000 additional police officers by 2023.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

We are increasing the number of police officers in England and Wales by 20,000, by March 2023. I am pleased to say excellent progress is being made in delivering against this target. As a result of their hard work and commitment police forces in England and Wales have recruited 11,053 additional officers, as at 30 September 2021. This is 55% of the 20,000 officer target.

We are also attracting a broad range of people into policing from all communities and backgrounds, including more women. I’m pleased to see that forces are seizing the opportunity of the uplift to make forces more representative of their communities.

Published data Police Officer uplift statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) show that as at 30 September 2021 there were 47,425 female officers (headcount) in total, representing 33.9% of officers in England and Wales. This is the highest number of female officers than ever before. Since April 2020, more than four in ten new recruits (42%) were female, an increase on 37% the year before.

The next set of quarterly statistics, showing progress to 31 December 2021,will be published on Wednesday 26 January 2022.