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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 26th January 2022

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the correspondence of 1 December 2021 from the hon. Member for High Peak, referenced RL31076.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

A response was sent to the hon. Member via email on 4 December 2021. The Home Office has resent its response on 20 January 2022.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Friday 14th January 2022

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 1 September 2021, referenced RL26044.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

In due course.


Written Question
Police Custody
Friday 14th January 2022

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 20 December to Question 93082, (a) why her Department does not collect data on the number of police holding cells in England and Wales; (b) whether data has been collected on the number of police holding cells in England and Wales at any time within the last ten years; (c) and whether her Department has made an assessment of the effecting on holding that data on estimating policing capability.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Home Office does not hold information centrally on the number of police holding cells across England and Wales. Therefore, this information has not been collected at any time within the last ten years. Data collected from police forces are done so on a priority basis in line with policy and user requirements whilst balancing the burden that data reporting places on forces.

Decisions about the most effective use of resources and capability, including the number of police holding cells, are an operational matter for police and crime commissioners and chief constables, tailored to the needs of their local community.


Written Question
Police Custody
Monday 20th December 2021

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many holding cells each police force in England and Wales has possession; and what the average journey time from a person's arrest to placement in a holding cell is in each constituency in England and Wales.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Home Office does not collect data on the number of police holding cells nor on the time taken from a person’s arrest to placement in a holding cell.


Written Question
Home Office: Senior Civil Servants
Wednesday 1st December 2021

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many senior civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 September 2021.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The below table provides the number of Senior Civils Servant working for the Home Office as at 31 March 2019, 31 March 2020, 31 March 2021 and 30 September 2021.

GOR NUTS1

Mar-19

Mar-20

Mar-21

Sep-21

East Midlands

0

0

0

0

East Of England

2

2

4

6

London

247

276

260

249

North East

0

0

0

1

North West

3

3

9

14

Scotland

1

2

2

3

South East

1

1

3

3

South West

0

0

1

1

Wales

1

1

0

1

West Midlands

0

1

1

1

Yorkshire & The Humber

4

5

5

9

Northern Ireland

1

1

1

1

Unspecified*

0

0

2

5

Total

260

292

288

294


Written Question
Home Office: Staff
Monday 29th November 2021

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.

Answered by Damian Hinds

The below table provides the number of Paid Civil Servants working for the Home Office as at 30 June and 30 September.

GOR NUTS1

Jun-21

Sep-21

East Midlands (England)

231

245

East of England

1945

1906

London

13280

13253

North East (England)

1315

1331

North West (England)

7105

7093

Scotland

1066

1104

South East (England)

3743

3866

South West (England)

398

420

Wales

636

643

West Midlands (England)

1036

1086

Yorkshire and The Humber

3649

3693

Northern Ireland

533

547

Note : 31st March 2021 data is published on gov.uk at

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2021


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 24th November 2021

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 1 September 2021, referenced RL26044.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The Minister of State for Afghan Resettlement will respond shortly.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 15th November 2021

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the email correspondence of 7 July 2021 from the hon. Member for High Peak, regarding migrant Channel crossings, reference RL24348.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

I, as the Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration, responded on 12 November 2021


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 27th October 2021

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 30 July 2021, reference RL25014.

Answered by Tom Pursglove

A response was sent by the Minister for Justice and Tackling Illegal Migration on 20 October 2021.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 15th September 2021

Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member for High Peak of 24 May 2021, referenced RL22748.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

I apologise for the delay. UK Visas and Immigration, MP Account Management team responded on 10 September 2021.