Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of each type of hate crime were recorded on public transport in London in each year since 2010.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Home Office does not hold the requested data centrally. While the Home Office collects data on the number of hate crimes recorded by the police in London, we cannot tell from these data whether they took place on public transport or not. Furthermore, data are also collected from the British Transport Police but we cannot tell from these data whether the offence took place in London or elsewhere.
Recognising that hate crime is a serious and persistent issue, the Government is committed to developing a new hate crime action plan, working in partnership with communities to ensure we have strong measures to stop and respond to these deplorable crimes. In future, for the first time, the police will provide a breakdown in religion-based hate crime data to help forces build community trust, target their resources and enable the public to better hold them to account.
The most recently available figures for these police forces can be found in Hate Crimes, England and Wales, 2014/15, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2014-to-2015
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of incidents in which tasers were used by the police in London in each of the last five years resulted in (a) an arrest, (b) a charge and (c) a conviction.
Answered by Mike Penning
Accurate, consistent data on police use of force is essential to improve transparency around how the police are using their sensitive powers. That is why the Home Secretary asked Chief Constable David Shaw to carry out an in depth review of Taser data and other use of force, and present options for collecting, collating and publishing data on how force including Taser is being used, who it is being used on and what the outcomes are.
Data is not recorded centrally on how many and what proportion of incidents in which Tasers were used by the police in London in each of the last five years resulted in an arrest, a charge and a conviction.
Existing data on the police use of Taser by sex, age and ethnicity from 2010 to 2014, including that released under Freedom of Information, is not of a quality standard suitable for publication as Official or National statistics, and this data is not broken down by London borough.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people on whom the police used tasers were (a) BAME, (b) women and (c) under the age of 18 in each London borough in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mike Penning
Accurate, consistent data on police use of force is essential to improve transparency around how the police are using their sensitive powers. That is why the Home Secretary asked Chief Constable David Shaw to carry out an in depth review of Taser data and other use of force, and present options for collecting, collating and publishing data on how force including Taser is being used, who it is being used on and what the outcomes are.
Data is not recorded centrally on how many and what proportion of incidents in which Tasers were used by the police in London in each of the last five years resulted in an arrest, a charge and a conviction.
Existing data on the police use of Taser by sex, age and ethnicity from 2010 to 2014, including that released under Freedom of Information, is not of a quality standard suitable for publication as Official or National statistics, and this data is not broken down by London borough.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) the UK and (b) London have gained dual citizenship (i) in total and (ii) with citizenship of each EU member state in each year from 2010 to 2015 to date.
Answered by James Brokenshire
No statistical information is available showing whether British citizens hold another citizenship.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times tasers have been used by the police in each London borough in each of the last five years.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Home Office does not hold information centrally on the number of times Taser have been used by the police in each London borough over the last five years.
The Home Office publishes information on the number of times Taser have been used by police forces. The following table shows the number of times Taser has been used over the last five years by the London Metropolitan police and City of London police force.
Taser use by forces in London between 2010 and 2014 | ||||||
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | ||
City of London | 5 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 20 | |
Metropolitan | 359 | 378 | 755 | 2,110 | 1,942 | |
Total | 364 | 385 | 767 | 2,123 | 1,962 | |
Source: Police use of Taser, England and Wales | ||||||
Notes: | ||||||
1. Since 2009 there was a continual roll out of Taser which saw all forces using Taser in 2013 | ||||||
2. Care should be taken when making comparisons between forces on the level of Taser use. This is due to the varying data quality across the forces and that the level of Taser use it likely to be highly correlated with the size of the population in the force area. Forces will also have different policies regarding Taser use. | ||||||
3. There are a number of factors that may lead to an increase or a decrease in the use of Taser. These figures should not be used to interpret how any single factor is changing, for example, the level of crime. | ||||||
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was paid out in compensation (a) in total and (b) per case to victims of racial abuse by police officers in London in each year since 2010.
Answered by Mike Penning
This information is not held centrally by the Home Office and may be held by the force itself.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of racism upheld against Metropolitan Police officers resulted in (a) no action taken, (b) suspension, (c) other disciplinary measures and (d) dismissal in each year since 2010.
Answered by Mike Penning
This information is not held centrally by the Home Office.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) publishes quarterly data on police complaints for each force, which includes a breakdown of the nature of allegations recorded. The category of ‘Discriminatory Behaviour’ includes incidents of racism.
The IPCC also holds a more detailed breakdown of the category information, but does not hold information of the disciplinary outcomes subsequent to the complaints. This information may be held by the force itself.
I have asked the IPCC to write to the Honourable Member with the information it has available and will arrange for a copy to be placed in the House Library.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many complaints of racism were (a) made and (b) upheld against Metropolitan Police officers in each year since 2010.
Answered by Mike Penning
This information is not held centrally by the Home Office.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) publishes quarterly data on police complaints for each force, which includes a breakdown of the nature of allegations recorded. The category of ‘Discriminatory Behaviour’ includes incidents of racism.
The IPCC also holds a more detailed breakdown of the category information, but does not hold information of the disciplinary outcomes subsequent to the complaints. This information may be held by the force itself.
I have asked the IPCC to write to the Honourable Member with the information it has available and will arrange for a copy to be placed in the House Library.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who were (a) under five, (b) five, (c) six, (d) seven, (e) eight, (f) nine, (g) 10, (h) 11, (i) 12, (j) 13, (k) 14, (l) 15 and (m) 16 were subject to stop and search in each year from 2010 to 2014 in (i) London and (ii) each London borough.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the age of people who are stopped and searched, or subsequently arrested.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged under 16 were (a) subject to stop and search and (b) subsequently arrested in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 in (A) London and (B) each London borough.
Answered by Mike Penning
The Home Office does not hold data centrally on the age of people who are stopped and searched, or subsequently arrested.