Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the proscription of (a) System Resistance Network, (b) Sonnenkrieg Division, (c) Atomwaffen Division and (d) other extreme right organisations.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Whilst we keep the list of proscribed groups under review, we do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for
proscription.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to monitor UK citizens in prison in northern Syria who are believed to have been supporting or fighting with ISIS.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
We recognise that the situation in northern Syria is fragile and complex. We are continuing to work closely with international partners and partners in the region to address issues associated with foreign terrorist fighters. It would not be appropriate to comment further on the monitoring of UK-linked individuals in detention in northern Syria.
The Government’s position remains that those who have fought for or supported Daesh should, wherever possible, face justice for their crimes in the most appropriate jurisdiction, which will often be in the region where their offences have been committed. Any decision in relation to the continued detention, transfer or prosecution of detainees is ultimately a matter for authorities under whose jurisdiction the individuals are detained or located.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures were issued in each of the last 12 months.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (the Act) requires ?the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant three-month period on the exercise of her TPIM powers under the Act during that period. The report comments on the number of TPIMs that were in force at the end of the reporting period. For operational reasons we do not comment on the number of new TPIMs that were served.
The number of TPIMs in force in the last 12 months are recorded below:
Period | No of TPIMs in force at end of the period |
1 December 2018 to 28 February 2019 | 4 |
1 March 2019 to 31 May 2019 | 4 |
1 June 2019 to 31 August 2019 | 3 |
1 September 2019 to 30 November 2019 | 5 |
The numbers of TPIMs in force for the period 1 December 2019 to 29 February 2020 will be published in March 2020.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the delayed Police Grant announcement for 2020-21, what steps she is taking to ensure Police and Crime Commissioners and Mayors are able to make precept announcements that comply with the Police Reform Act 2011.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The 2020-21 police funding settlement – including proposed precept referendum principles – was laid before the House on [Wednesday 22 January], allowing Police and Crime Commissioners and mayors to comply with the Police Reform Act 2011.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's proposals for the level of Police Grant for each police force in England and Wales.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The 2020-21 final Police Funding Settlement was laid before the House on [Wednesday 22 January] and includes details of Police Grant levels for each force in England and Wales.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many additional police officers are undertaking initial training as part of the Government's campaign to recruit 20,000 police officers.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
In October 2019 Home Office confirmed officer allocations for every force in England and Wales in the first year of the uplift. The Home Office is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council to support all forces deliver these allocations.
The Home Office publishes the statistical series 'Police workforce, England and Wales' on a biannual basis. The next publication is scheduled for release on Thursday 30 January and will contain information on the number of officers in post as at 30 September 2019. Data on joiners and leavers are published annually, in the July release of the bulletin, which covers the situation as at 31 March.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-announces-first-wave-of-20000-police-officer-uplift
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on advertising the EU Settlement Scheme by (a) channel and (b) region or nation in each of the last six months.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
In October 2019, the Home Office launched a new £1m wave of UK wide marketing campaign to encourage EU citizens to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. Outdoor advertising, social media and search went live across the whole of the UK including in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
http://www.gov.uk/government/news/home-office-launches-1-million-advertising-campaign-for-eu-settlement-scheme.
All channels were paused in November due to the pre-election period. Activity will restart in February 2020.
A regional breakdown will be available at the conclusion of this wave of activity.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many instances of (a) serious violence, (b) hate crime, (c) malicious communications were recorded targeting the LGBT+ community in each of the last 24 months.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Home Office does not hold all the information on the sexual orientation of victims of the offences listed in the question.
However, the Home Office does hold information of number of offences perceived to be hate crimes by sexual orientation for selected offence groups which are routinely released as official statistics with the most recently published found here:
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timeframe is for her Department to rectify the software error that has resulted in conviction alerts for foreign nationals on the police national computer not being shared with their home countries.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Home Office is working to support ACRO to resolve the issue and find a technical fix which will be implemented as soon as possible.
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last had discussions with the European Commission to discuss security and intelligence cooperation after the UK has left the EU.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Home Office officials regularly engage with their counterparts in the European Commission and in other Member States on internal security cooperation post-exit through EU channels.
The Ministerial team also engage with international counterparts on a regular basis.