Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Nov 2017
Online Hate Speech
"Local authorities have a key role in combating extremism. Can the Home Secretary say exactly what the Government plan to do further to support local authorities to ensure that they can undertake this role?..."Stephen Hammond - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"13. What recent steps she has taken to reduce the level of knife crime. ..."Stephen Hammond - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions
"On behalf of my right hon. and hon. Friends, I congratulate the Minister on her appointment. I thank her for her answer; she responded to the pressure well. Does she agree that it is a concern that, under the current Mayor, knife crime in London has risen in the past …..."Stephen Hammond - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Police Funding: London
"Thank you, Mr Gray; I will try to follow your stricture to be quick. I congratulate the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) on securing this important debate. It is a pleasure, as ever, to follow the hon. Member for Ealing North (Stephen Pound)—I always feel like …..."Stephen Hammond - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Police Funding: London
"I will—but briefly, because I know others want to speak...."Stephen Hammond - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 25 Oct 2017
Police Funding: London
"I certainly accept that we have seen rises in crime in London that are extraordinary. I absolutely agree with the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green that we should press the Government to do more. In some ways this debate is a few months too early because there will …..."Stephen Hammond - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"T7. To give some certainty to the many EU citizens who live in Wimbledon and the surrounding area, will the Minister say when he expects to be able to announce the reciprocal arrangements?..."Stephen Hammond - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions
"21. Several of my constituents have fallen foul of the pernicious crime of vishing, which often targets the elderly. What are the Government doing to protect people from such scams? Will she ask Ofcom to look at international calls?..."Stephen Hammond - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 10th October 2016
Asked by:
Stephen Hammond (Conservative - Wimbledon)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the incidence of vishing fraud.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Home Office do not hold any data on the incidence of vishing fraud. Vishing is when fraudsters obtain personal details of a victim by phone, usually with the intention of using this information to commit fraud. It is an enabler to commit fraud, rather than a fraud type in itself. The Home Office only collects data on the number of incidents of frauds, with no breakdown currently available for enablers used to commit them.
The Joint Fraud Taskforce, which brings together government, law enforcement and industry is considering options to reduce social engineering, alongside other initiatives to combat fraud more broadly.
Written Question
Thursday 8th September 2016
Asked by:
Stephen Hammond (Conservative - Wimbledon)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) ability and (b) willingness of police forces to catch those using their mobile phone while driving.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
There has been no assessment made of the enforcement by the police of the offence of driving whilst using a mobile phone. The enforcement of this offence is an operational matter for individual Chief Officers of police.
The attached table, “Fixed Penalty Notices” includes figures for Fixed Penalty Notices for use of mobile phones whilst driving, broken down by Police Force Area and by Year.
Based on information provided by the Ministry of Justice, statistics on offenders found guilty and sentenced, including sentence outcomes, for using or causing others to use a mobile phone whilst driving, at all courts in England and Wales, by police force area, from 2005 to 2015, can be viewed using the ‘Motoring data tool: with criminal justice area’ in the annual publication, linked below:- https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2015