Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the crime mission in the Levelling Up White Paper, what the projected fall in homicide, serious violence and neighbourhood crime is in each year to 2030 for (a) Hemsworth constituency, (b) Wakefield local authority and (c) Yorkshire and Humber region.

The Levelling Up White Paper set out 12 ambitious new missions that are targeted, measurable and time-bound declarations of the progress needed to achieve levelling up.

The metrics through which progress on the crime mission will be measured, including the geographical coverage, are set out in Figures 15 and 16 in the Technical Annex to the White Paper. Metrics relating to the homicide and serious violence are available at the Police Force Area level. An expansion of the Crime Survey is being explored that would support more accurate estimates of neighbourhood crime levels in these areas and will provide a richer picture of what is happening to neighbourhood crime levels at police force area level.