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  • Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Huppert on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the strategic policing requirement of water cannon based on planning assumptions around three spontaneous sets of disorder ahead of their deployment in London.

    Damian Green

    The Home Secretary has now received the request to authorise water cannon for
    use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this request and
    will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant information in
    the House Library.

  • Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Huppert on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on how many injuries have been associated with the use of water cannon in Northern Ireland.

    Damian Green

    The Home Secretary has now received the request to authorise water cannon for
    use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this request and
    will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant information in
    the House Library.

  • Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Huppert on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to ensure that the temperature of water within a water cannon tank is retained at five degrees celsius.

    Damian Green

    The Home Secretary has now received the request to authorise water cannon for
    use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this request and
    will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant information in
    the House Library.

  • Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Huppert on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum use period is of (a) a new water cannon and (b) a used water cannon of the type the Metropolitan Police Service wishes to purchase from Germany.

    Damian Green

    The Home Secretary has now received the request to authorise water cannon for use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this request and will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant information in the House Library.

  • Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Dr Julian Huppert – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr Julian Huppert on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of (a) the cost of one water cannon, (b) annual storage costs of one water cannon and (c) annual maintenance costs of one water cannon.

    Damian Green

    The Home Secretary has now received the request to authorise water cannon for use by the police in England and Wales. She is considering this request and will announce her decision in due course and lay the relevant information in the House Library.

  • Jake Berry – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Jake Berry – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jake Berry on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken in the last 12 months to reduce the burden of administration for the police.

    Damian Green

    This Government has acted so that the police focus on fighting crime and not processing paperwork. Our work which has already taken place to reduce bureaucracy could see up to 4.5 million hours of police time saved across all forces every year – the equivalent of over 2,100 officers back on the beat.

    In the last 12 months we have established the Police Innovation Fund to support innovative delivery approaches to policing and free up officer time to fight crime. We have extended the use of police-led prosecutions, reducing bureaucracy for officers dealing with high-volume offences. We have also introduced an improved approach to dealing with Missing People so resources are deployed more intelligently.

    We are producing digital case files to improve file build and reduce paperwork and we are supporting all forces to develop digital solutions so officers can submit information via mobile devices and not have to return to the station to fill in forms.

  • Mr Gareth Thomas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Mr Gareth Thomas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mr Gareth Thomas on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to publish reports on the review of the balance of competences relating to EU migration; and if she will make a statement.

    James Brokenshire

    Free movement of persons is a complex area with a number of different issues to
    examine, and this deserves to be done thoroughly. We will publish this report
    once it is completed.

  • Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Helen Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Helen Jones on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested for breach of a forced marriage protection order in each year since such orders came into force.

    Norman Baker

    The information requested is not collected centrally by the Home Office.

    Powers of arrest for breach of a forced marriage protection order are currently
    issued by the civil courts. Arrests for civil offences are not covered by the
    Home Office arrest collection.

    Breach of a forced marriage protection order will become an offence when
    section 120 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 comes
    into force in summer 2014.

  • Jake Berry – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Jake Berry – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jake Berry on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to reform anti-social behaviour orders; and if she will make a statement.

    Norman Baker

    The Government’s reforms are contained in the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and
    Policing Act 2014. The Act will introduce two new powers, a civil injunction
    and the Criminal Behaviour Order, to replace Anti-Social Behaviour Orders.
    Unlike Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, the new powers will not focus solely on
    enforcement but can include positive requirements to ensure individuals address
    the underlying causes of their behaviour.

  • Steve McCabe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    Steve McCabe – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

    The below Parliamentary question was asked by Steve McCabe on 2014-03-25.

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library a record of the regions and sub-regions within the UK subject to the highest number of refusals of people seeking a visa to study in institutions in the UK.

    James Brokenshire

    The Home Office does not hold information on the numbers of Tier 4 visas
    refused for study at institutions, by regions and sub-regions, within the UK in
    the format requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.