Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering other sites to temporarily house asylum seekers; and if so, whether they will list any sites actively being considered.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Government are working to move asylum seekers into more suitable accommodation such as military bases, to ease pressure on communities across the country.

It has been the longstanding policy of the Home Office under successive governments not to disclose information about specific hotels/sites which may or may not be used for asylum accommodation.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they considered any other sites managed by the Ministry of Defence before shortlisting Cameron Barracks and Crowborough army training camp for asylum accommodation; and if so, which sites they considered.

Answered by Lord Coaker - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Government has committed to close expensive asylum hotels and to achieve this, we will look at a range of cheaper, more appropriate sites like disused accommodation, industrial and ex-military sites so that we can reduce the impact on communities.

The MOD is stepping up to contribute to this whole of Government effort and is considering several sites. We are working closely with local authorities, property partners and across-government so that we can accelerate delivery and more detail will be set out in due course.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the total cost of redundancies that will be incurred as a result of the decision to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

No civil servants will lose their jobs as a result of the decision. The Home Office will work with Offices of Police and Crime Commissioners and local authorities on local transition arrangements, including any impact on local staffing, ahead of implementation in 2028. Following the approach taken for previous transfers of police governance in mayoral areas, costs of transition are expected to be met locally through existing budgets.

It will be for local areas to determine the staffing they need under these new arrangements and no decisions have yet been taken on this. We expect new arrangements to be lower cost as a result of rationalising support arrangements and joining up local service delivery, which can fund more neighbourhood police on the beat across the country.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants they expect will be made redundant as a result of their decision to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

No civil servants will lose their jobs as a result of the decision. The Home Office will work with Offices of Police and Crime Commissioners and local authorities on local transition arrangements, including any impact on local staffing, ahead of implementation in 2028. Following the approach taken for previous transfers of police governance in mayoral areas, costs of transition are expected to be met locally through existing budgets.

It will be for local areas to determine the staffing they need under these new arrangements and no decisions have yet been taken on this. We expect new arrangements to be lower cost as a result of rationalising support arrangements and joining up local service delivery, which can fund more neighbourhood police on the beat across the country.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how long they anticipate it will take for every police force in England and Wales to replace existing taser devices with the new Taser 10 models

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

Taser provides specially trained officers with an important tactical option to protect the public and save lives.

The deployment of Taser, including Taser 10, remains an operational decision for Chief Officers in line with their Strategic Threats and Risk Assessments.