Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle abuse of the immigration system.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The Immigration Act 2014 has expedited the removal of over 1,400 foreign national offenders from this country and stopped illegal migrants having access to services such as, bank accounts, driving licences and rented accommodation.
The Immigration Bill will go further, enabling the seizure of earnings from illegal workers, further penalising rogue employers, and extend the deport first, appeal later principle to more cases.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will place in the Library the guidance her Department issues to police officers about cyclists riding on footpaths; what recent discussions she has had with the police about that issue; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Mike Penning
The department receives correspondence from MPs and members of the public about the police enforcement of the offence of cycling on the footpath. The Home Office has issued no formal guidance or instructions to the police on this offence. The enforcement of this offence is an operational matter for the police, as determined locally and based on local priorities.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from (a) members of the public and (b) hon. Members about the enforcement of the law against cyclists using the footpath; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Mike Penning
The department receives correspondence from MPs and members of the public about the police enforcement of the offence of cycling on the footpath. The Home Office has issued no formal guidance or instructions to the police on this offence. The enforcement of this offence is an operational matter for the police, as determined locally and based on local priorities.
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) cautions have been made in each of the last five years relating to cycling on pavements.
Answered by Norman Baker
The information requested on arrests is not held centrally by the Home Office.
The number of offenders cautioned for offences of riding on the footway in England and Wales from 2009 to 2013, supplied by the Ministry of Justice, is provided in the table below.
| Offenders cautioned for offences relating to cycling on the footway, England and Wales, 2009 to 2013 (2)(3) | ||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 9 | 4 | - | - | - |
| '-' = Nil | ||||
| (1) An offence under S72 of the Highways Act 1835 | ||||
| (2) The cautions statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When an offender has been cautioned for two or more offences at the same time the principal offence is the more serious offence. | ||||
| (3) From 1 June 2000 the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 came into force nationally and removed the use of cautions for persons under 18 and replaced them with reprimands and warnings. These figures have been included in the totals. | ||||
| Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. | ||||
| Ref: 708-14 PQC 208401 | ||||
Asked by: David Amess (Conservative - Southend West)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the results were of the Metropolitan Police investigation into the death of an unnamed woman in Slough on 21 January 2012 following an abortion performed by Marie Stopes International.
Answered by Damian Green
The Government does not comment on the investigation of individual cases as
these are the operational responsibility of the respective police force
involved.