Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of trends in the level of reported incidents of anti-social behaviour in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) the London Borough of Enfield.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
On 27 March, the Government launched the Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan giving the police, local authorities and other relevant agencies the tools they need to tackle anti-social behaviour.
The Office for National Statistics annually publishes anti-social behaviour incidents reported to the police by Police Force Area and no further lower level breakdown is currently available. There are plans to publish new Community Safety Partnership (CSP) breakdowns later this year. The latest available data covering year to March 2022 can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/policeforceareadatatables
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions for antisocial behaviour there were in (i) Enfield North, (ii) the London Borough of Enfield and (iii) London in each year since 2010.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests for notifiable offences in England and Wales, by financial year, available here: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
However, the data are collected by wider offence group, therefore data on more specific offences such as antisocial behaviour are not available.
Additionally, the data are collected by Police Force Area only (e.g. the Metropolitan Police, City of London Police), therefore the number of arrests at lower geographical areas such as Enfield North and the London Borough of Enfield are not available.
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on prosecutions as part of the quarterly ‘Criminal Justice System’ statistical bulletin, available here: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The outcomes by offence data tool provides a breakdown of prosecutions by offence type, including offences which would be considered antisocial behaviour.
The Crime Survey for England and Wales for year to December 2022, show that criminal damage down 68% compared with March 2010.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of levels of police participation in Domestic Abuse Matters training in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Domestic Abuse Matters training, developed by the College of Policing, in collaboration with SafeLives, with input from Women’s Aid and Welsh Women’s Aid, aims to improve the police response to domestic abuse and to achieve national consistency in the service police forces provide to people experiencing domestic abuse.
The majority of police forces in England and Wales have undertaken the Domestic Abuse Matters training in their force to date, including the Metropolitan Police who are the force for the London Borough of Enfield.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of recent trends in the number of car thefts in (a) Enfield North constituency and (b) the London Borough of Enfield.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The best measure of trends in crime is the Office for National Statistics’ Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and its latest estimates shows that the number of incidences of vehicle related thefts has fallen by 42% since the year ending March 2010. The sample size of the CSEW is not large enough to yield estimates at constituency or local authority level.
However, the Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of vehicle theft offences reported to and recorded by the police in England and Wales, on a quarterly basis. These are available at the Community Safety Partnership Area level, and can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
The Home Office does not hold information at the constituency level.
The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime. We are working closely with police and motor manufacturers through the National Vehicle Crime Working Group (NVCWG), chaired by ACC Jennifer Sims, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for vehicle crime, to take forward a programme of work to prevent and reduce theft of and from vehicles.
This includes training police officers on methods used to steal vehicles, encouraging vehicle owners to secure their vehicles and working with industry to prevent theft. Through the NVWG a network of vehicle crime specialists has been established, involving every police force in England and Wales, to ensure better sharing of information and intelligence.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Immigration plans to respond to the letter sent by the hon. Member for Enfield North on 31st March 2023 regarding visa arrangements to Turkey.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
I replied to the Honourable Member’s correspondence on 24 April.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister for Immigration plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Enfield North of 10 February 2023 on visa routes following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
A reply will be provided as soon as possible.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter of 23 February from the hon. Member for Enfield North on visa arrangements following the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The Government recognises the importance of the effective and timely handling of correspondence, and follows the Cabinet Office’s guidance titled Guide to Handling Correspondence for Government Departments and Agencies updated in July 2021, which is available at: Guide to Handling Correspondence - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
The suggested standard in the guidance for handling ministerial and public correspondence is that responses should not exceed 20 working days from their receipt by the respective department.
The Home Office is considering the Hon. Member’s correspondence of 23 February and, in accordance with the Cabinet Office guidance, a response will be sent in due course.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has taken recent steps to help support the reunification of families through the Afghan Citizen Resettlement Scheme.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
The government remains committed to providing protection for vulnerable and at-risk people fleeing Afghanistan. The situation is very complex and presents significant challenges, including how those who are eligible for resettlement in the UK can leave the country. This includes the eligible family members of those being resettled under the ACRS. For those evacuated from Afghanistan under the ACRS without their immediate family members, further information will be made available in due course about options for reuniting with them.
In line with our existing policy, those resettled under the ACRS may be able to be accompanied by their immediate family members - that is their spouse or partner, and dependent children under 18.
Those referred by UNHCR under the ACRS will have refugee status and will therefore be able to access the refugee family reunion route.
Those without refugee status wishing to bring family members would need to apply through the regular family visa route under Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules.
Whilst the UK has made a generous resettlement commitment, we must bear in mind the capacity of the UK to resettle people is not unlimited and therefore difficult decisions about who will be prioritised for resettlement have to be made.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding has been provided for Police Community Support Officers in (a) Enfield, (b) London and (c) England in each year since 2010; and what proportion of those Police Community Support Officers were funded by her Department either (i) partially or (ii) fully in each of those years.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area (PFA), on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.
These data are collected by PFA only, and lower levels of geography, such as London Boroughs are not collected. Data on the number of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in the Metropolitan Police Service and in England, as at 31 March each year, from 2007 to 2022 can be found in the ‘Workforce Open Data Table’. The latest mid-year figure, as at 30 September 2022, is also available in the data tables accompanying the latest ‘Police Workforce’ bulletin.
On 31 January, the Government confirmed a total police funding settlement of up to £17.2 billion in 2023/24, an increase of up to £287 million when compared to 2022/23. Assuming full take up of precept flexibility, overall police funding available to PCCs will increase by up to £523 million (3.6% in cash terms) next year. Individual force funding for 2023/24 can be found in the accompanying tables to the Written Ministerial Statement published as part of the Police Funding Settlement.
The Home Office does not hold specific information relating to the funding of Police Community Support Officers. Decisions on how to use funding and resources are an operational matter for Chief Constables. Police and Crime Commissioners are best placed to make resourcing decisions within their communities based on their local knowledge and experience.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Community Police Community Support Officers have been in post in (a) Enfield, (b) London and (c) England in each year since 2010.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales, broken down by Police Force Area (PFA), on a bi-annual basis in the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.
These data are collected by PFA only, and lower levels of geography, such as London Boroughs are not collected. Data on the number of Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in the Metropolitan Police Service and in England, as at 31 March each year, from 2007 to 2022 can be found in the ‘Workforce Open Data Table’. The latest mid-year figure, as at 30 September 2022, is also available in the data tables accompanying the latest ‘Police Workforce’ bulletin.
On 31 January, the Government confirmed a total police funding settlement of up to £17.2 billion in 2023/24, an increase of up to £287 million when compared to 2022/23. Assuming full take up of precept flexibility, overall police funding available to PCCs will increase by up to £523 million (3.6% in cash terms) next year. Individual force funding for 2023/24 can be found in the accompanying tables to the Written Ministerial Statement published as part of the Police Funding Settlement.
The Home Office does not hold specific information relating to the funding of Police Community Support Officers. Decisions on how to use funding and resources are an operational matter for Chief Constables. Police and Crime Commissioners are best placed to make resourcing decisions within their communities based on their local knowledge and experience.