Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to decrease the waiting time to process family reunion applications for individuals from Sudan.
Answered by Robert Jenrick
We are committed to improving and speeding up processing times for family reunion applications.
We prioritise all applications where the application has been made by an unaccompanied child, under the age of 18. We will also prioritise applications where there is an evidenced urgent or compelling reason.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charges have been brought for the theft of bicycles in (a) London and (b) England in each year since 1 January 2018.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on the investigative outcomes, including charges, of crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, on a quarterly basis.
These can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
According to the Crimes Survey of England and Wales shows bicycle theft is down by 49% since March 2010.
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the trend in the number of car thefts in (a) the London Borough of Hounslow and (b) outer London boroughs.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime and catalytic converter theft.
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.
The Metropolitan Police Service is represented on the Working Group and the Home Office regularly engages with the NCA on crime related to criminal gangs.
The most recent meeting of the NVCWG took place on 4th May 2023.
The Government is also working closely with the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP) to tackle theft of catalytic converters. The Home Office provided funding in 2021 to set-up the NICRP, the work of which ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft, providing training, sharing intelligence to target offenders, and implementing crime prevention measures.
Crime Survey data on vehicle theft since 2010 being down 42%. The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of car thefts recorded by the police in England and Wales, including data by London Boroughs.
Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Table 1 Volume of Police recorded offences for ‘Theft of a motor vehicle’, Outer London Boroughs
Area | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | Apr to Dec 22 |
Hounslow | 876 | 792 | 744 | 562 |
Outer London Boroughs | 19,305 | 16,154 | 17,978 | 15,472 |
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of car thefts in London; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime and catalytic converter theft.
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.
The Metropolitan Police Service is represented on the Working Group and the Home Office regularly engages with the NCA on crime related to criminal gangs.
The most recent meeting of the NVCWG took place on 4th May 2023.
The Government is also working closely with the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP) to tackle theft of catalytic converters. The Home Office provided funding in 2021 to set-up the NICRP, the work of which ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft, providing training, sharing intelligence to target offenders, and implementing crime prevention measures.
Crime Survey data on vehicle theft since 2010 being down 42%. The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of car thefts recorded by the police in England and Wales, including data by London Boroughs.
Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Table 1 Volume of Police recorded offences for ‘Theft of a motor vehicle’, Outer London Boroughs
Area | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | Apr to Dec 22 |
Hounslow | 876 | 792 | 744 | 562 |
Outer London Boroughs | 19,305 | 16,154 | 17,978 | 15,472 |
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with officials at the National Crime Agency on the theft of cars by criminal gangs.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime and catalytic converter theft.
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.
The Metropolitan Police Service is represented on the Working Group and the Home Office regularly engages with the NCA on crime related to criminal gangs.
The most recent meeting of the NVCWG took place on 4th May 2023.
The Government is also working closely with the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP) to tackle theft of catalytic converters. The Home Office provided funding in 2021 to set-up the NICRP, the work of which ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft, providing training, sharing intelligence to target offenders, and implementing crime prevention measures.
Crime Survey data on vehicle theft since 2010 being down 42%. The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of car thefts recorded by the police in England and Wales, including data by London Boroughs.
Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Table 1 Volume of Police recorded offences for ‘Theft of a motor vehicle’, Outer London Boroughs
Area | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | Apr to Dec 22 |
Hounslow | 876 | 792 | 744 | 562 |
Outer London Boroughs | 19,305 | 16,154 | 17,978 | 15,472 |
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with police forces to reduce thefts of (a) cars and (b) catalytic converters.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime and catalytic converter theft.
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.
The Metropolitan Police Service is represented on the Working Group and the Home Office regularly engages with the NCA on crime related to criminal gangs.
The most recent meeting of the NVCWG took place on 4th May 2023.
The Government is also working closely with the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP) to tackle theft of catalytic converters. The Home Office provided funding in 2021 to set-up the NICRP, the work of which ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft, providing training, sharing intelligence to target offenders, and implementing crime prevention measures.
Crime Survey data on vehicle theft since 2010 being down 42%. The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of car thefts recorded by the police in England and Wales, including data by London Boroughs.
Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Table 1 Volume of Police recorded offences for ‘Theft of a motor vehicle’, Outer London Boroughs
Area | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | Apr to Dec 22 |
Hounslow | 876 | 792 | 744 | 562 |
Outer London Boroughs | 19,305 | 16,154 | 17,978 | 15,472 |
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the National Vehicle Crime Working Group last met.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government is committed to tackling vehicle crime and catalytic converter theft.
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.
The Metropolitan Police Service is represented on the Working Group and the Home Office regularly engages with the NCA on crime related to criminal gangs.
The most recent meeting of the NVCWG took place on 4th April 2023.
The Government is also working closely with the National Infrastructure Crime Reduction Partnership (NICRP) to tackle theft of catalytic converters. The Home Office provided funding in 2021 to set-up the NICRP, the work of which ensures national co-ordination of policing and law enforcement partners to tackle metal theft, providing training, sharing intelligence to target offenders, and implementing crime prevention measures.
Crime Survey data on vehicle theft since 2010 being down 42%. The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of car thefts recorded by the police in England and Wales, including data by London Boroughs.
Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Table 1 Volume of Police recorded offences for ‘Theft of a motor vehicle’, Outer London Boroughs
Area | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | Apr to Dec 22 |
Hounslow | 876 | 792 | 744 | 562 |
Outer London Boroughs | 19,305 | 16,154 | 17,978 | 15,472 |
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charges have been bought for the theft of bicycles in (a) London and (b) England in each year since 1 January 2018.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on investigative outcomes of crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, on a quarterly basis.
These can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), in the year to September 2022, bicycle theft had reduced by 49% compared to the year to March 2010. This can be found at https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the charge rate for theft of bicycles in England and Wales was in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office works closely with the British Transport Police (BTP), the national lead for cycle theft, to tackle the theft of bicycles. BTP have recently launched the ‘double lock it’ campaign with police forces and organisations, providing advice to owners to help better protect their bicycles. Further information on the campaign and bicycle locks can be found here: https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/campaigns/double-lock-it/.
The Department for Transport (DfT) published its Cycling and Walking Plan for England, Gear Change, in 2020, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england. The Plan aims to boost cycling and walking and sets out a number of initiatives to combat cycle theft DfT is leading including encouraging retailers to number the bicycles they sell and offer customers the opportunity to register their bicycle on a database at the point of sale.
The BTP-led National Cycle Crime Group, working with DfT, have set up Cycle Crime Reduction Partnerships across the country to coordinate regional enforcement activity to disrupt organised cycle theft.
The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on the number of bicycle theft offences reported to and recorded by the police in England and Wales and their investigative outcomes including charges, on a quarterly basis. These can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables The number of police recorded bicycle theft offences for London and England are as follows. | |
(Source: Home Office Police Recorded Crime) | |
Year ending September 2022 | |
London | 19,374 |
England | 70,873 |
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Bicycle theft figures from the Crime Survey of England and Wales in Mar 2010 compared to now, which are:
Year to Mar 2010: 466,000
Year to June 2022: 242,000
Reduction of 48%
Asked by: Ruth Cadbury (Labour - Brentford and Isleworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the theft of bicycles; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Home Office works closely with the British Transport Police (BTP), the national lead for cycle theft, to tackle the theft of bicycles. BTP have recently launched the ‘double lock it’ campaign with police forces and organisations, providing advice to owners to help better protect their bicycles. Further information on the campaign and bicycle locks can be found here: https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/campaigns/double-lock-it/.
The Department for Transport (DfT) published its Cycling and Walking Plan for England, Gear Change, in 2020, which is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england. The Plan aims to boost cycling and walking and sets out a number of initiatives to combat cycle theft DfT is leading including encouraging retailers to number the bicycles they sell and offer customers the opportunity to register their bicycle on a database at the point of sale.
The BTP-led National Cycle Crime Group, working with DfT, have set up Cycle Crime Reduction Partnerships across the country to coordinate regional enforcement activity to disrupt organised cycle theft.
The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on the number of bicycle theft offences reported to and recorded by the police in England and Wales and their investigative outcomes including charges, on a quarterly basis. These can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables The number of police recorded bicycle theft offences for London and England are as follows. | |
(Source: Home Office Police Recorded Crime) | |
Year ending September 2022 | |
London | 19,374 |
England | 70,873 |
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Bicycle theft figures from the Crime Survey of England and Wales in Mar 2010 compared to now, which are:
Year to Mar 2010: 466,000
Year to June 2022: 242,000
Reduction of 48%