Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much central Government funding the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service has received in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Hurd
In 2018/19, Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Authority is receiving £47.8 million in core spending power. This is an increase of 0.8% compared with 2017/18. In addition, at March 2018, Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Authority held £25 million in reserves, equivalent to 52.3% of core spending power.
Details of Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Authority Spending Power and the contribution from formula grant or the Settlement Funding Assessment since 2010 can be found on line at:
Since 2010 there have been changes to the finance and function of local government, therefore spending power, Formula Grant and Settlement Funding Assessment are not directly comparable over this period.
Fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work. Overall fire and rescue authorities is receiving around £2.3 billion in 2018/19. Financial reserves held by single purpose Fire and Rescue Authorities increased by 80% to £545 million between 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2018. This is equivalent of 42% of their core spending power.
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what financial support his Department provides to the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service.
Answered by Nick Hurd
In 2018/19, Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Authority is receiving £47.8 million in core spending power. This is an increase of 0.8% compared with 2017/18. In addition, at March 2018, Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Authority held £25 million in reserves, equivalent to 52.3% of core spending power.
Details of Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Authority Spending Power and the contribution from formula grant or the Settlement Funding Assessment since 2010 can be found on line at:
Since 2010 there have been changes to the finance and function of local government, therefore spending power, Formula Grant and Settlement Funding Assessment are not directly comparable over this period.
Fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work. Overall fire and rescue authorities is receiving around £2.3 billion in 2018/19. Financial reserves held by single purpose Fire and Rescue Authorities increased by 80% to £545 million between 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2018. This is equivalent of 42% of their core spending power.
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the allocation of funds to the Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Hurd
In 2018/19, Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Authority is receiving £47.8 million in core spending power. This is an increase of 0.8% compared with 2017/18. In addition, at March 2018, Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Authority held £25 million in reserves, equivalent to 52.3% of core spending power.
Details of Tyne & Wear Fire and Rescue Authority Spending Power and the contribution from formula grant or the Settlement Funding Assessment since 2010 can be found on line at:
Since 2010 there have been changes to the finance and function of local government, therefore spending power, Formula Grant and Settlement Funding Assessment are not directly comparable over this period.
Fire and rescue services have the resources they need to do their important work. Overall fire and rescue authorities is receiving around £2.3 billion in 2018/19. Financial reserves held by single purpose Fire and Rescue Authorities increased by 80% to £545 million between 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2018. This is equivalent of 42% of their core spending power.
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the increase in the level of reported crime in South Tyneside between April 2017 and March 2018; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Police recorded crime figures for England and Wales are published quarterly by the Home Office.
Total crime recorded (excluding fraud) in South Tyneside Community Service Partnership has increased by 21% in the year to March 2018 compared to year to March 2017.
Nationally total police recorded crime (including fraud) increased by 11% in the year ending March 2018 compared with the previous year. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) points to improvements to recording practices by forces, expanded offence coverage, an increased willingness of victims to come forward and report certain crimes like sexual offences and domestic abuse to the police and genuine increases in some crime categories, especially in those that are well recorded, as important factors in explaining trends in police recorded crime.
Overall crime (excluding fraud) measured by the independent Crime Survey for England and Wales are down by 35% since 2010.
The most recent national crime figures are published by the Office for National Statistic in ‘Crime in England and Wales: year ending March 2018’ (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2018).
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to tackle metal theft in (a) Tyne and Wear, (b) North East England and (c) the UK.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 provides the legislative basis for tackling metal theft across England and Wales by making it more difficult for criminals to dispose of stolen metal through scrap metal yards.
Enforcement of the Act is a matter for individual local authorities and for chief constables and Police and Crime Commissioners who must decide how best to deploy their resources to respond to the crimes affecting their local communities
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in Northumbria Police in each year since 2010.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The Home Office collects and publishes statistics on the number of police officers employed by each police force in England and Wales on a bi-annual basis.
The latest available data, which cover the situation as at 30 September 2017, are published in the ‘Police workforce’ statistical bulletin, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-september-2017
Data for previous years, and as at 31 March, can be found in Table H3 of the annual bulletin, available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629362/open-data-table-police-workforce.ods
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes in police officer numbers employed by Northumbria Police on their effectiveness since 2010.
Answered by Nick Hurd
Northumbria Police have consistently been graded as “Good” on police effectiveness in Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services PEEL inspections (most recently published in March 2017).
Decisions about the number of officers and how they are deployed are a matter for PCCs and chief officers. I am, however, engaging with the sector to better understand the changing demands on the police and how these can best be managed, including what more can be done to improve productivity and efficiency and make prudent use of financial reserves.
Asked by: Stephen Hepburn (Independent - Jarrow)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent violent crime.
Answered by Norman Baker
The Coalition Government is taking decisive action to prevent violence, including violence against women, children and vulnerable people, sexual violence and gang and youth violence. As well as intervening early to prevent violence happening in the first place, we are making sure that victims are supported and perpetrators brought to justice.