Home Department

Questions answered by this department

• 5. What plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to support police to tackle the illegal use of e-bikes and
• Illegal car cruising is a real blight on communities, causing noise pollution and terrifying local communities, includin
• Far too many residents in Gloucester tell me about persistent antisocial behaviour in the city centre, and they are fed
• Cheshire constabulary was named the best police force in England and Wales for the highest charge rates for crimes again
• Cumbria police do really good work tackling the use of illegal e-bikes, but with ever-growing numbers of them hitting ou
• Around 1,000 constituents in Dunfermline recently told me in a city centre survey that they were concerned about coming
• I am concerned about young people and knife crime in my home city of Glasgow. Victim Support Scotland has asked the Scot
• Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and we are indeed flattered to see the Prime Minister discussing improved r
• 2. What assessment she has made of the potential merits of the UK joining the EU pact on migration and asylum.
• The Prime Minister has said that he wants access to the Eurodac database. How does the Government propose to negotiate t
• Gift Oladele successfully appealed his deportation, after sexually assaulting a woman in Manchester. He then went on to
• Ministers tell us that small boat arrivals are vetted, so we need not worry, but Mohammed Yaseen—who, as we all know, jo
• 6. What progress her Department has made on reducing levels of knife crime.
• I thank the Home Secretary for her answers and for her commitment to trying to stop knife crime. One of the greatest way
• We inherited a situation in which gangs were profiting from our out-of-control borders and hotel operators were ripping
• Some people, including the Prime Minister, argue that the small boats crisis was caused by our leaving the EU. It starte
• If small boat crossings were down by enough, the Government would not have to stand up asylum camps at places such as Mi
• 1. What proportion of people arriving in small boats were removed in 2025.
• 3. What steps she is taking to expedite the deportation of foreign national offenders.
• We heard the Home Secretary make the claim that her changes to indefinite leave to remain would somehow act as a disince
• I welcome the new police powers to seize illegal e-scooters and e-bikes that, quite frankly, are out of control. In Epso
• As a Portsmouth MP, I know how important it is that people living in ports along the south coast have confidence in our
• Illegal immigration is by definition a cross-border phenomenon, which is why we are required to work with our friends an
• My recent Pride in Place survey in Rhyl found that antisocial behaviour such as street drinking and fly-tipping is putti
• Nearly 6,000 foreign national offenders were returned in the last year—12% more than in the year before. Clause 20 of th
• There are 21,000 serious foreign criminals still in the UK. Today, a foreign criminal jailed for four years or more cann
• We await more on the agreement with France, and perhaps with Belgium and many other countries. It might just be simpler
• Up to June this year, the returns rate was 35% higher than it had been in the 12 months previously. Does the Home Secret
• 4. What steps she is taking to help reduce levels of abuse experienced by retail workers.
• In 2021 my colleague Daniel Johnson MSP introduced landmark protections for Scottish shop workers, following a campaign
• 15. What steps she is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour.
• Too often, antisocial behaviour on our streets comes with a racist edge, and tackling it starts with naming it, somethin
• There is wide consensus across the House on the need to tackle modern slavery. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 went a long w
• The Metropolitan Police Commissioner is clear that, despite recent welcome funding increases from the Government to the
• I thank my hon. Friend the Policing Minister for her visit to Coventry last month to see the brilliant work done by the
• 9. What progress she has made on reforming the police funding formula.
• I thank the Minister for that response. I want more funding for policing, as well as the fairer allocation of it, to tac
• West Mercia police have changed the hours of police community support officers, introducing an 8 pm finish in order to s
• Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist, yet her books are being withdrawn from shelves up and down the country. Under
• Many of my constituents have raised the issue of antisocial behaviour and dangerous riding by people on e-bikes, particu
• I pay tribute to Chester Women’s Aid, which continues to campaign hard for victims and survivors of domestic abuse in my
• In a speech in March, which I thought was rather good, the Home Secretary said that failure to implement her proposed ch
• The Home Secretary is clearly not standing by her own plans. Several times this year, the Home Secretary has used her p
• This month has tragically seen a fatal shooting in East Acton. I know that, as they used to say on “Crimewatch”, these t
• When the Minister announced new refugee pathways in September, we were told that Afghan women and girls would be priorit
• Following recent changes, police are now able to seize vehicles that are used antisocially without first issuing a warni
• Businesses, constituents and pets in Tunbridge Wells suffer from destructive and often cruel catapult attacks. It is a p
• It has been an incredibly hard few months for Cleveland. Local people are not interested in point scoring, but they do w
• T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
• In recent years shoplifting has become an increasing issue for many of the high streets in my constituency, and our shop