Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
BiometricsHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to (a) police forces and (b) local authorities on the use of facial recognition cameras in public places.
Answer: When using facial recognition technology, all police forces and local authorities must comply with data protection, equalities and human rights laws. They must also comply with the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice.Police forces are also required to co...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBiometricsHome OfficeTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the use of facial recognition cameras in public places on civil liberties.
Answer: When using facial recognition technology, all police forces and local authorities must comply with data protection, equalities and human rights laws. They must also comply with the Surveillance Camera Code of Practice.Police forces are also required to co...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to her oral statement of 16 June 2025, Official Report, Column 25 on Child Sexual Exploitation: Casey Report, whether the national inquiry will be (a) judge-led, (b) televised and (c) subject
Answer: Further details on the national inquiry will be announced in due course.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime Prevention and ImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62342More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the decision to cancel the communications campaign (a) Tackling Money Mules and (b) Upstream Migrant Deterrence on (i) crime and (ii) illegal im
Answer: The National Crime Agency ran a low-cost campaign targeting money mules as part of Operation European Money Mule Action (EMMA) 10. EMMA 10 was a time limited Europol-led intensification that ran from September to November 2024 and aimed to disrupt mule ac...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHate CrimeHome OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish a hate crime action plan.
Answer: There is no excuse for violence or abuse driven by hatred and discrimination and we support the police in taking the strongest action against the perpetrators of these appalling offences.This Government is carefully considering how best to strengthen the ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: StandardsHome OfficeTabled 19 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53344More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press notice entitled Home Secretary to announce major policing reforms, published on 17 November 2024, what her Department's timetable is for establishing a unit to monitor poli
Answer: Since 19 November 2024, when My Rt Hon Friend, the Home Secretary, announced her plans for policing reform, we have been working closely with the sector to draw up a new Police Performance Framework to ensure standards are upheld across the country, and t...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the amount of funding that has been allocated for equality, diversity and inclusion roles in each police force in the (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally collated by the Home Office.Decisions on how funding and resources are utilised are an operational matter for Chief Constables and locally elected Police and Crime Commissioners.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolisario FrontHome OfficeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50316More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of proscribing membership of the Polisario Front.
Answer: Whilst the Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under constant review, we do not routinely comment on intelligence and security matters, including whether or not an organisation is under consideration for proscription.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Freedom of InformationHome OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42612More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the National Police Chiefs' Council on the handling of FOI requests by the Central Referral Unit.
Answer: Responding to Freedom of Information requests and ensuring compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is a matter for the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), or any public authority which receives such a request.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the performance data sent to her Department on firearms licensing by the firearms and explosives licensing working group of the National Police Chiefs’ Council since October 2022.
Answer: The issuing of firearms certificates and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Officers of Police and they are held to account by Police and Crime Commissioners.However, the performance of forces is actively being monitored by t...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCybersecurityHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37434More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will (a) make an assessment of and (b) have discussions with the National Cyber Security Centre on the potential impact of the decision of Apple to discontinue the advanced data prot
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the response given to UIN 33378 answered on 3rd March 2025.The government regularly engages with the NCSC, as the national technical authority for cyber security, for its expert advice on a range of cyber security matters ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policies on the legal ownership of firearms on people living in rural areas.
Answer: On 5 February 2025, increased fees came into effect for firearms licensing applications processed by police forces. This gave effect to a commitment in the Government’s manifesto. It is essential for both public safety and police efficiency that full cost...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department has on the number of applications for the grant of certificates for firearms refused on the grounds of an unsatisfactory reference in the last ten years for which figur
Answer: The Firearms Act 1968 gives responsibility for the issuing of firearms licences to Chief Officers of Police. Police forces hold the data on local applications.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordSupreme Court: JudgementsHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 18221, on Supreme Court: Judgments, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Supreme Court judgements r
Answer: While legal proceedings remain ongoing, it would be premature to comment on the final implications.
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney LaunderingHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the anti-corruption champion is reviewing money laundering from foreign countries into United Kingdom property.
Answer: The responsibilities of the Anti-Corruption Champion are set out on Gov.uk.A new Anti-Corruption Strategy will be published in 2025 and will include measures that address the UK’s vulnerabilities to corruption and corrupt funds, make it harder for corrupt...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: BangladeshHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) the National Crime Agency have made of the prevalence of money laundering from Bangladesh into United Kingdom property; and what steps she has taken to inves
Answer: The UK has one of the world’s largest and most open economies. This makes the UK attractive for legitimate investment but also exposes the UK to money laundering risk. The UK is committed to fighting this risk both domestically and internationally.The Nat...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament record48 Group: Foreign Influence Registration SchemeHome OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme will apply to the 48 Group.
Answer: As I said to Parliament on the 16th December, the government plans to lay the regulations that underpin the scheme in early 2025, ahead of the scheme going live in the summer. I also reaffirmed the government’s commitment to provide three months’ notice o...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22183More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2024 to Question 18268 on Firearms: Licensing, when she last held discussions with (a) the police, (b) gun control groups, (c) the British Shooting Sports Council
Answer: The Home Office regularly meets with the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for firearms licensing and other officers.We also meet with representatives of other relevant stakeholder groups from time to time, including most recently, on 13th January 2025...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 6 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the firearms licensing departments that have taken a year or more to process applications for (a) grants and (b) renewals in each of the last five years.
Answer: The issuing of firearms certificates and the efficiency of police forces is a matter for individual Chief Constables, who are held to account by Police and Crime Commissioners.However, the performance of forces in this space is being actively monitored by...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sound moderators are held on firearms certificates.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of sound moderators.The latest available data is for the year ending 31 March 2024 and can be accessed at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/firearm-certi...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) efficiency of the National Firearms Licensing Management System; and whether her Department plans to update the system.
Answer: We keep the effectiveness of the National Firearms Licensing Management System under review.The system was introduced in 2007 and we are now working with policing partners to consider options for updating it to provide police forces with enhanced function...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: FirearmsHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of GPs who have downloaded the IT update to allow the placement of markers on the medical notes of firearms certificate holders.
Answer: It is a requirement that all applicants for a firearms licence must provide relevant medical information to the police with their application, and this is supported by a new digital firearms marker which is placed on the patient/licence holder’s medical r...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMedical Records: FirearmsHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to require General Practitioners to place a marker on the medical notes of firearms certificate holders.
Answer: It is a requirement that all applicants for a firearms licence must provide relevant medical information to the police with their application, and this is supported by a new digital firearms marker which is placed on the patient/licence holder’s medical r...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 5 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 18268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had meetings with representatives of (a) police, (b) gun control groups, (c) British Shooting Sports Council and (d) British Association for Shooting and Conservation to discuss firear
Answer: Home Office Ministers and officials meet with representatives of the police, the shooting community, gun control groups and others from time to time and will continue to do so.This helps to ensure that all relevant views are taken into account in ensuring...
Answered 13 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Official CarsHome OfficeTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7022 on Home Office: Official Cars, if she will publish a list of senior officials with access to a government car.
Answer: For security reasons specific details of allocations including make and model of vehicles are not issued.The arrangements relating to the usage of vehicles in the Government Car Service are set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 7 Nov 2024
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