Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Safer Streets Mission BoardHome OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 27 April 2026 to Question 128595 on Safer Streets Mission Board, whether the Safer Streets Mission Board has been discontinued as an operational body.
Answer: The Safer Streets Mission Board ceased to be a Cabinet Committee in November 2025 and has not met since then. Since July 2025, a monthly Safer Streets Mission Delivery Board has driven progress and outcomes for the Safer Streets Mission by enabling cross-...
Answered 9 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordUndercover Policing Inquiry: CostsHome OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what has been the total public cost to date of the Undercover Policing Inquiry.
Answer: The Inquiry recently published its costs on its website, indicating that total expenditure to the end of March 2026 was £137,067,000. The Inquiry updates its website periodically as further costs are incurred. Further information is available on the Inqui...
Answered 4 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAngiolini Inquiry: CostsHome OfficeTabled 1 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 5778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 70519 on Public Inquiries, what has been the total cost to the public purse of the Angiolini Inquiry to date.
Answer: The Inquiry recently published its costs on its website, indicating that total expenditure to the end of March 2026 was £11,058,773. The Inquiry updates its website periodically as further costs are incurred. Further information is available on the Inquir...
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: ResearchHome OfficeTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Areas of Research interest gov.uk page published by the Government Office for Science, whether she plans to update her Department’s area of research interests.
Answer: The Home Office will be publishing updated Areas of Research interest later this year.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordInter Mediate: Foreign Influence Registration SchemeHome OfficeTabled 21 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 129004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Inter Mediate is on the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme register.
Answer: It would not be appropriate to comment on whether specific entities have registered under the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.Certain information registered under the scheme is published on the public Foreign Influence Registration Scheme register, ...
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: FlagsHome OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2025, to Question 23032, on Home Office: Flags, which unit of her Department decided which flags would be flown from the Department’s buildings in 2025.
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) manages the protocol around flying the Union Flag from Government buildings, publishing the designated days list to that effect each year.Home Office's other flag-flying is managed by Home Office Faciliti...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSouthport InquiryHome OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 70519 on Public Inquiries, what the total cost to the public purse of the Southport inquiry is at the most recent date for which data are availab
Answer: The total costs for the Southport Inquiry have not yet been published. However, the inquiry will be expected to publish its costs periodically and intends to make these available in due course on its website, which is available here: https://www.southport...
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSafer Streets Mission BoardHome OfficeTabled 20 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 128595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2026 to Question 113596 on Mission Boards, if she will publish the current terms of reference of the Safer Streets Mission Board; and whether any changes have bee
Answer: The Safer Streets Mission Board was established as a Cabinet Committee. As with other Cabinet Committees, its detailed terms of reference are not routinely published.
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordOrgreave: Public InquiriesHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the written statement of 21 July 2025, HCWS855, on Events at Orgreave, whether the Chair of the inquiry has provided a declaration of interests, including any declaration of political acti
Answer: Section 17 of the Inquiries Act 2005 requires the Chair of an Inquiry established under the Act to act with fairness and with regard to the need to avoid any unnecessary cost. Once the Orgreave Inquiry is established, it will be expected to publish its co...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration SchemeHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme public register, how many registrations have been made since the introduction of the scheme which have not be publicly published; and for wh
Answer: As of the 5th of March, there are 11 registrations on the FIRS public register. We will not provide details of registrations beyond that which is on the public register as to do so could identify information not intended to be published and undermine the ...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordInternet: SecurityHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2025, to Question 73334, on Internet: Security, what guidance has the National Protective Security Authority provided on using Virtual Private Networks to other or
Answer: A summary of the wide variety of guidance provided by the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) is available on their website at www.npsa.gov.uk.The national technical authority for cyber security is the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).Their...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorism: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2025, to Question 71458, on Counter-terrorism: finance, if he will list how much was paid to each individual local authority for (a) local authority posts and (b)
Answer: In 2024/25, the Home Office paid dedicated Prevent grant funds to the 30 highest threat priority area local authorities. A breakdown of the funding that was paid to local authorities via the Home Office Prevent grant for posts and projects is outlined in ...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorism: FinanceHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 118000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 8 September 2025, to Question 71459, on Counter-terrorism: Finance, if she will list the individual quantitative and qualitative elements and metrics used by the Homeland Sec
Answer: Each year the Home Office conducts an annual prioritisation exercise to understand which Local Authorities (LAs) are facing the highest threat from radicalisation to terrorism. The process incorporates both quantitative and qualitative elements.The quanti...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDrugs: SmugglingHome OfficeTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government will make additional financial contributions to the EU as a consequence of the agreement to ooperate in relation to drugs risks and threats.
Answer: No decisions have yet been taken as to whether the UK will make additional financial contributions to the European Union as a consequence of the new provisions set out in the Common Understanding of 19 May 2025 2025 to cooperate in relation to drugs risks...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: MitieHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for July to September 2025, published on 25 December 2025, how customer satisfaction with cultur
Answer: The Security Guarding Services contract KPI relating to cultural sensitivity is a qualitative KPI and is measured through a Customer Satisfaction evaluation survey completed on a quarterly basis. The KPI is monitored and reported through the contract mana...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Deloitte and LA International Computer ConsultantsHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for government’s most important contracts, Data for July to September 2025, published on 25 December 2025, what the Key Performance Indicators a
Answer: For Digitise Delivery Support contract with DELOITTE MCS LTD performance is managed through Balanced score card performance process by the Migration Border Tech Portfolio business. Performance assessed the supplier against themes :- Performance to pay pro...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCrime Prevention: Urban AreasHome OfficeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 98794 on Mission Boards, who the internal and external members are of the Safer Streets Mission Board.
Answer: The Safer Streets Mission Board is chaired by the Home Secretary. Ministers from relevant government departments are invited to attend meetings based on specific discussion topics, as are external experts where necessary.The Mission Board is supported by ...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Public AppointmentsHome OfficeTabled 8 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in her Department.
Answer: Tim Goodson was appointed as a Member of the Offensive Weapons Homicide Reviews Oversight Board for a period of 15 months, from 19 November 2024 which will end on 18 April 2026. The Member receives a remuneration of £300 per day, based on an expected time...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMultiple Occupation: MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 15 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many houses in multiple occupation are currently being funded by the Home Office to house migrants, broken down by local authority area.
Answer: The Home Office does not publish detailed information on the location of asylum accommodation sites for safety and security reasons. Data, published quarterly, on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation can be found within the Asy_D11 tab ...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference the UK Visas and Immigration guidance entitled (a) Skilled Worker visa: going rates for eligible occupation codes and (b) Skilled Worker visa: temporary shortage list, updated on 22 Jul
Answer: On 12 May, we published our Immigration White Paper, outlining our future approach to legal migration routes and the 22 July changes to the Immigration Rules delivered key steps, including raising the skills threshold governing Skilled Worker route to RQF...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Social MediaHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made payments to digital influencers since July 2024.
Answer: There has been no spend on influencer marketing within the time frame specified.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Redundancy PayHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, further to page 142 of the Home Office annual report and accounts 2024-25, published in July 2025, for what reason £30,000 of the exit payment to the Permanent Secretary was deemed non-taxable.
Answer: Decisions about Permanent Secretary exit payments are made by the Cabinet Office. In line with other exit payments, the first £30,000 of this payment was not taxable, and the remaining balance was taxable.Tax on termination payments: What you pay tax and ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: SuicideHome OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suicides by police officers have been recorded in each of the last ten years, by local police force.
Answer: The Home Office does not currently collect or hold this information centrally. The Office for National Statistics publishes data on the number of suicides registered in England and Wales by occupation. The latest available data can be found here: Suicide ...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Disciplinary ProceedingsHome OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average period of time taken was to conclude an investigation of misconduct against a police officer under the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 in each local police force area in each of the
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data on police misconduct proceedings, cases, and allegations on an annual basis in the ‘Police misconduct, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collection...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Disciplinary ProceedingsHome OfficeTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of (a) misconduct and (b) reflective practice under the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 have been referred for investigation in each of the last five years, broken down by local polic
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data on police misconduct proceedings, cases, and allegations on an annual basis in the ‘Police misconduct, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin which can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collection...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
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