Helen Maguire MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Neighbourhood Policing: SurreyHome OfficeTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of neighbourhood police officers in Surrey.
Answer: Neighbourhood policing is the bedrock of the British policing model. Every community deserves visible, pro-active and accessible neighbourhood policing with officers tackling the issues that matter to them.£200m has been made available to police forces in...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSerious Violence Reduction OrdersHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to (a) extend beyond the current trial areas and (b) make permanent the pilot of Serious Violence Reduction Orders.
Answer: Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) were piloted for two years throughout Merseyside, Sussex, Thames Valley and West Midlands police force areas. The pilot took place between 19 April 2023 and 18 April 2025.The final independent evaluation of the pi...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOppression: Emergency CallsHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of her Department's guidelines to call 101 or 999 when reporting transnational crimes as her Department does not have a working definition of transna
Answer: As recommended by the Defending Democracy Taskforce's review of transnational repression (TNR), the UK recognises TNR as a term used to describe certain foreign state-directed crimes against individuals, ranging from threat-to-life to online harassment. T...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish National (Overseas): OppressionHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department (a) has consulted and (b) plans to consult with members of the Hong Kong community living in the UK on the Transnational Repression review.
Answer: The TNR Review engaged with civil society organisations on behalf of communities they consider to be at risk of TNR, as well as with victims of TNR, community leaders and academics. Further engagement, including with victims of TNR and civil society organ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish National (Overseas): OppressionHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's review on the UK's response to Transnational Repression, whether she had discussions with the 10 bountied Hong Kongers residing in the UK.
Answer: The safety and security of Hong Kongers in the UK is, and always will be, a priority. Owing to the sensitive nature of this topic and the need to protect individuals who may be at threat, it would be inappropriate to provide further detail of any specific...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: SecurityHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to people seeking to complain about private security companies hired by local authorities.
Answer: The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is a Home Office arm’s length body established by the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (PSIA) as the regulator of the private security industry.The SIA publishes guidance for buyers of private security which is avai...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSecurity Guards: ContractsHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance is available for councils contracting private security firms to patrol town centres.
Answer: The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is a Home Office arm’s length body established by the Private Security Industry Act 2001 (PSIA) as the regulator of the private security industry.The SIA publishes guidance for buyers of private security which is avai...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: ComplaintsHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support people with the police complaints process.
Answer: The statutory police complaints process allows members of the public to raise concerns or express dissatisfaction with the police. They can do so directly to their local police force or via the online portal on the website of the Independent Office for Po...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 27962 on Police: Workplace Pensions, whether she plans to calculate the cost of allowing police survivors who (a) remarry and (b) cohabit after l
Answer: The 1987 Police Pension Scheme provides a pension for the widow, widower or civil partner of a police officer who dies. In common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, these benefits cease to be payable where the widow, widower or c...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Order OffencesHome OfficeTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has considered removing the exemption for both parties being within the dwelling in section 31 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1988.
Answer: The Government regularly reviews legislation to ensure it safeguards the public and adequately reflects challenges that are likely to be faced today. Where we identify gaps in the legislation, we will seek to address them.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNational SecurityHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department is taking to protect people living in the UK against (a) harassment (b) abuse (c) intimidation and (d) other forms of harm carried out by other states engaged in transnati
Answer: The first duty of the Government is to keep the country safe and we are committed to responding to foreign interference, including those actions which amount to transnational repression. We continually assess potential threats in the UK, and take protecti...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour and NoiseHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33340More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of (a) the police and (b) local authorities to effectively respond to (i) noise nuisance and (ii) other forms of anti-social behaviour.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour and Noise: Epsom and EwellHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) anti-social behaviour and (b) noise disturbances in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a top priority for this Government and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission.The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Bicycles and Electric ScootersHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 902856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle the illegal modification of e-bikes and e-scooters.
Answer: The police have powers available to them to tackle the illegal use of e-scooters and e-bikes and we expect police to deploy them appropriately.The Home Office has also established a taskforce, which includes representatives from across Government, Policin...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new firearms licence certificates have been granted in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of new firearms licence certificates that have been granted in the statistical publication on firearm and shotgun certificates. The latest available data is for the year ending 31 M...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new firearms licence certificates have been granted in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes information annually on the number of new firearms licence certificates that have been granted in the Statistics on firearm and shotgun certificates publication. The latest available data is for the year ending 31 Ma...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Workplace PensionsHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with individual police forces on ensuring a timely administration of the Immediate Choice Police pension group to receive their McCloud remedy pension payments.
Answer: While the Home Office has responsibility for overarching policy and legislative changes to the police pension regulations, the police pension scheme is locally administered by individual police forces.It is for each Chief Constable, in their role as schem...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordComputer Misuse Act 1990Home OfficeTabled 13 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the consultation entitled Review of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, which closed on 6 April 2023.
Answer: The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) plays a vital role in ensuring that the UK has the right legislative framework to allow us to tackle cyber harms. The Government is committed to ensuring the CMA remains up to date and effective to tackle criminality.As part ...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the conclusions of the Senior Coroner for Surrey’s Prevention of Future Deaths report following the murder of Emma and Ellette Pattison, published on 12 August 2024, whether she plan
Answer: The Home Secretary, alongside others, has received a Prevention of Future Deaths report from the Senior Coroner for Surrey regarding the deaths at Epsom College in February 2023. The Government will be responding to the Coroner’s recommendations in due co...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the conclusions of the Senior Coroner for Surrey’s Prevention of Future Deaths report following the murder of Emma and Ellette Pattison, published on 12 August 2024, whether she plan
Answer: The Home Secretary, alongside others, has received a Prevention of Future Deaths report from the Senior Coroner for Surrey regarding the deaths at Epsom College in February 2023. The Government will be responding to the Coroner’s recommendations in due co...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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