Sarah Pochin MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Police: FirearmsHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many authorised firearms officers were employed by each police force in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes annual statistics on the total number of armed officers and operationally deployable armed officers (which excludes absences) in England and Wales in the “Police use of firearms statistics” publication. The latest data, covering ...
Answered 6 Aug 2026
Original Parliament recordOrganised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of trends in organised crime activity across England and Wales.
Answer: This Government are committed to tackling serious and organised crime (SOC) in all forms, in line with the priorities set out by this Government on crime and policing and security, including the Safer Streets Mission and border security. The UK's response...
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her department has made of the annual cost of asylum accommodation contracts.
Answer: I refer to the Hon. Member to the answer she received to PQ 9977.
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently being accommodated in hotels in each local authority area.
Answer: Data on the number of supported asylum seekers in accommodation, including hotels, and by local authority can be found within the Asy_D11 tab for our most recent statistics release: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK.
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of deportation arrangements for foreign national offenders.
Answer: Foreign nationals who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, where appropriate, we will pursue their deportation.Since this Government came to power almost 10,000 foreign national offenders (FNOs) have been returned either v...
Answered 7 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordOffenders: DeportationHome OfficeTabled 26 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 13751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were removed from the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
Answer: Since this Government came to power almost 10,000 foreign national offenders (FNOs) have been returned, an increase of 36%, and we will continue to do everything we can to remove these vile criminals from our streets.The number of FNOs returned is publish...
Answered 3 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: EnforcementHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10826More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests resulted from illegal working enforcement operations there have been in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on illegal working enforcement activity, including the number of visits and arrests conducted by Immigration Enforcement teams by region.The number of illegal working enforcement visits increased from over 6,000 in 2019 to a...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigration: EnforcementHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal working raids were conducted by enforcement agencies in each region in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes data on illegal working enforcement activity, including the number of visits and arrests conducted by Immigration Enforcement teams by region.The number of illegal working enforcement visits increased from over 6,000 in 2019 to a...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordKnife Crime Prevention Orders: ReoffendersHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of knife crime prevention orders in reducing repeat offending.
Answer: Knife Crime Prevention Orders (KCPOs) were piloted by the Metropolitan Police Service between July 2021 and March 2023.The Metropolitan Police Service conducted an impact evaluation of the pilot, which assessed the effect of the orders on reoffending rate...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests relating to knife crime offences were made in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales as part of the ‘Police Powers and Procedures’ statistical series, available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2025 - GOV.UKHowever, the data on a...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PolicingHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the relationship between neighbourhood policing levels and public confidence in the police.
Answer: Visible, local policing is essential to restoring public confidence in our police and is a key element of the Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee (NPG). As part of the NPG, we will deliver 13,000 additional neighbourhood policing personnel into roles across ...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Policing: StaffHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many neighbourhood police officers were employed in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: The Home Office publishes information on police officers in the neighbourhood policing function annually as part of the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales: 31 March’ statistical series: Police workforce England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK.Some forces ...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9977More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her department has made of the cost to the public purse of housing irregular migrants in hotels during the last financial year, broken down by UK region.
Answer: The Home Office provides support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to asylum seekers and their dependants who would otherwise be destitute in order to comply with its legal obligations.The Home Office publishes information on asylum expenditure in...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants have been housed in each UK region this year.
Answer: The Home Office provides support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 to asylum seekers and their dependants who would otherwise be destitute in order to comply with its legal obligations.The Home Office publishes statistics on a quarterly basis deta...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordKnives: CrimeHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle knife crime across England.
Answer: We have set a clear and ambitious target: to halve knife crime in a decade. We are already seeing results. Since the start of this Parliament, knife crime has fallen by 10%, knife homicides are down 27%, at their lowest level in a decade and knife enabled...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordShopliftingHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support high street retailers affected by shoplifting.
Answer: The level of shop theft remains unacceptable. But our action to restore neighbourhood policing is making a difference – including delivering more than 3,100 additional police officers and PCSOs into neighbourhood roles since March 2025, two months ahead o...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordShopliftingHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with supermarkets on the financial impact of shoplifting.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of visible neighbourhood policing in deterring crime including shoplifting. That is why we are strengthening neighbourhood policing so officers can focus on local priorities including retail crime.We will deliver 1...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordShopliftingHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7874More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasing police presence on levels of shoplifting.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of visible neighbourhood policing in deterring crime including shoplifting. That is why we are strengthening neighbourhood policing so officers can focus on local priorities including retail crime.We will deliver 1...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordShopliftingHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with police forces on shoplifting.
Answer: The Government recognises the importance of visible neighbourhood policing in deterring crime including shoplifting. That is why we are strengthening neighbourhood policing so officers can focus on local priorities including retail crime.We will deliver 1...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: TheftHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many phones were reported stolen in the North West in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office collects data on the number of theft offences reported to the police in England and Wales. It is not currently possible to identify from these data which crimes involved the theft of a mobile phone. The Office for National Statistics publi...
Answered 12 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Organised CrimeHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many raids have been conducted on vape shops by law enforcement agencies in England in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: On 19 May, the Government announced a £30 million crackdown targeting cash intensive business such as barber shops, vape stores, mini-marts and sweet shops operating on our high streets, over three years. This includes £20million in funding towards an enh...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Trading StandardsHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to support local authorities in tackling illegal trading on high streets.
Answer: In 19 May 2026, the Government announced a £30 million crackdown targeting cash intensive business such as barber shops, vape stores, mini-marts and sweet shops operating on our high streets, over three years. This includes funding of £6million for Tradin...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: Undocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made on levels of crime and anti-social behaviour in areas where irregular migrants are housed within communities.
Answer: Allegations of criminal activity are taken seriously and are matters for the police, who are responsible for recording, investigating, and progressing criminal reports.Home Office accommodation providers and operational staff work closely with local polic...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCrime: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7332More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many crimes were committed by children aged 10 to 14 years in each year since 2000.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold this information.Convictions are the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice. They publish information on convictions including by age group as part of the quarterly Criminal Justice Statistics release, which can be accesse...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Victim Support SchemesHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of public expenditure on services supporting victims and survivors of child sexual abuse, and when those assessments will be published, in the context of the recommendati
Answer: The Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Progress Update, published in April last year, set out clearly the actions the Government is taking to respond to IICSA’s recommendations. We are now delivering on those commitments overseen by an inter-ministerial group on...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
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