Written questions by Pochin.

How many authorised firearms officers were employed by each police force in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

Awaiting answer.

How many asylum seekers are currently being accommodated in hotels in each local authority area.

Awaiting answer.

How many foreign national offenders were removed from the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

Awaiting answer.

What estimate her department has made of the annual cost of asylum accommodation contracts.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of trends in organised crime activity across England and Wales.

Awaiting answer.

How many illegal working raids were conducted by enforcement agencies in each region in each of the last five years.

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...

How many arrests resulted from illegal working enforcement operations there have been in each of the last five years.

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...

What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of knife crime prevention orders in reducing repeat offending.

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...

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.

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...

What assessment she has made of the relationship between neighbourhood policing levels and public confidence in the police.

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 ...

How many neighbourhood police officers were employed in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years.

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 ...

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.

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...

How many irregular migrants have been housed in each UK region this year.

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...

What discussions her Department has had with supermarkets on the financial impact of shoplifting.

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...

What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of increasing police presence on levels of shoplifting.

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...

How many phones were reported stolen in the North West in each of the last five years.

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...

What recent steps her Department has taken to tackle knife crime across England.

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...

What recent discussions her Department has had with police forces on shoplifting.

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...

What recent steps her Department has taken to support local authorities in tackling illegal trading on high streets.

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...

What steps her Department is taking to support high street retailers affected by shoplifting.

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...