Home Office in the Media: 23 July 2018
...has seen a surge in reported acid attacks with numbers soaring from 228 in 2012 to 601 four years later. Home Office spokesperson said: Attacks using acid and other corrosive...
Factsheet: disruptive & investigatory powers transparency data
The proportionate use of investigatory and disruptive powers is essential to tackle the threat we face from terrorism and serious crime. Following the terrorist attacks last year, there has been a significant shift in the terrorist threat to the UK …
Victoria Atkins: our communities play a key role in tackling serious violence
The Minister for Crime, Safeguarding and Vulnerability, Victoria Atkins, has written for The Voice about the vital role of communities in tackling serious violence.
Home Office in the Media: 20 July 2018
Today’s Home Office in the media stories include the latest ONS crime statistics, the use of juvenile covert human intelligence sources, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs advice on medicinal cannabis and the Windrush compensation scheme.
Statement on review by Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
Following the Home Secretary’s commission earlier this month, the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has today (Thursday 19 July) published its short-term review on the scheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products.
Statement from the Policing Minister on crime statistics
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Today the independent Office for National Statistics released the latest quarterly crime statistics. Our response to the statistics is below. Policing and Fire Minister Nick Hurd said: The Independent Office for National Statistics is clear that the likelihood of being a victim …
Fact sheet - Hate Crime
Today, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of the Constabulary and Fire & rescue Services published its report into hate crime. Coverage of the inspection report, commissioned by the previous Home Secretary, can be found here. The Government continues to do all it …
Home Office in the Media: 19 July 2018
Today’s Home Office in the media stories include a report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) into the police response to hate crime and the sentencing of the leader of the far-right group, National Action.
Home Secretary statement on sentencing of Christopher Lythgoe and Matthew Hankinson
Today (Wednesday 18 July), the leader of the proscribed group National Action, Christopher Lythgoe, was sentenced to eight years in prison following an investigation into a plot to murder Labour MP, Rosie Cooper. Matthew Hankinson was also found guilty of …
Home Office in the media: 17 July 2018
Today’s Home Office in the media stories include coverage of the Home Office’s #knifefree campaign, immigration statistics and ongoing negotiations on EU citizen registration.