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HANSARDPolice National ComputerWith a large database of something like 13 million records, it is routine to use mini-programs that run on the database to deal with data. As I understand it, this new coding was…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerMy hon. Friend is right that, over the years, there have been a number of issues around governmental handling of data. It is a large and complex issue, and we are dealing with…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerI was not necessarily in post at that point, so I do not know whether there was ministerial involvement in that particular decision. I can tell the right hon. Gentleman that we…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerYes. It is the hope of all Government Members that Opposition Members will work constructively with us. I had a very constructive briefing over the weekend with the hon. Member…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerThe hon. Gentleman again casts aspersions on the Home Secretary, who is one of the hardest-working politicians I have come across in my 20-odd years in politics, and I think it is…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerThat is absolutely right. I understand that the police were informed, along with the senior levels of the Home Office, on the Monday after the incident occurred, and they are part…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. I can assure him that we are doing everything we possibly can. We have a very dedicated engineering team who have been working…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerIt is worth stressing, as I said before, that this data loss relates to people who have been subject to no further action from the police, and any biometric data—DNA, fingerprint…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerOn the hon. and learned Lady’s two substantive questions, this had absolutely nothing to do with SIS II—the Schengen information system. These were, as I said earlier, deletions…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerIn his usual succinct way, my hon. Friend puts his finger on the button. We are working very hard at the moment, as I say, to scope exactly what has happened and make sure we can…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerI would be more than happy to write to my hon. Friend, as he requests. It is worth pointing out that the issue we are dealing with is people who have been subject to police…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerI can confirm that. The moment we have recovered the data and put things back as they were, and made sure that we have deleted the data that we should have deleted but had not, we…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerOne of the things that I said in my early statements was that I had asked officials from the police to confirm to me their initial assessment about what risk was posed to the…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerMy hon. Friend, in his usual forthright way, identifies the perhaps interesting relationship that Opposition Members have had with UK policing and, indeed, the data and…18 Jan 2021HANSARDPolice National ComputerNo, the person from the NPCC was not incorrect, I believe, although the picture has evolved, it is certainly true to say, over the past few days. The information I have been given…18 Jan 2021HANSARDProvisional Police Grant Report: England and Wales 2021-22My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has today published the provisional police grant report (England and Wales) 2021-22. The report sets out the Home Secretary’s determination…17 Dec 2020HANSARDDraft Antique Firearms Regulations 2020I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Antique Firearms Regulations 2020. It is a great pleasure to appear under your guiding hand for the first time, Mr…14 Dec 2020HANSARDKnife CrimeWe are surging police capacity in the forces most affected by violent crime. We have just consulted on serious violence reduction orders, which would make it easier for the police…14 Dec 2020HANSARDShopworkers: Protection from AssaultI join the hon. Gentleman in being appalled at the level of abuse and, indeed, violence that shopworkers often face. We are doing a huge amount to try to deal with it. Along with…14 Dec 2020HANSARDShopworkers: Protection from AssaultMr Speaker, before I answer the question, may I apologise to you and to the House for having used the word “granular” in my previous answer? If it is not unparliamentary language,…14 Dec 2020