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Written question asked by Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru) on Wednesday, 15 October 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 October 2014 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 20 October 2014. A substantive answer was provided by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 24 October 2014 on behalf of the Home Office.

Stalking

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has any plans to introduce a register for serial stalkers.

Answer

Convicted stalkers are already captured on the Police National Computer. We need to make better use of existing databases and improve connectivity and information sharing rather than creating new databases or registers for each and every offence. We are working with the police and Crown Prosecution Service to raise awareness and improve professional knowledge. Since October 2012 the College of Policing training package on investigating stalking effectively has been completed over 56,000 times by police. Over 1,500 Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) staff have completed training in stalking.

In addition, the Home Secretary has established a National Oversight Group to ensure recommendations from HMIC’s Review into domestic abuse are acted upon. This includes work to improve data collection and data sharing on serial abusers.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
210682
Session
2014-15
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Registration Stalking
Link
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