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2005-06
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House
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Legislation
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research has been undertaken into how to tackle ethnic gangs in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research has been undertaken into how to tackle ethnic gangs in England and Wales.
Asked by
Mark Pritchard
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Coaker
(Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
6 October 2006
For answer on
9 October 2006
Answered on
7 November 2006
There has been very little robust research undertaken on how to tackle gangs in England and Wales and the information which has been published tends to provide information about how to tackle gang related activity in general rather than providing specific recommendations on how to tackle ethnic gangs.A review of the international published robust evidence on how to reduce gang related violence provides some recommendations on how to tackle gang related violence in general. The report is called: ““Evidence Based Approaches to Reducing Gang Violence:”” a rapid evidence assessment for Aston and Handsworth Operational Group (2004) Butler, G., Hodgkinson, J., Holmes, E. and Marshall, S and it is available online on the Government Social Research website.
Subjects
Crime; Ethnic groups; Gangs
Date
7 November 2006
Reference
92485; 451 c1366-7W
House
House of Commons
I thank my hon. Friend for his answer and congratulate him and the Organised Crime Task Force on their work. The Organised Crime Task Force report of 2005 stated that the statistics show that loyalists and republicans are moving from sectarianism into organised crime. It said:"““of the gangs identified in last year’s Threat Assessment, 70% remain active””."
That did not include the splinter groups or the new gangs that came into the picture. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is fundamental for police groups and community groups to work together to ensure that the trend goes downwards, not upwards?
I thank my hon. Friend for his answer and congratulate him and the Organised Crime Task Force on their work. The Organised Crime Task Force report of 2005 stated that the statistics show that loyalists and republicans are moving from sectarianism into organised crime. It said:"““of the gangs identified in last year’s Threat Assessment, 70% remain active””."
That did not include the splinter groups or the new gangs that came into the picture. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is fundamental for police groups and community groups to work together to ensure that the trend goes downwards, not upwards?
Asked by
John Robertson
(Labour)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
24 May 2006
I thank my hon. Friend for his question. I know that he has a particular interest in the matter and that he has been very supportive of the relevant legislation. He is quite right that, if organised crime is taking place in order to line the pockets of organised criminal gangs or to fund paramilitary activity, those people need to know that the full force of the law will be brought to bear against them and that the agencies will work together to ensure that organised crime in Northern Ireland is combated.
Subjects
Crime prevention; Northern Ireland; Organised crime; Task forces; Gangs
Date
24 May 2006
Reference
446 c1466
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons