Extracts from Westminster Hall proceedings - Feb 11
Wednesday, 12 February 2020 07:26
Extract from Westminster Hall debate on the Apprenticeship Levy
Gerald Jones (Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney) (Lab):...Jeff Cuthbert
and Alun Michael, respectively the Police and Crime
Commissioners for Gwent police and for South Wales police,
have repeatedly called on the UK Government to provide the funds
for those apprenticeships. The Home Office previously advised Welsh
forces that from 2019 onwards they would be provided with their
fair share of the levy. It is now 2020, more than...Request free trial
Extract from Westminster
Hall debate on the Apprenticeship Levy
(Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney)
(Lab):... and , respectively the Police and Crime Commissioners for
Gwent police and for South Wales police, have repeatedly called on
the UK Government to provide the funds for those apprenticeships.
The Home Office previously advised Welsh forces that from 2019
onwards they would be provided with their fair share of the levy.
It is now 2020, more than a year on, and that has still not
happened. Welsh police forces have still not received a penny of
that funding. With apprenticeships providing an established way for
police recruits in Wales to enter the force without a degree, it is
crucial that police forces in Wales receive their fair share of the
funding as soon as possible...
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Extract from Westminster
Hall debate on Retail Workers: Protection
The Minister for Crime, Policing and the Fire Service ():...I am conscious that my hon.
Friend the Member for Cleethorpes () raised the issue of making
sure that our Police and Crime Commissioners and
chief constables are aware of the issues around the £200 limit. I
will write to them all to point out that the £200 limit is
optional. It is no brake on their ability to prosecute or arrest
somebody, which is effectively for their judgment. I will also
include in that letter a requirement for chief constables and
Police and Crime Commissioners to examine their
data too, to understand what is happening and to respond to
concerns in their own communities about this kind of crime in the
priorities that they set in their police and crime plans. Hon.
Members will be aware that police and crime commissioner elections
are coming up in May. This is such an important issue that I think
all candidates should be apprised of it. We should put it on their
agenda, so I will write to them as well...
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