Results 1-6 of 6 for terrorism speaker:Paul Truswell
- Postal Services (9 Jan 2008)
Paul Truswell: .... Our research has demonstrated that accommodation addresses and mail forwarding agencies are exploited by individuals and organisations connected with a wide range of criminal activities, such as terrorism, serious organised crime, identity theft, mail scams, tax evasion, financial swindles and benefit fraud. As a result of that clearly recognised abuse, a range of major crime fighting...
- Written Answers — Home Department: Accommodation Addresses: Crime (16 Oct 2007)
Paul Truswell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what evaluation she has made of the potential abuse of accommodation address agencies by perpetrators of (a) terrorism, (b) serious organised crime, (c) fraudulent passport applications, (d) identity fraud and (e) other criminal activities.
- Police Finance (6 Feb 2006)
Paul Truswell: ...the budget increase needed next year is £17 million higher than the funding available with a precept increase of 5 per cent. Admittedly, that includes growth of funding for issues such as counter-terrorism, quality of service commitment and PCSO funding. However, even without that desirable growth, the funding gap is substantial, and that should not be the case. The funding formula...
- Police Finance (6 Feb 2006)
Paul Truswell: ...cost of reacting to the challenges following the London bombings is about £5.9 million. Meeting those costs would obviously go some way towards filling the funding gap. The force has also submitted a bid through ACPO's terrorism and allied matters group for funding for a local counter-terrorism unit, similar to the one that operates in the west midlands. That bid is still outstanding...
- Police Amalgamations (1 Feb 2006)
Paul Truswell: ...and lower-achieving forces. With 5,700 police officers, West Yorkshire easily meets HMIC's minimum size of 4,000 for a strategic force. It demonstrated its capacity to deal with the challenges of terrorism during its recent work on the London bombings. A Yorkshire and Humberside amalgamated force would be artificially large, to use the words of my right hon. Friend the Member for...
- West Yorkshire Police (11 Jan 2006)
Paul Truswell: ...of the budget increase needed for next year is £17 million higher than the funding available with a precept increase of 5 per cent. In fairness, the estimate includes growth of £4.4 million in the areas of counter-terrorism, quality of service commitment and police community support officers. However, even without that desirable growth, the gap is substantial. I appreciate that...