10. Question No. 10—PoliceNICOLA WILLIS (Deputy Leader—National) to the Minister of PoliceQuestion No. 10—Police10. NICOLA WILLIS (Deputy Leader—National) to the Minister of Police: Does she stand by her statement in June in relation to Police reports of violence in or around emergency housing that this information is not aggregated by Police"; if so at the time she made this statement had the Police generated any Intelligence Notification reports about offences and violence in MSD emergency accommodation?Hon POTO WILLIAMS (Minister of Police): I stand by my statement in the context it was made which was in response to a written question about reports received of gang involvement in violence in or around emergency housing motels. The information they collect in this context is at a point in time and is place-specific. Police generate intelligence reports on a range of incidents all the time and this can include incidents at emergency housing. Police respond to reports of crime wherever they occur. They do a fantastic job in keeping our community safe and they have gone above and beyond during COVID-19. I'm sure that this House will join me in acknowledging the fantastic work the police do. Nicola Willis: Can the Minister confirm that the question asked of her in June was about reports of violence police have received in or around emergency housing motels and what is a police intelligence notification about the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) emergency accommodation and data relating to offences there if not a report about violence in emergency housing?Hon POTO WILLIAMS: I can confirm that question No. 26702 was "What reports of violence have police received of gang involvement in or around emergency housing motels if any broken down by title [or] date?" and my response to that was "I am advised that this information is not aggregated by Police." I would like to confirm that police nationally do not routinely have access to all locally commissioned reports to address local changes in crime demand. The police at a local level in policing in our areas and districts—manual analyses have been undertaken of specific addresses or groups of addresses where local officers have knowledge of the purposes for those locations. Why this is important is the local knowledge is important as a specific address may continue to function as a hotel alongside emergency housing. These local analyses have involved detailed manual data reconciliation processes that are not possible at a national level. Nicola Willis: Is the Minister aware of her own answer to written question No. 26711 denying the existence of reports about violence in emergency housing and how is that an accurate answer given the existence of this report containing data about increasing levels of violence in emergency housing? Hon POTO WILLIAMS: I've just explained to the member that at a local level districts and areas will collect information but it is not available to be aggregated into a national total.Nicola Willis: Is it accurate to state the police do not collect data specifically in relation to emergency housing when documents I have obtained show they have produced at least three reports containing data specifically about increased offending relating to emergency housing? Hon POTO WILLIAMS: At a local level police collect information and data—at a local level—to inform deployment and to inform how they may act in local situations. This is not available at a national level. Nicola Willis: Will the Minister take this opportunity now to correct her statement yesterday that "Police does not collect official data for reporting on emergency housing." when I have in front of me a report with official Police data on offending in emergency housing? Hon POTO WILLIAMS: I stand by my statements and I also want to just remind that member that she has wanted to kick Kāinga Ora kids out on the street. She fuels stereotypes about people in emergency housing and now she wants to kick police after two years of sterling work that they have done—SPEAKER: Order! Order! The member will resume her seat. I think she's strayed into areas that are not her responsibility. Question No. 11 Ingrid Leary. [Interruption] Order! Who was that? The member will withdraw and apologise. Hon Paul Goldsmith: I withdraw and apologise.Hon Simon Bridges: Kick him out. SPEAKER: Who suggested that? Mr Bridges?Hon Simon Bridges: I think he was kicked out for the first time last week Mr Speaker and I thought we could make it a two-for before Christmas. SPEAKER: Well I think for that disorderly interjection or disorderly point of order that the member knew wasn't a point of order I will sentence him to stay till the end of question time."