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142266

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which body set up the National Image Hashing Database; which agency hosts that Database; and who is responsible for meeting its costs.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	213789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>The interim National Hash Set Database was set up by the combined effort of the National Policing Improvement Agency, Home Office Scientific Development Branch, Association of Chief Police Officers Digital Forensics Triage group, and law enforcement agencies including the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. Cheshire Constabulary host and operate the database. It is funded from the National Cyber Security Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/11/2014 17:48:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 27675 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

142273

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether image data held by the Childbase database was transferred to the National Image Hashing Database; and whether international images of online child abuse identified by (a) the Internet Watch Foundation and (b) Interpol are placed on the National Image Hashing Database.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	213787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>Childbase was a system to hold illegal images of children for the purposes of victim identification within the former Child Exploitation and Online <br>Protection (CEOP) Centre. The Childbase database ceased to be active in 2011 and is no longer live. The images held on Childbase were transferred to a standalone system in CEOP and no images or data was lost as a result of the decommissioning of Childbase.<br><br>The interim National Hash Set Database (iNHSD) holds hashes of images seized by UK forces. In 2012, at the inception of the iNHSD in Cheshire Police, all of CEOP’s images were transferred to it. The National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command has also contributed all of its images to the iNHSD. It is not possibleto say categorically whether any of these hash sets would have originated from Interpol partners or the Internet Watch Foundation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/11/2014 17:28:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 27666 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

101456

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times digitally stored photographs seized by police forces in England and Wales investigating online child abuse were checked against the National Hash Set Database electronic database of known abuse images in each of the last four years; and how many times that database was used by each police force in England and Wales in that time.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	212265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>This information on the use of the National Hash Set Database is not held centrally, as police forces keep their own records. We are developing the <br>Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) as the national capability for collecting, assessing, and storing indecent images of children (IIOC) for law enforcement agencies. The CAID will record the use made of it by forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/11/2014 16:17:05 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 25569 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

101460

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014, to Question 210147, if she will (a) list which agencies are classified as frontline agencies, (b) provide a breakdown of Government spending by Department and (c) provide a brief explanation of the projects on which the funds were spent.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	212215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>For question 210147 of 27 October 2014, the following were classed as frontline agencies:<br><br>• National Offenders Management Service<br>• Youth Justice Board<br>• Crown Prosecution Service<br>• The Police<br>• Charity Commission<br>• Higher Education and Further Education<br>• Health<br><br>For national security reasons we do not provide a breakdown on spend by Government department.<br><br>Local authorities are instrumental in preventing people being drawn into terrorism. We focus activity in 30 priority areas identified as highest risk. <br>Each priority area receives funding for a Prevent coordinator and can bid for funding for local projects to address specific risks. An additional seven areas currently receive support from Home Office to undertake Prevent initiatives. Over 180 community-based Prevent projects have been approved since 2011 and have reached over 45,000 people since early 2012. We are currently supporting over 70 projects, all of which focus on the current threat, including Syria and Iraq. Projects include training for frontline staff, courses equipping parents to identify risks and have the confidence to seek support should they need it, and training on the dangers of online extremism.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2014 14:57:03 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 25567 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

101466

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2014, to Question 211467, what capability has existed for police forces to electronically match seized child abuse images against known such images seized (a) in the UK and (b) by Interpol partners in the period since the Childbase image database was disbanded in 2011; and what technological process is required in order to produce such a match.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	212216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The interim National Hash Set Database provides the capability for police forces to electronically match indecent images of children against those <br>already in the Database. The Database was compiled from images provided by police forces. The process itself uses commonly available computer forensics tools.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/11/2014 16:17:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 25568 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

100750

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the future of the Childbase database of known online child abuse; how she envisages this database interacting with the Child Abuse Image Database; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	211722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Childbase database ceased to be active in 2011 and is no longer live. All forces have access to the interim National Hash Set Database which will be replaced by the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID). The CAID is being developed to support analysis by police of devices seized during investigations; to support victim identification; and to provide hash set data to the internet industry, to allow them to remove these appalling images from their networks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/10/2014 13:36:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 24622 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

100751

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has spent on commissioning the Child Abuse Image Database; whether this database will include all image-data known to Interpol; what steps she has taken to ensure that police forces can access this database; what specialist software regional police forces will require to access this database; and what additional funds she is making available to cover the costs of such software.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	211721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>Departmental spend on commissioning the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) for the first year is £1,473,179, which is being recharged to police forces. It is estimated that CAID will save the police £7.474 million by March 2017 by speeding up police processes.<br><br>The project has been developed using data from Interpol and, where appropriate, this information will be included in the initial database load for CAID.<br><br>The CAID system will be available to all police forces in the UK and National Crime Agency – Child Exploitation and Online Protection (NCA-CEOP) Command via the police secure network. All forces will be accredited to access this data supported by the Home Office project team and security advisers. The CAID system allows the use of forces’ existing image grading and hashing software. <br><br>Any additional software needed to access CAID and to upload new material from the forces/NCA-CEOP Command to the database is provided as part of the central project at no cost to the forces. <br><br>Each force is responsible for its own set-up costs to establish the connectivity of their force High Tech Crime Unit or Grading Unit in an <br>enhanced, secure way to the police secure network that already exists in their forces.<br><br>It is expected that the CAID will cost forces approximately £20,000 per year in service costs (which are used to maintain and improve the database). This cost has been agreed with the National Policing lead for Child Protection and Abuse Investigation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/10/2014 13:37:13 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 24642 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

100430

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times digitally stored photographs seized by police forces in England and Wales investigating online child abuse were checked against the National Crime Agency's Childbase electronic database of known abuse images in each of the last four years; and how many times that database was used by each police force in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	211467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Childbase database is no longer live and ceased to be active in 2011. All forces have access to the National Hash Set Database which houses images seen and categorised by UK forces. We are developing a national capability for collecting, assessing and storing indecent images of children (IIOC) for law enforcement agencies. This capability will also be used to provide hash set data to the internet industry, to allow them to remove these appalling images from their networks. The child abuse image database (CAID) will be operational by the end of 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 27/10/2014 16:53:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 24348 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

100431

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been identified as part of Operation Notarise; how many IP addresses have been linked to named people during that operation; and how many such people have been checked against (a) the Department for Work and Pensions database and (b) the Disclosure and Barring Service list of those working in regulated activity.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	211463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Operation NOTARISE is an ongoing NCA-led, UK-wide operation which is identifying and taking law enforcement action against individuals viewing <br>indecent images of children. Activity in Operation NOTARISE was prioritised according to how much risk the individuals presented, including checking the appropriate databases. <br><br>Those with access to children have been given the highest priority. As of 23 October, 704 people have been arrested, 133 children protected and <br>324 children safeguarded. It would not be appropriate to share any furtherdetails of operational procedures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 16:32:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

100432

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of online child abuse were referred from the National Crime Agency to individual police forces in each of the last four years; and how many of those referrals included named individuals.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	211464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP), and the National Crime Agency (NCA), which became operational on 7 October 2013, have together made the following number of disseminations in relation to child sexual exploitation and abuse, which will include on-line abuse, to the territorial police forces in the UK in the last four years. The figure for 2013 includes the Project SPADE disseminations, hence the significant increase over 2012.<br><br>2011 – 1113<br>2012 – 1927<br>2013 – 4875<br>2014 to 30 September - 2519<br><br><br>The NCA is not in a position to provide details on how many referrals included named individuals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/10/2014 13:35:08 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 24345 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson