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114877

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions his Department has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the effectiveness of the Payment Services Directive in tackling online fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	213500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of organisations as part of the usual policy making process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of the ongoing negotiations on the revised Payments Service Directive, HM Treasury has been engaging closely with the Financial Conduct Authority. This has been to ensure that the UK fulfills its objectives by supporting a clear, proportionate and effective Payment Services Directive II, which aims to promote competition, transparency and greater protection for consumers, including protections against online fraud.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It might be useful to know that the Treasury publishes a list of ministerial meetings with external organisations. This is available online at: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/11/2014 16:44:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

175774

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support services are available for victims of digital and online crime.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	221999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that victims of crime have access to high-quality, effective and timely support to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. Support is offered irrespective of whether the crime has been reported to the police, and includes where someone has been the victim of digital or online crime.</p><p> </p><p>In September last year, the Government published “Our Commitment to Victims”, which included a commitment to establish a new nationwide Victims’ Information Service. This will provide the first ‘one stop shop’ to ensure better information and support is available and easily accessible to any victim of crime– whether that be searching for local support services or finding out more about to expect from the Criminal Justice System.</p><p> </p><p>We implemented a new Victims’ Code in December 2013 to give victims of crime clearer entitlements throughout the criminal justice process following their reporting of a crime to the police. This includes the entitlement to make a Victim Personal Statement (VPS), which gives victims a stronger voice as they are able to explain to the court how the crime has personally affected them. The Victims’ Code also entitles victims of the most serious crime, persistently targeted victims and vulnerable and intimidated victims to enhanced services and support, such as receiving information on pre-trial therapy and counselling. The new Victims’ Code also includes an improved section on complaints, and it explains who the victim should contact and what to expect if things go wrong.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has made more money than ever before available for victims’ support services in England and Wales, increasing the contribution offenders make to the costs of providing support and almost doubling the budget in previous years of circa £50m, with the majority allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to ensure local provision of support for victims matches local need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to the number of people convicted of an offence involving domestic abuse who were also involved in digital or cyber-crime against the same victim in each of the last three years, data is not centrally collected and recorded upon which actual figures or an estimate could be provided.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222000 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:06:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175794

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his estimate he has made of the number of people convicted of an offence involving domestic abuse who were also involved in digital or cyber-crime against the same victim in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	222000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>This Government is committed to ensuring that victims of crime have access to high-quality, effective and timely support to help them cope with and, as far as possible, recover from the effects of crime. Support is offered irrespective of whether the crime has been reported to the police, and includes where someone has been the victim of digital or online crime.</p><p> </p><p>In September last year, the Government published “Our Commitment to Victims”, which included a commitment to establish a new nationwide Victims’ Information Service. This will provide the first ‘one stop shop’ to ensure better information and support is available and easily accessible to any victim of crime– whether that be searching for local support services or finding out more about to expect from the Criminal Justice System.</p><p> </p><p>We implemented a new Victims’ Code in December 2013 to give victims of crime clearer entitlements throughout the criminal justice process following their reporting of a crime to the police. This includes the entitlement to make a Victim Personal Statement (VPS), which gives victims a stronger voice as they are able to explain to the court how the crime has personally affected them. The Victims’ Code also entitles victims of the most serious crime, persistently targeted victims and vulnerable and intimidated victims to enhanced services and support, such as receiving information on pre-trial therapy and counselling. The new Victims’ Code also includes an improved section on complaints, and it explains who the victim should contact and what to expect if things go wrong.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has made more money than ever before available for victims’ support services in England and Wales, increasing the contribution offenders make to the costs of providing support and almost doubling the budget in previous years of circa £50m, with the majority allocated to Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to ensure local provision of support for victims matches local need.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In relation to the number of people convicted of an offence involving domestic abuse who were also involved in digital or cyber-crime against the same victim in each of the last three years, data is not centrally collected and recorded upon which actual figures or an estimate could be provided.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221999 question first answered 02/02/2015 17:06:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

176141

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people convicted under sections 2A or 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 used social media or cyber crime to harass or stalk their victims.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Mr Elfyn Llwyd
	uin	222194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is absolutely clear that abusive or threatening behaviour, stalking or harassment, are totally unacceptable, whether online or offline. A number of offences may be committed by misusing the internet or social media in this way, in particular under section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act 1988 or section 127 of the Communications Act 2003. Changes to the law in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill will help to ensure that people who commit those offences are prosecuted and properly punished.</p><p> </p><p>Stalking causes misery for victims. That is why in 2012 we added to the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 two new specific offences of stalking (section 2A) and stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress (section 4A), the latter of which is punishable by up to five years in prison, or a fine, or both. Online stalking or harassment could amount to one of these offences if it is carried out as part of a ‘course of conduct’ which amounts to stalking, and could amount to the more serious offence if that course of conduct puts someone in fear of violence, or if it causes them serious alarm or distress which has a substantial adverse effect on their usual day-to-day activities</p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found</p><p>guilty at all courts for offences relating to the Computer Misuse Act 1990,</p><p>from 1990 to 2013 (latest data available), can be viewed in the table.</p><p> </p><p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible to separately identify from this centrally held information convictions and sentences involving the use or misuse of social media, or cyber crime. This detailed information may be held on the court record but due to the size and complexity is not reported centrally to the MoJ. As such, the information requested can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2014 are planned for publication in May 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3">Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court and found guilty at all courts for offences relating to the Computer Misuse Act 1990, England &amp; Wales, 1990-2013<sup>(1)(2)</sup></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Proceeded<br> Against</td><td>Found<br> Guilty<sup>(3)</sup></td></tr><tr><td>1990</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>1</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td>1992</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>1993</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>1994</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>1995</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>2</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>1997</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>16</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>13</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>19</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>25</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>18</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>19</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>21</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>24</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>25</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>19</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2008<sup>(4)</sup></td><td>17</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>19</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>10</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>11</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>25</td><td>27</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>55</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>339</td><td>262</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>(-) Nil</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(3) The number of defendants found guilty in a particular year may exceed the number proceeded against as the proceedings in the magistrates' court took place in an earlier year and the defendants were found guilty at the Crown Court in the following year; or the defendants were found guilty of a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">(4) Excludes data for Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td></tr><tr><td>PQ 222192</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 222192 222193 question first answered 04/02/2015 18:01:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	549 label Biography information for Mr Elfyn Llwyd

76667

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that online theft is punishable in line with traditional theft of items of the same monetary value.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
	uin	204684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer my honourable friend to the answer I gave to his written question (205872) on 21 July 2014 (Hansard reference: 21 July 2014 Column 854W).</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 22/07/2014 16:36:21 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

834359

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, under what categories cyber crime is recorded in the justice service systems.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	125979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>Many criminal offences may be committed online or offline. However, the Ministry of Justice only records information on offences against the statute under which a prosecution is brought; and not on whether a particular prosecution was for ‘cyber-crime’</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/02/2018 16:35:18 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

101179

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of cybercrimes reported to Action Fraud have been referred to regional police forces for investigation in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
	uin	212024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>Action Fraud is the national reporting point for fraud, cyber-enabled financial crime and Computer Misuse Act (CMA) offences, and is operated by the City of London Police, the national lead force for fraud.Action Fraud only assumed full responsibility for recording fraud and offences under the CMA in 2013/14. The Home Office does not hold data for the breakdown of disseminations from the City of London Police to local police forces by the factors involved in the crime, such as whether it involved a cyber element. In 2013/14 City of London Police disseminated around 40,000 crimes to police forces for consideration for investigation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/10/2014 11:38:30 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling

101180

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many successful prosecutions were made for cybercrimes reported to Action Fraud in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Julie Hilling
	uin	212020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The data requested is not available. Information on prosecutions is held by the Crown Prosecution Service and is not relayed back to Action Fraud to correlate against reports.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 30/10/2014 11:39:46 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3925 label Biography information for Julie Hilling

1020459

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made any assessment of the effect on the international competitiveness of UK companies as a result of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	199482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) under regular re-view. No estimate has been made of the size of the impact of the Computer Misuse Act (if any) on the competitiveness of UK businesses.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/12/2018 17:54:55 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

106242

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contribution the National Crime Agency international liaison officers have made to a cohesive international approach to cyber-crime.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	213187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The NCA has a network of around 140 International Liaison Officers (ILOs) which covers over 100 countries. The National Crime Agency's ILOs are available to provide support to all the Agency's investigations, including those for cyber crime led by the National Cyber Crime Unit. The National Cyber Crime Unit has a strong working relationship with international partners. Over the past year the National Cyber Crime Unit has led the UK response in a number of global operations targeting malware.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/11/2014 15:57:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas