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750854

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	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 targets she has set for local police forces to tackle cybercrime; and how work to meet those targets will be funded.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	4153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office is committed to not placing unnecessary bureaucratic burdens on the police and has scrapped all central targets. However, Chief Constables are under a duty to comply with the Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR). The SPR provides a framework for consistent, collective decision making by forces, but leaves the specifics of how this should be achieved to Chief Constables.</p><p>The Strategic Policing Requirements describes organised crime, including large scale cyber crime, as a national threat that Chief Constables and Police and Crime Commissioners are expected to plan and prepare, together or in support of national arrangements, to address these threats.</p><p>The National Police Chiefs’ Council has oversight of force contributions to the SPR. Police and Crime Commissioners are required to hold Chief Constables to account for the delivery of the SPR and to have regard to the SPR when producing their police and crime plans. The Home Office also continue to support forces in building professional responsibility through the College of Policing; and returning accountability to the public through Police and Crime Commissioners.</p><p>The 2015 National Security Strategy confirmed that cyber remains a top threat to the UK’s economic and national security. The UK’s future security and prosperity depends on our ability to safeguard digital information, data and networks at home and abroad. The cyber threats we face continue to grow in scale and sophistication. This is why the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 is supported by £1.9billion of transformational investment.</p><p>Through the National Cyber Security Programme, we invested over £90 million under the 2010-15 Parliament to bolster the law enforcement response. The Government will continue to invest in law enforcement capabilities at the national, regional and local levels to ensure delivery agencies have the capacity to deal with the increasing volume and sophistication of cyber crime. We are increasing the capabilities of the National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit by increasing their ability to investigate the most serious cyber crime.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 19/07/2017 16:51:51 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

631913

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	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 steps her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of cyber-fraud; and by what means she plans to advise the public of the steps to take to protect themselves against such fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Amanda Solloway
	uin	52208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>In February this year the Government launched the Joint Fraud Taskforce, a partnership of government, law enforcement and the banks to collectively tackle fraud. The Taskforce is looking at new ways to ensure individuals have the tools and knowledge to protect themselves from fraudsters. A Joint Fraud Taskforce partner, Financial Fraud Action UK, recently launched a nation-wide fraud prevention campaign ‘Take 5’ which advises that individuals take five minutes to consider what they are being asked to do, especially if being pressured to take an unusual course of action such as transferring funds to an unknown individual.</p><p>The Government’s Cyber Aware campaign aims to help small business and individuals protect themselves from cyber criminals by adopting simple secure online behaviours such as having a strong password and always downloading the latest software updates. Cyber Aware works with a range of public and private sector partners to embed cyber security advice into a range of every day touch points, including Get Safe Online, whose remit is to help individuals and small businesses safeguard themselves against fraud and other online data threats.</p><p>The Home Office has also invested in new IT for the Action Fraud / National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) capability. Benefits of the new system will include an improved reporting system and better information for victims as well as more disseminations of crime packages to forces, and better identification of vulnerable victims.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/11/2016 17:05:08 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway

601111

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) personal, (b) project and (c) establishment licences for scientific research on animals have been granted in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
	uin	48631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The numbers of personal, project and establishment licences granted by the Home Office for scientific research on animals are made public every year in the Annual Report of the licensing body, the Home Office Animals in Science Regulation Unit. The Annual Reports can be obtained online at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/research-and-testing-using-animals#publications The table below sets out the figures for each year since 2010. Figures for 2015 will be published in due course.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Personal</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>515</p></td><td><p>2664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>564</p></td><td><p>2550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>2639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>604</p></td><td><p>2770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>474</p></td><td><p>2949</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 21/10/2016 15:22:32 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

601117

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Animal Experiments: Licensing
	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 applications for personal licences, project licences and establishment licences to carry out scientific research on animals have been (a) approved and (b) rejected in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
	uin	48642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office does not keep records of licence applications that have been rejected or withdrawn at either the concept or the drafting stage.</p><p>The numbers of personal, project and establishment licences granted by the Home Office for scientific research on animals are made public every year in the Annual Report of the licensing body, the Animals In Science Regulation Unit. The Annual Reports can be obtained online at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/guidance/research-and-testing-using-animals#publications</p><p>The table below sets out the figures for each year since 2010. Figures for 2015 will be published in due course.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Establishment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Project</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Personal</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>515</p></td><td><p>2664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>564</p></td><td><p>2550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>626</p></td><td><p>2639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>604</p></td><td><p>2770</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>474</p></td><td><p>2949</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/10/2016 14:52:53 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

583191

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Action Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Action Fraud.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	46433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>Action Fraud is the national reporting point for fraud and financially-motivated cyber crime. We have seen significant improvement in performance; official figures show reports of fraud have trebled since Action Fraud was rolled out nationally, addressing the concern that fraud was an under-reported crime type.</p><p>Since it's launch the Government has been building the capability of police forces, GCHQ and the NCA to respond to online cyber crime. Over the last year, Action Fraud has introduced an improved system which keeps victims informed of the progress of their case. The number of disseminations to local forces has also increased.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/10/2016 09:05:18 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

628163

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department's Joint Fraud Taskforce has made since it was established; and whether that taskforce plans to publish a report outling its work in its first year.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	51788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The Joint Fraud Taskforce is a partnership between government, law enforcement and the financial sector, working in new innovative ways to deliver a more effective response to fraud.</p><p>To-date, closer working between the banks and the police through the Taskforce has led to: the closure or heightened monitoring of thousands of bank accounts linked to fraud; a nationwide campaign to locate ten prolific fraudsters that has led to four arrests; and bank branches across London introducing new processes to identify potential victims of fraud and provide them with swift support from Trading Standards and the police.</p><p>The Home Secretary chaired an Oversight Board of the Taskforce in September, where a forward programme was agreed that will focus on: improving the national, regional and local law enforcement response to fraud; introducing a system to make it much easier for the victims of fraud to have their money repatriated; an industry led strategic action plan to address card not present fraud; launching a very visible national fraud prevention campaign to provide targeted advice to protect members of the public; and a new collective approach to better support victims of fraud. We have no current plans to publish a report on the first year of the Joint Fraud Taskforce.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/11/2016 18:34:43 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

675589

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential financial implications of redistributing funds recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 regionally rather than locally.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	60864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Normally criminal assets that are recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 are shared 50/50 between operational partners and the Home Office, as part of its core budget. In 2015 the Government made a manifesto commitment to return a greater percentage of assets recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to policing. In line with this commitment, all money collected above the 2015/16 baseline of £184 million, that would be part of the Home Office core budget, will now be returned entirely to the Regional Asset Recovery Teams (RART). Allocations to local forces and agencies will not change, and no additional funds are being given to organisations that do not engage in investigations.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 60865 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:17:46 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

675590

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Proceeds of Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy that all funds recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 are not diverted to organisations which are not empowered to conduct investigations.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	60865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Normally criminal assets that are recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 are shared 50/50 between operational partners and the Home Office, as part of its core budget. In 2015 the Government made a manifesto commitment to return a greater percentage of assets recovered under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to policing. In line with this commitment, all money collected above the 2015/16 baseline of £184 million, that would be part of the Home Office core budget, will now be returned entirely to the Regional Asset Recovery Teams (RART). Allocations to local forces and agencies will not change, and no additional funds are being given to organisations that do not engage in investigations.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 60864 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:17:46 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

747460

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on contingency planning for multiple terrorist incidents across London.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	2477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the UK’s preparedness for terrorist attack under constant review, and is delivering a £144 million programme to increase numbers of armed police officers in the UK. The Home Office also trains and equips specialist fire and ambulance teams to manage casualties in higher risk environments. These capabilities are deployable to a terrorist incident occurring anywhere in the UK, including London.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office’s National CT Exercise programme plays a vital role in ensuring that Government, blue light responders, military and other agencies are prepared to respond to terrorist attacks in the UK. The programme comprises large-scale live exercises that test the national response to a terrorist attack, and also includes regional and table-top exercises.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 11/07/2017 12:33:16 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

747461

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on contingency planning for multiple terrorist incidents across Greater Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	2478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office keeps the UK’s preparedness for terrorist attack under constant review, and is delivering a £144 million programme to increase numbers of armed police officers in the UK. The Home Office also trains and equips specialist fire and ambulance teams to manage casualties in higher risk environments. These capabilities are deployable to a terrorist incident occurring anywhere in the UK, including in Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office’s National CT Exercise Programme plays a vital role in ensuring that Government, blue light responders, military and other agencies are prepared to respond to terrorist attacks throughout the UK. Exercise WINCHESTER ACCORD was delivered in Greater Manchester in May 2016. The exercise tested the emergency service and military response to a suicide bomb and firearms attack on a crowded place.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 11/07/2017 12:34:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne