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802184

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Social Media: Codes of Practice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer 28 November to Question 113183, how her Department plans to monitor uptake and observance of the code of practice for social media companies provided for in the Digital Economy Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	117871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Internet Safety Strategy consultation closed on 7 December. We are now analysing the responses and we will be working with technology companies, charities and other interested stakeholders to develop the code of practice. We will consider plans to monitor uptake and observance of the code of practice ahead of its publication in 2018.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 14/12/2017 12:20:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

793910

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Forensic Science
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017, HCWS265, on toxicology, whether (a) Randox Testing Services and (b) Trimega are currently being commissioned by (i) Departments, (ii) local authorities and (iii) police forces to provide forensic services; and if she will set out those services.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	114999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>There is no centrally held information on possible commissioning by government departments from Randox Testing Services (RTS). The commissioning of forensic tests is an operational matter for local authorities.</p><p>The Department for Education has informed all local authorities of the police investigation and asked them to take action to ensure that their safeguarding responsibilities are met. All police contracts with RTS have been suspended pending the ongoing investigation.</p><p>Trimega went into liquidation in 2014 and ceased trading.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 14/12/2017 17:34:48 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

802757

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to make the non-emergency police phone number 101 free to call from landlines and mobiles.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	118306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>101 is the single non-emergency number for contacting the police. It was launched in December 2011 to provide a memorable and accessible number for contact with the police. It is shared with Police Scotland and Police Service Northern Ireland.</p><p>The number was rolled out nationally in 2011 with Vodafone as the single supplier for the service. Calls from mobile devices and landline telephones cost 15p regardless of call duration.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 118307 118308 118309 118313 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:51:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

802760

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what was the average duration of calls made to the non-emergency police phone number 101 in (a) the UK and (b) Wales in each of the last twelve months.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	118309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>101 is the single non-emergency number for contacting the police. It was launched in December 2011 to provide a memorable and accessible number for contact with the police. It is shared with Police Scotland and Police Service Northern Ireland.</p><p>The number was rolled out nationally in 2011 with Vodafone as the single supplier for the service. Calls from mobile devices and landline telephones cost 15p regardless of call duration.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 118306 118307 118308 118313 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:51:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

802758

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls
	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 publicise the cost to the caller of the non-emergency police telephone number 101.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	118307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>101 is the single non-emergency number for contacting the police. It was launched in December 2011 to provide a memorable and accessible number for contact with the police. It is shared with Police Scotland and Police Service Northern Ireland.</p><p>The number was rolled out nationally in 2011 with Vodafone as the single supplier for the service. Calls from mobile devices and landline telephones cost 15p regardless of call duration.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 118306 118308 118309 118313 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:51:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

802543

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Acids and Chemicals: Sales
	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 promote responsibility among business owners and shopkeepers regarding the sale of acid or household chemicals to customers they think might use such products to harm people.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	Damien Moore
	uin	118093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>In July the Home Secretary announced an action plan to tackle the use of acid and other corrosives in violent attacks. This is based on four key strands: ensuring effective support for victims and survivors; effective policing; ensuring that relevant legislation is understood and consistently applied, and restricting access to acids and other harmful products.</p><p>Progress is being made in delivering the action plan and as part of this we are working closely with retailers to agree additional action they can take to help restrict access and reduce the risk of products containing the most harmful corrosive substances being used in attacks.</p><p>We have also been consulting on a legislative proposal which would prohibit the sale of products containing the most harmful corrosive substance to under 18s. The consultation closed on 9 December and we are currently considering the responses.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/12/2017 16:59:51 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

802707

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Lead: Theft
	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 making to encourage churches to install alarm equipment to deter lead theft; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
	tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
	uin	118256
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We recognise the cost and disruption that arises from these crimes and we would therefore support churches in taking all reasonable precautions to prevent them.</p><p>While data published by the Office for National Statistics on 6 December 2017 shows that police recorded metal theft has fallen from nearly 63,000 in 2012/13 to under 13,000 in 2016/17, we will continue to work with the police and others through the police-led National Metal Theft Working Group, which includes representatives from the heritage sector, to see what more can be done to prevent all types of metal theft.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/12/2017 17:27:22 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

802743

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions has she had with (a) WhatsApp and (b) other technology companies on access by the security services to encrypted messages sent by a person of interest.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Ged Killen
	uin	118292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is in favour of strong encryption: it is critical to protect UK citizens from harm online, and billions of people use it every day for a range of services including banking, commerce and communications.</p><p>However, like many powerful technologies, encrypted services are abused by a small minority of people. There is a particular problem with end-to-end encryption where certain providers have deliberately designed their systems so that even they cannot see the content of the message.</p><p>The Secretary of State meets with a range of stakeholders to discuss various issues as part of the process of policy development and delivery. As was the case with previous administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings. However, we are committed to working with service providers to fulfil our collective responsibility to protect us from terrorists and those who commit serious crimes, while allowing providers to protect privacy. We are quite clear that it is essential for law enforcement to access content when there is a clear need and when properly warranted. The Government will continue to press for that ability.</p><p>A mature dialogue between government and industry on this issue is crucial, and we expect them to live up to their responsibilities: working with law enforcement where there is a warrant authorised by a Secretary of State and approved by a senior judge under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/12/2017 15:25:59 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

802764

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	101 Calls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to callers of the non-emergency police phone number 101 in (a) the UK and (b) Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	118313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>101 is the single non-emergency number for contacting the police. It was launched in December 2011 to provide a memorable and accessible number for contact with the police. It is shared with Police Scotland and Police Service Northern Ireland.</p><p>The number was rolled out nationally in 2011 with Vodafone as the single supplier for the service. Calls from mobile devices and landline telephones cost 15p regardless of call duration.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 118306 118307 118308 118309 question first answered 14/12/2017 16:51:17 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

802644

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Home Office: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many members of staff in her Department were (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for breaching the IT acceptable use policy between May 2010 and July 2014.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	118194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office only holds central disciplinary records dating back to April 2013, obtaining the information before this date could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The number of members of staff who were (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for breaching the IT acceptable use policy are in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 14/12/2017 17:08:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins attachment 1 file name Table 1 PQ 118194.xlsx title Table - PQ 118194
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon