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1028542

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department bid for from the Treasury for EU-exit resources in 2019-20; pursuant to the written statement of 18 December 2018 of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Official Report HCWS1205, how he plans to spend the £35 million his Department has been allocated in 2019-20 for EU-exit; and pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2018 to Question 181171 on Emergencies: Planning, (a) what the cost to the public purse was of funding G7 Resilience Advisers in 2018-19 and (b) from which budget of his Department that cost has been met.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	203795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG submitted a bid to HMT for resources for EU exit preparations to ensure that the Department is adequately prepared and local areas, communities and local economies have the capacity to react to any EU exit scenario. The Department is currently identifying where this money can best be allocated to ensure that local areas are properly supported and have the capacity to prepare for and can respond to EU exit.</p><p>In response to (a),the cost of the appointments of G7 Resilience Advisers in 2018-19, including salaries and associated costs, are estimated at approximately £119,377. No external providers have been approached about this recruitment to fill these internal vacancies within our wider team of Resilience Advisers.</p><p>With regard to (b), these appointments are being funded from within the Department’s administration budgets.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 07/01/2019 15:54:52 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1027720

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Official Residences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to recoup (a) rent, (b) service charges and (c) taxes from the unauthorised occupant of One Carlton Gardens for the period from 9 to 30 July.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	203293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>​On the occupancy of One Carlton Gardens from 9-31 July 2018 I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 24 July 2018 to Question 166108; 4 September 2018 to Question 167213; and on 10 September 2018 to Question 170256.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 07/01/2019 16:07:21 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1027743

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) reports of suspicious (i) e-mails, (ii) text messages and (iii) phone calls asking for personal information or threatening a lawsuit were received by HMRC, (b) individuals believed to have been responsible for those communications were (i) identified, (ii) charged and (iii) convicted, (c) HMRC staff were deployed to investigate phishing scams in 2017-18 and (d) HMRC staff have been deployed to investigate such scams in 2018-19; and what recent (A) steps HMRC has taken and (B) assessment he has made of its performance in tackling such scams.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	203305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>From April 2018 to November 2018, HMRC has received:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>reports of suspicious:</p><p>(i) e-mails – 636,789</p><p>(ii) text messages – 28,639</p><p>(iii) phone calls asking for personal information or threatening a lawsuit were received by HMRC – 44,435</p><p> </p><p>HMRC has a dedicated Customer Protection team targeting scams, which has:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Reduced reported HMRC-branded phishing texts by 90% due to innovative work with network operators and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).</li><li>Requested removal of over 14,000 websites during financial year 2017/2018.</li><li>Blocked half a billion phishing emails through technical controls since 2016.</li><li>Published guidance on GOV.UK on how to identify scams that has been visited 1.4 million times during financial year 2017/2018.</li><li>Responded to nearly 1 million phishing referrals in the same period.</li><li>Recovered over 130 websites infringing the HMRC brand including those which host low value services such as call connection sites, saving customers in excess of £2.4M in charges to date.</li></ul><p> </p><p>However, the information required to answer (b), (c) and (d) cannot be provided as releasing it may prejudice the prevention or detection of crime. The information could be used by individuals for criminal activity and departmental IT systems could be exposed or left vulnerable to interference or attack.</p></li></ol><p>Doing so could give criminals valuable insight into HMRC’s capabilities and processes in this area and cybersecurity in general, opening up the Department and the wider public to more informed and effective scams and attacks. While publishing the information requested could, on the face of it, reassure the public that HMRC is suitably resourced to handle risks posed by cybercrime, on balance it is not in the public interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 07/01/2019 17:42:38 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1028543

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 December 2018 on Public Spending, HCWS1205, what the value was of each Department's bid for funding.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	203796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>As part of preparing for the UK’s departure from the EU, the Treasury has allocated £2bn of funding for departments in 2019-20. Details of the figures allocated to individual department were announced in the Written Statement on 18<sup>th</sup> December 2018 (HCWS1205). As ever, the Treasury continually engages with departments on spending pressures. These allocations are reflective of departmental need in various EU Exit scenarios.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury does not publish bids received from departments for public spending.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/01/2019 14:28:25 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts