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172574

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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 recent steps she has taken to increase the number of police trained to deal with cybercrime; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	220043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Cyber is a Tier One threat to national security, and the Government is investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) to respond. Of this, approximately 10% is being invested in building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This has been used to build capability at the national, regional, and local level. We have established a National Cyber Crime Unit within the National Crime Agency (NCA), and cyber teams within each of the Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs). NCSP funding is being used to train officers in these units to investigate the most serious cases of cyber crime.<br><br>We are also delivering training in cyber crime to officers in local police forces. The College of Policing has designed four training modules on cyber crime aimed at police officers and staff, on cyber,digital and social media. Since they were rolled out in 2013, over 120,000 of these modules have been completed. The College and police forces have also been delivering a classroom-based course to police investigators, which gives them the understanding of how to exploit intelligence and evidential opportunities offered by technology, social networking and communications data.<br><br>Over the next year we will continue to build law enforcement capability to tackle cyber crime. This includes increased staffing levels and technical resource. As part of this, there will be a large expansion in the NCA's pilot programme of &quot;cyber specials&quot; – volunteer officers who have specialist expertise that is highly valuable to law enforcement – and an increase over the next three years to 80 volunteer cyber specialists in the NCA and forces across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/01/2015 17:21:01 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 37954 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

172576

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2015
	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 police forces have a strategy in place to tackle cybercrime; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	220035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The response to threats within each police force area and consequent allocation of resources is a matter for each Chief Constable, in consultation with their Police and Crime <br>Commissioner. However the Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR) articulates the national threats to which local forces must have regard, and cyber crime and a large-scale cyber incident included, meaning they must be taken into account when deciding resource allocations.<br><br>Cyber, including cyber crime, was recognised as a Tier 1 threat to national security in the 2010 National Security Strategy. The Government has responded by investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP). Approximately 10% of this has been invested in building law enforcement agencies’ capabilities to respond to this threat, including setting up the National Cyber Crime Unit in the National Crime Agency, and cyber teams in each of the Regional Organised Crime Units, as well as providing training for officers in local police forces.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 14/01/2015 17:30:24 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 37908 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

175645

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what guidance has been issued by the Crown Prosecution Service on prosecuting digital and online crime.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	221998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued comprehensive and detailed Legal Guidance to its prosecutors on a wide range of digital and online crimes including those which target computer systems and those other crimes (such as stalking and child sexual abuse) where the internet or communications technology is used in order to commit the offence.</p><p>In addition, the CPS is committed to keeping its prosecutors up-to-date with developments relating to digital and online crime, through the provision of learning and development modules that include cyber stalking, online fraud, online grooming, prosecuting cases involving social media and handling digital evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 02/02/2015 13:45:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175762

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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 guidance she has issued to police forces on the steps they should take to investigate allegations of digital or cyber-crime.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	221973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme to respond to the threat posed by cyber and online crime. <br><br>Of this, approximately 10% is being invested in building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This has been used to build capability at the national, regional, and local level, including delivering training in cyber <br>crime to officers in local police forces. <br><br>The College of Policing has designed four e-learning modules on cyber crime, which give an introduction to cyber, digital and social media. Since they were rolled out in 2013, over 120,000 of these modules have been completed. <br>The College and police forces have also been delivering a classroom-based course to police investigators, which gives them the understanding of how to exploit intelligence and evidential opportunities offered by technology, social <br>networking and communications data.<br><br>The College of Policing is responsible for issuing guidance to the police on training and investigations. Guidance relating to how crimes should be recorded is covered by the Home Office Counting Rules. <br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office have introduced a voluntary ‘flag’ that enables forces to highlight online offences in police recorded crime. The flag is running on a voluntary basis for 2014/15 <br>and will become mandatory in 2015/16. Initial guidance on how to apply the flag was issued to all forces in England and Wales in May 2014 as part of the Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221969 221972 221997 question first answered 29/01/2015 16:34:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175763

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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 guidance she has issued to police forces on how they record digital, cyber and online crime.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	221969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme to respond to the threat posed by cyber and online crime. <br><br>Of this, approximately 10% is being invested in building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This has been used to build capability at the national, regional, and local level, including delivering training in cyber <br>crime to officers in local police forces. <br><br>The College of Policing has designed four e-learning modules on cyber crime, which give an introduction to cyber, digital and social media. Since they were rolled out in 2013, over 120,000 of these modules have been completed. <br>The College and police forces have also been delivering a classroom-based course to police investigators, which gives them the understanding of how to exploit intelligence and evidential opportunities offered by technology, social <br>networking and communications data.<br><br>The College of Policing is responsible for issuing guidance to the police on training and investigations. Guidance relating to how crimes should be recorded is covered by the Home Office Counting Rules. <br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office have introduced a voluntary ‘flag’ that enables forces to highlight online offences in police recorded crime. The flag is running on a voluntary basis for 2014/15 <br>and will become mandatory in 2015/16. Initial guidance on how to apply the flag was issued to all forces in England and Wales in May 2014 as part of the Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221972 221973 221997 question first answered 29/01/2015 16:34:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175764

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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 guidance she has issued to police forces on training for police officers on tackling digital, cyber- and online crime.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	221972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme to respond to the threat posed by cyber and online crime. <br><br>Of this, approximately 10% is being invested in building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This has been used to build capability at the national, regional, and local level, including delivering training in cyber <br>crime to officers in local police forces. <br><br>The College of Policing has designed four e-learning modules on cyber crime, which give an introduction to cyber, digital and social media. Since they were rolled out in 2013, over 120,000 of these modules have been completed. <br>The College and police forces have also been delivering a classroom-based course to police investigators, which gives them the understanding of how to exploit intelligence and evidential opportunities offered by technology, social <br>networking and communications data.<br><br>The College of Policing is responsible for issuing guidance to the police on training and investigations. Guidance relating to how crimes should be recorded is covered by the Home Office Counting Rules. <br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office have introduced a voluntary ‘flag’ that enables forces to highlight online offences in police recorded crime. The flag is running on a voluntary basis for 2014/15 <br>and will become mandatory in 2015/16. Initial guidance on how to apply the flag was issued to all forces in England and Wales in May 2014 as part of the Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221969 221973 221997 question first answered 29/01/2015 16:34:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175770

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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 instances of online (a) stalking, (b) harassment, (c) fraud and (d) identity theft were reported to the police in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many of each category of reported instance resulted in a criminal charge.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	221994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the requested information. Information on the number of crimes that take place online or involve an online element is not routinely collected from all police forces.<br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office has introduced a voluntary ‘online flag’ as part of the police recorded crime data collection. This allows police forces to record online instances of crimes such <br>as stalking and harassment. These offences could have taken place solely online, or had an online element to them.<br><br>The ‘online flag’ was introduced at the beginning of 2014/15, and data have been provided by a small number of forces on a voluntary basis since then. These data are currently still in development. The online flag will become <br>mandatory for all police forces from the start of 2015/16, allowing statistics to be published once the data have been quality assured.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 221992 question first answered 02/02/2015 14:12:51 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175771

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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, in what proportion of complaints of crime reported to the police there was a digital or cyber element in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	221992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the requested information. Information on the number of crimes that take place online or involve an online element is not routinely collected from all police forces.<br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office has introduced a voluntary ‘online flag’ as part of the police recorded crime data collection. This allows police forces to record online instances of crimes such <br>as stalking and harassment. These offences could have taken place solely online, or had an online element to them.<br><br>The ‘online flag’ was introduced at the beginning of 2014/15, and data have been provided by a small number of forces on a voluntary basis since then. These data are currently still in development. The online flag will become <br>mandatory for all police forces from the start of 2015/16, allowing statistics to be published once the data have been quality assured.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 221994 question first answered 02/02/2015 14:12:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175772

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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 training police and crime commissioners and their staff receive on the circumstances of, and responses to, digital and online crime.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	221993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>Specific training is a matter for the Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs)and their offices. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary regularly inspect forces on their response to crime, while the Police and Crime Panels scrutinise <br>the work of PCCs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/01/2015 16:34:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175773

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2015
	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 guidance is issued by (a) her Department, (b) the College of Policing and (c) the Association of Chief Police Officers on the recording and investigation of online and digital crime.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	221997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme to respond to the threat posed by cyber and online crime. <br><br>Of this, approximately 10% is being invested in building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This has been used to build capability at the national, regional, and local level, including delivering training in cyber <br>crime to officers in local police forces. <br><br>The College of Policing has designed four e-learning modules on cyber crime, which give an introduction to cyber, digital and social media. Since they were rolled out in 2013, over 120,000 of these modules have been completed. <br>The College and police forces have also been delivering a classroom-based course to police investigators, which gives them the understanding of how to exploit intelligence and evidential opportunities offered by technology, social <br>networking and communications data.<br><br>The College of Policing is responsible for issuing guidance to the police on training and investigations. Guidance relating to how crimes should be recorded is covered by the Home Office Counting Rules. <br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office have introduced a voluntary ‘flag’ that enables forces to highlight online offences in police recorded crime. The flag is running on a voluntary basis for 2014/15 <br>and will become mandatory in 2015/16. Initial guidance on how to apply the flag was issued to all forces in England and Wales in May 2014 as part of the Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221969 221972 221973 question first answered 29/01/2015 16:34:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman