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170448

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date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has spent on its website in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	218623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has advised that, between April 2011 and April 2014, it spent a total of £1.66 million on its website. The majority of this spend was on staff costs as the website is now supported and maintained internally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NICE stopped printing its guidance in 2010-11, saving annual print and distribution costs of over £1 million. NICE has advised that it will continue to invest in improvements to its website as it is now the only outlet for the guidance and other products it produces.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/12/2014 15:34:35 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

170449

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers in his Department have been allocated government cars; and what the shortest journey made by each such Minister in a government car was in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	218624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has an allocated government car which is sometimes shared by the Ministerial team. Details of the length of journeys have not been recorded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 18/12/2014 17:30:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

172584

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	Crime Prevention
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 officers were employed as crime prevention officers in each police force in England and Wales in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	220070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>All police officers are involved in crime prevention and this Government has been clear that the police should focus on cutting crime. Crime has fallen by more than a fifth since 2010, according to the Crime Survey for England and <br>Wales. Figures specifically on the number of crime prevention officers are not collected by the Home Office. <br><br>The table provided contains statistics on the number and proportion of police officers in the community safety/relations and neighbourhoods functions categories, as at 31 March 2010 to 2014. <br><br>These figures will not necessarily cover all police officers assigned to crime prevention roles, and will contain some officers who are not directly involved in crime prevention. However, the functions provided are considered to be the <br>closest to those requested.<br><br>As can be seen in the figures, the number of crime prevention officers, under this definition, in England and Wales has risen from 20,926 in 2010 to 25,098 in 2014. This represents an increase from 14.6% to 19.6% of total officers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/01/2015 15:26:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name PQ table_220070.xlsx title Number and proportion of police officers
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

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

172575

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	Crimes of Violence: 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 steps she has taken in response to the recent increase in crime in London recorded as violence against the person; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	220044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others 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.<br><br>According to the latest crime figures published by the Office for National Statistics, the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows a 23% fall in violence in the year to the end of June 2014, and this is supported by NHS data on hospital admissions for assault which also indicates violence is falling. <br><br>Over the same period, the number of violence offences recorded by the police rose by 11%, with the Metropolitan Police one of the forces seeing a rise. The Office for National Statistics noted that the increase in police recorded violence is partly due to improved reporting and recording of violence and particularly of domestic abuse. This improvement follows HMIC's inspection of crime recording in every police force in England and Wales, which the Home Secretary commissioned in 2013, and which found significant under-recording of crime. <br><br>The data shows that forces are acting on the findings.<br><br>We also know that some violent crimes like domestic and sexual violence are under-reported. We welcome more people reporting them to the police and we want to see more cases being brought to justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 220036 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:07:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 37865 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

172577

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	Crimes of Violence: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last discussed with the Mayor of London in his capacity as Police and Crime Commissioner for London the change in the level of crime recorded as violence against the person by the Metropolitan Police in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	220036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers have regular meetings with Ministerial colleagues and others 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.<br><br>According to the latest crime figures published by the Office for National Statistics, the Crime Survey for England and Wales shows a 23% fall in violence in the year to the end of June 2014, and this is supported by NHS data on hospital admissions for assault which also indicates violence is falling. <br><br>Over the same period, the number of violence offences recorded by the police rose by 11%, with the Metropolitan Police one of the forces seeing a rise. The Office for National Statistics noted that the increase in police recorded violence is partly due to improved reporting and recording of violence and particularly of domestic abuse. This improvement follows HMIC's inspection of crime recording in every police force in England and Wales, which the Home Secretary commissioned in 2013, and which found significant under-recording of crime. <br><br>The data shows that forces are acting on the findings.<br><br>We also know that some violent crimes like domestic and sexual violence are under-reported. We welcome more people reporting them to the police and we want to see more cases being brought to justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 220044 question first answered 14/01/2015 17:07:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 37864 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

172809

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Crime Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the current number of police officers employed as crime prevention officers; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	220223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has been clear that all police officers have a single mission: to cut crime. However, it is for chief officers and Police and Crime Commissioners to determine how to use their available resources. <br><br>The number of police officers in England and Wales carrying out roles which support crime prevention activities (defined as officers in the community safety/relations and neighbourhoods functions categories, as at 31 March 2010 to 2014) has risen from 20,926 in 2010 to 25,098 in 2014. This represents an increase from 14.6% to 19.6% of the total officer workforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 14/01/2015 16:02:48 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 38157 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

178573

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
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 steps she has taken to ensure that police forces (a) have a strategy and (b) are properly trained to respond to cybercrime; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	223891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answers I gave to him on 14 January 2015 in response to questions 220035 and 220043.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 16:00:15 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

178574

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many investigations into online child abuse have been delayed for 12 months or longer after being reported to the National Crime Agency; and how long the average delay is in investigating such cases.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	223892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>Every referral of child sexual abuse reported to the National Crime Agency (NCA) is thoroughly assessed and developed. All cases where potential suspects are identified are disseminated to a UK police force, actioned by the NCA, or disseminated to a foreign jurisdiction via Interpol. It is for each of the recipients to assess the intelligence and potential for prosecution and to take executive action appropriately. Information on these investigations is not held centrally, except for NCA investigations. No investigations by the NCA into <br>online child sexual abuse have been subject to delays of 12 months or longer since its inception on 7 October 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 12/02/2015 15:57:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed