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1015019

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
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, what steps he is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the National Crime Agency’s Thinkuknow education programme in protecting children from online abuse.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	195489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency’s Thinkuknow education programme endeavours to help children and young people identify the risks they may face online, build resilience against the threat of child sexual abuse and exploitation and know where to seek further support, including where appropriate, reporting directly to the NCA.</p><p>The NCA’s performance is monitored quarterly through the NCA’s internal governance structure and overseen by the NCA Board. It is then reported directly to the Home Secretary. This performance reporting includes information on ThinkuKnow.</p><p>There was an external evaluation of ThinkuKnow in 2009. CEOP took on board the recommendations, and the NCA continues to develop its education tools and resources in conjunction with young people, as well as its Ambassador network.</p><p>Following the implementation of new ThinkuKnow resources for eight to ten year olds in November 2016, new resources for four to seven year olds will be launched in January 2019. These have been designed in line with best practice agreed with the PSHE association and have been developed following consultation with over 2000 parents, carers and professionals, and 25 sessions in 12 schools.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/11/2018 16:27:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1453021

registered interest
date	21/03/2022
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 referrals for online child sexual abuse cases the National Crime Agency has passed on to each police force in England between (a) March 2020 and February 2021 and (b) March 2021 and February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	143686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Tackling online child sexual abuse remains a key priority for this Government. Investment in the National Crime Agency and UK forces has ensured offenders are identified and brought to justice.</p><p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) leads the law enforcement response to online child sexual abuse working in collaboration with police forces across England. The NCA develops and disseminates intelligence in relation to online child sexual abuse to UK forces and NCA teams. This intelligence includes industry referrals of child sexual abuse, public reports, and intelligence generated by the NCA and international law enforcement.</p><p>In cases where the NCA judges that an offence has occurred and the offender can be located, these cases, including the content, are disseminated to a police force, Region or NCA Investigations for action.</p><p>In the period March 2020 to February 2021, the NCA disseminated 14,260 online child sexual abuse cases to forces in England including 18 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And in the period between March 2021 and February 2022 the NCA disseminated 17,022 online child sexual abuse cases to forces in England including 34 individual cases referred to two or more police forces.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 24/03/2022 17:08:53 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1130929

registered interest
date	10/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Justice, how many UK nationals have been convicted of offences relating to the online sexual exploitation of children in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	262240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>We have interpreted ‘sexual exploitation of children’ as child sexual abuse offences, as sexual exploitation of children is not specifically defined in legislation. The Ministry of Justice has published information (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx</a>) on the number of defendants found guilty of child sexual abuse offences and average custodial sentence lengths, however it is not possible to identify the nationality of the defendant as this information is not held in the courts proceedings database. Additionally, centrally held court and prisons data does not distinguish online child sexual abuse offences from all child sexual abuse offences. Information on offences that involve online sexual exploitation of children may be held on record, however to identify these records would be at a disproportionate cost. I have made no assessment of sentencing for offences relating to the online sexual exploitation of children. Sentencing in individual cases is a matter for the Courts, who must follow any relevant guidelines produced by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales. The Sentencing Council has a duty under section 128 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 to monitor the operation and effect of its guidelines. Child sexual abuse is abhorrent and rightly carries tough sentences including life imprisonment for the most serious offences. The Sexual Offences Act 2003 provides a range of offences with robust sentences to tackle the scourge of child sexual exploitation in all its forms. Sentencing is a matter for the independent judiciary, who take into account the full facts of each case.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 262241 262242 question first answered 18/06/2019 14:52:50 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

1133227

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Justice, how many people have been convicted of an online offence of viewing or possessing child abuse images in each of the last five years; and how many of those people have been (a) imprisoned and (b) given a non-custodial sentence.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	266751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx</a>) on the number of defendants found guilty of child sexual abuse image offences and the disposals imposed, although data does not distinguish between online and offline offending.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 26/06/2019 17:04:56 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1109051

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
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 Justice, how many adults were convicted of offences involving the online grooming of children in 2018.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	239897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on proceedings and outcomes for a range of offences relating to grooming, including where an adult meets or attempts to meet a child aged under 16 following grooming and causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. Offences relating to online grooming are not distinguished from all grooming offences in court data, can be found under offence code 88a at the link below.</p><p> </p><p>Data on these offences is published up to December 2017 and available in the Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/738814/HO-Code-Tool-2017.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/738814/HO-Code-Tool-2017.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2018 will be published on 16 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/04/2019 09:56:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1401380

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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, what plans her Department has to tackle online child sexual abuse and exploitation.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Daly
uin	100734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is firmly committed to tackling this horrific crime and keeping our children safe online here in the UK and working with partners around the world to address this complex and evolving threat.</p><p>The UK’s Online Safety Bill will, for the first time, place a duty on tech companies to keep their users safe, with a greater responsibility to remove and limit the spread of illegal content. We are also engaging with tech companies through our international partners to keep children safe from online sexual abuse, securing agreement to a G7 action plan which includes driving greater endorsement of the Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and to take meaningful action to report against progress.</p><p>We are also continuing to work with law enforcement partners to improve technologies and capabilities to identify offending and bringing offenders to justice. This includes significant investment into the transformation of the Child Abuse Image Database programme, and the National Crime Agency resulting in an estimated 800 arrests or voluntary attendances, and an estimated 1,000 children safeguarded or protected every month.</p><p>We are determined to deliver on the commitments to tackling this horrific complex crime and we will continue to work with partners to achieve our goals as set out in the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy published in January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 14/01/2022 17:16:18 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4854 label Biography information for James Daly

1454308

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, how many online child sexual abuse cases the National Crime Agency disseminated to each police force, Region or NCA Investigations for action in the period from March 2020 to February 2021.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	147056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Further to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, the National Crime Agency disseminated online child sexual abuse cases to Police Forces in England, Regional Forces and NCA teams as follows:</p><p>In the period 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021, the NCA disseminated 14,260 online CSA cases to forces in England including 18 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 49 cases were disseminated to Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs). NCA investigations teams also commenced an additional 133 investigations into online child sexual abuse.</p><p>In the period 1 March 2021 to 28 February 2022, the NCA disseminated 17,022 online CSA cases to forces in England including 34 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 206 cases were disseminated to ROCUs. NCA investigations teams commenced 96 new investigations into online child sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 147057 question first answered 30/03/2022 14:16:33 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1454309

registered interest
date	25/03/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, how many online child sexual abuse cases the National Crime Agency disseminated to each police force, Region or NCA Investigations for action in the period from March 2021 to February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	147057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2022 answer text <p>Further to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, the National Crime Agency disseminated online child sexual abuse cases to Police Forces in England, Regional Forces and NCA teams as follows:</p><p>In the period 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021, the NCA disseminated 14,260 online CSA cases to forces in England including 18 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 49 cases were disseminated to Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs). NCA investigations teams also commenced an additional 133 investigations into online child sexual abuse.</p><p>In the period 1 March 2021 to 28 February 2022, the NCA disseminated 17,022 online CSA cases to forces in England including 34 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 206 cases were disseminated to ROCUs. NCA investigations teams commenced 96 new investigations into online child sexual abuse.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 147056 question first answered 30/03/2022 14:16:33 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1455992

registered interest
date	30/03/2022
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, pursuant to Answer 30 March 2022 of to Questions 147057 and 147056, of the 14,260 online CSA cases disseminated to police forces in England how many went to each police force between March 2020 and February 2021; and of the 17,022 online CSA cases disseminated to police forces in England how many went to each police force between March 2021 and February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	150174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>Further to the Answer of 30 March 2022 to Questions 147057 and 147056, the number of online child sexual abuse cases disseminated by the National Crime Agency to each Police Force in England is provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Police</strong> <strong>Force Disseminated To</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2020- February 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>March 2021 - February 2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon &amp; Somerset Constabulary</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire Police</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire Constabulary</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire Constabulary</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London Police</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland Police</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria Constabulary</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Constabulary</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon &amp; Cornwall Constabulary</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>504</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset Police</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham Constabulary</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex Police</p></td><td><p>379</p></td><td><p>446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire Constabulary</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Police</p></td><td><p>884</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire Constabulary</p></td><td><p>481</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire Constabulary</p></td><td><p>242</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside Police</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent County Constabulary</p></td><td><p>477</p></td><td><p>509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire Constabulary</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire Constabulary</p></td><td><p>267</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire Police</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside Police</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan Police</p></td><td><p>2,892</p></td><td><p>3,002</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Constabulary</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire Police</p></td><td><p>151</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire Police</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria Police</p></td><td><p>378</p></td><td><p>493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire Police</p></td><td><p>318</p></td><td><p>358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire Police</p></td><td><p>431</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire Police</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk Constabulary</p></td><td><p>167</p></td><td><p>213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey Police</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Police</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>493</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley Police</p></td><td><p>537</p></td><td><p>735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire Police</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia Constabulary</p></td><td><p>243</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Police</p></td><td><p>890</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire Police</p></td><td><p>615</p></td><td><p>691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire Constabulary</p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two or more forces</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,260</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,022</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/04/2022 15:54:56 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1188807

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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, what additional resources she has allocated to keeping children and young people safe from online sexual abuse and exploitation following the introduction of the Government’s instructions to stay at home during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	38011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>n 2019, the Government significantly increased resources to the National Crime Agency leading to a near doubling of the CEOP Command’s online investigative capability. In September 2019, the Home Office announced an additional £30m funding for tackling child sexual abuse in 2020/21 to ensure offenders are no longer able to hide in the shadows preying on our society’s most vulnerable.</p><p>We are working with Law Enforcement, the UK Intelligence Community, safeguarding partners and the third sector to assess the threat and ensure they have the resources they need to tackle offending and provide the greatest protection for vulnerable children during COVID-19. The NCA and UK policing continue to relentlessly fight the online child sexual abuse threat; in the last seven weeks the NCA has developed and disseminated 2,600 online child sexual abuse (CSA) packages for police forces to investigate.</p><p>As part of this the Government has made £1.6 million available immediately for the NSPCC to expand and promote its national helpline for adults. Expanding the NSPCC Helpline will mean many more adults know how and where to raise concerns and seek advice or support about the safety and wellbeing of any children they are concerned about. The Home Office will further distribute £7.8 million in emergency support for charities helping vulnerable children who have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak.</p><p>We are further working across government and agencies to ensure that teachers, parents and carers have access to the support they need to help keep children safe online. As part of this the NCA has stepped up its messaging on staying safe online through their #OnlineSafetyAtHome campaign and their ThinkUKnow resources. The Department for Education has published interim safeguarding guidance for schools and colleges encouraging them to disseminate advice on online safety and we have published guidance for parents and carers on gov.uk. We have also worked with our Five Country partners to galvanise industry action; in response, key industry partners have developed a campaign targeting parents, carers and children with information and advice on staying safe online.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/05/2020 10:33:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn