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388293

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government has been monitoring the level of pensions-related scams and fraud since April 2015.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	6045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data on the number of crimes that involve pension fraud from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau on a quarterly basis.</p><p>These data are published by the ONS as part of their ‘Crime in England and Wales’ quarterly crime statistics bulletins. The first quarter of data for 2015/16 will be published on 15th October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/07/2015 09:42:52 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

388296

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Drugs
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 will be made available to police forces to enforce the ban on psychoactive substances.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	5856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>We have worked closely with a range of partners, including the National Police Chiefs’ Council, in the course of the drafting of the Psychoactive Substances Bill and will continue to do so to ensure that the Bill is effectively implemented. This will include the police, supported by the Home Office, producing guidance and setting up workshops for their officers on the enforcement of the legislation.</p><p>As set out in the Impact Assessment to the Psychoactive Substances Bill, the police already employ some resources in tackling new drugs and, while there may be some additional costs attached to the enforcement of the new legislation in the short term, we do not anticipate any long term increase.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/07/2015 14:54:35 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

388309

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle doorstep and telephone scams against vulnerable older people.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	5950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes fraud extremely seriously. The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, published in 2013, places a strong focus on protecting those most at risk. The Home Office works with the City of London Police to help police forces to understand better who is vulnerable to fraud in their areas, and to work with local partners including the voluntary sector to help protect vulnerable people from the threat from fraud. This has included specific targeted activity with the vulnerable and the elderly, for example, a public campaign.</p><p>The Care Act 2014 also places a new statutory requirement for all local areas to have a Safeguarding Adults Board, comprised of the police, the local authority and Clinical Commissioning Group to protect the most vulnerable in their communities from all forms of harm, including financial harm.</p><p>We are also working closely with Financial Fraud Action UK and the British Bankers Association who have issued advice to consumers on telephone scams. This includes helping consumers know when they may be a target to these fraudsters, and advice on what information should never be shared, e.g. PIN number.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 5951 question first answered 14/07/2015 16:01:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

388310

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to encourage partnership working between local authorities, police, health and social care and voluntary sector services to address the problem of scams and fraud against more vulnerable older people.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	5951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes fraud extremely seriously. The Serious and Organised Crime Strategy, published in 2013, places a strong focus on protecting those most at risk. The Home Office works with the City of London Police to help police forces to understand better who is vulnerable to fraud in their areas, and to work with local partners including the voluntary sector to help protect vulnerable people from the threat from fraud. This has included specific targeted activity with the vulnerable and the elderly, for example, a public campaign.</p><p>The Care Act 2014 also places a new statutory requirement for all local areas to have a Safeguarding Adults Board, comprised of the police, the local authority and Clinical Commissioning Group to protect the most vulnerable in their communities from all forms of harm, including financial harm.</p><p>We are also working closely with Financial Fraud Action UK and the British Bankers Association who have issued advice to consumers on telephone scams. This includes helping consumers know when they may be a target to these fraudsters, and advice on what information should never be shared, e.g. PIN number.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 5950 question first answered 14/07/2015 16:01:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

388313

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she (a) expects to receive and (b) plans to publish her Department's report on the review of the legal basis, regulation, governance and procedures for the use and retention of custody images.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	6025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>It is very important that the issues identified by the review are properly tested with operational decision makers, so as to appropriately balance the protection of personal data and privacy with the public protection benefits and the operational need. Due to the complexity of the issues raised in the evidence gathering stage and the number of important stakeholders, we now do not expect to complete the review and recommendation before September 2015. It will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/07/2015 09:41:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

388329

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the evaluation being conducted by the Royal College of Policing of body-worn video camera pilots.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	5957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2015 answer text <p>The MPS launched its first large scale pilot project of BWV in May 2014, with 500 cameras distributed to officers across 10 London boroughs. The College are responsible for publication of their work. The evaluation, due by the autumn, will look at criminal justice, stop and search and complaints outcomes, as well as officer and public perceptions of the technology.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/07/2015 14:54:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery