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167806

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of images which will be included in the Child Abuse Image Database as its launch.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	217090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>At its launch, the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) contained around 4.4m unique images. This includes every file from the Cheshire Constabulary image library, which sits alongside the interim National Hash Set Database, that has been graded as an indecent image of a child or related material by at least one police force - around 3.53m images. Approximately 870,000 additional images which did not previously appear in the Cheshire library have been provided by other police <br>forces. <br><br>All 4.4m images appearing on CAID have an indicative categorisation based on police force grading. At present, the number of these images that have three independent, undisputed votes is approximately 600,000. This figure will <br>increase as the database is used by more forces.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 216997 question first answered 18/12/2014 14:46:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 32153 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

167811

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding her Department has provided for (a) the creation and maintenance of the National Hash Set Database and (b) the creation of the Child Abuse Image Database.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office has provided £41,000 in 2013/14 and £75,000 in 2014/15 from the National Cyber Security Programme to fund the interim National Hash Set Database, which is run by Cheshire Police. The total cost of the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) over three years to March 2017 is currently £3.3 million, chargeable to UK forces and the National Crime Agency.<br><br>iNHSD is a single database managed by a single officer in Cheshire Constabulary and includes only basic meta data alongside an image’s ‘hash’ identifier. CAID provides far more features and functionality for multiple users in each force in the UK and NCA-CEOP and will support enhanced analysis.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 17/12/2014 18:16:59 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

167813

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what procedures she has put in place to enable images identified by (a) the Internet Watch Foundation, (b) the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, (c) Interpol and (d) other international law enforcement bodies to be added to the Child Abuse Image Database.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2014 answer text <p>All access to the Child Abuse Image Database will be covered by formal agreements with the relevant parties. These agreements are being developed. It is absolutely our intention to receive images from a wide range of sources, <br>including the Internet Watch Foundation, the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Interpol, and law enforcement partners internationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/12/2014 16:58:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 32150 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

167816

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of (a) the number of images which will be transferred from the National Hash Set Database to the Child Abuse Image Database and (b) the number of those images which have been verified by three experts.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>At its launch, the Child Abuse Image Database (CAID) contained around 4.4m unique images. This includes every file from the Cheshire Constabulary image library, which sits alongside the interim National Hash Set Database, that has been graded as an indecent image of a child or related material by at least one police force - around 3.53m images. Approximately 870,000 additional images which did not previously appear in the Cheshire library have been provided by other police <br>forces. <br><br>All 4.4m images appearing on CAID have an indicative categorisation based on police force grading. At present, the number of these images that have three independent, undisputed votes is approximately 600,000. This figure will <br>increase as the database is used by more forces.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 217090 question first answered 18/12/2014 14:46:54 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 32152 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

167818

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Sexual Offences
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 licences to use specialist software to monitor the internet usage of registered sex offenders.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p><br>This information is not collated centrally. <br><br>Tough checks and a range of legislative measures are available to manage known sex offenders. Where there are specific concerns about the online activities of a registered sex offender, Sexual Offences Prevention Orders can impose <br>specific conditions and restrictions on their internet and computer use.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 08/12/2014 14:37:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

166579

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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: Databases
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 25 November 2014 to Question 214786, what access police forces have to the internal child abuse database set up on the closure of Childbase.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	216249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2014 answer text <p>The internal database in question is used by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Command of the National Crime Agency (NCA), and was used by the CEOP Centre before it, to store indecent images of children identified in <br>the course of investigations. Childbase could only be accessed by CEOP officers. UK Police Forces were able to request checks on the database images and hash sets. These checks were completed by the Victim Identification Team at <br>CEOP. This process has remained in place for checks against the internal NCA-CEOP database which replaced Childbase. Following an information assurance process and before its closure, all of the intelligence held in Childbase was <br>transferred into this new internal database.<br><br>The Government is currently working with the NCA and police forces to introduce the national Child Abuse Image Database, which will act as a single repository for all indecent images of children and their hashes identified as part of UK <br>enforcement operations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 12/12/2014 16:59:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

156002

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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: Databases
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 13 November 2014 to Question 213787, on offences against children: databases, for what reasons the Childbase database was closed in 2011; and whether that database was closed before a replacement database had been established.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	214786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The Childbase database was closed in 2011 because it was judged by the former Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre to be inefficient and not viable for upgrading. <br><br>Following an information assurance process and before its closure, all of the intelligence held in Childbase was transferred into a new internal database.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/11/2014 14:27:10 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 28889 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

142266

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which body set up the National Image Hashing Database; which agency hosts that Database; and who is responsible for meeting its costs.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	213789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>The interim National Hash Set Database was set up by the combined effort of the National Policing Improvement Agency, Home Office Scientific Development Branch, Association of Chief Police Officers Digital Forensics Triage group, and law enforcement agencies including the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre. Cheshire Constabulary host and operate the database. It is funded from the National Cyber Security Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/11/2014 17:48:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 27675 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

142273

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether image data held by the Childbase database was transferred to the National Image Hashing Database; and whether international images of online child abuse identified by (a) the Internet Watch Foundation and (b) Interpol are placed on the National Image Hashing Database.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	213787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2014 answer text <p>Childbase was a system to hold illegal images of children for the purposes of victim identification within the former Child Exploitation and Online <br>Protection (CEOP) Centre. The Childbase database ceased to be active in 2011 and is no longer live. The images held on Childbase were transferred to a standalone system in CEOP and no images or data was lost as a result of the decommissioning of Childbase.<br><br>The interim National Hash Set Database (iNHSD) holds hashes of images seized by UK forces. In 2012, at the inception of the iNHSD in Cheshire Police, all of CEOP’s images were transferred to it. The National Crime Agency’s CEOP Command has also contributed all of its images to the iNHSD. It is not possibleto say categorically whether any of these hash sets would have originated from Interpol partners or the Internet Watch Foundation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 13/11/2014 17:28:39 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 27666 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

106455

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Misuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2014, to Question 212152, how many people convicted of possession of (a) class A, (b) class B and (c) class C drugs under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 were (i) cautioned, (ii) given a custodial sentence, (iii) fined, (iv) given a community resolution and (v) given some other form of discharge in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	213455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Whilst crime is falling, sentences are getting more severe. Since 2010, offenders are more likely to go to prison, and for longer.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that court will always be the right place for serious and contested cases, as well as persistent offenders. There is a range of sentences available to independent judges to impose on offenders found guilty of a crime. We are clear that prison will always be the right place for serious offenders. In addition, financial penalties play a vital role within the sentencing framework, however they must have real bite and must be enforced.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is already legislating to restrict the use of cautions and has recently outlined proposals to go further and replace cautions in England and Wales, with a system of suspended prosecutions. The aim is to ensure that there are more direct consequences in future for committing even minor crimes. This new approach will empower victims and give them a say in how criminals are dealt with, as well as making it easier for officers to deal with more minor offences.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the numbers of cautions issued by the police and the number of defendants found guilty and sentenced at all courts, with outcomes, for possession of class A, class B and class C drugs, in England and Wales, from 2009 to 2013 (latest available) can be viewed on the Ministry of Justice website at the available link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311455/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-2009-2013.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311455/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-2009-2013.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>Under Offence drop down list select:</p><p> </p><p>1) Possession of a controlled drug class A</p><p>2) Possession of a controlled drug class B</p><p>3) Possession of a controlled drug class C</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/11/2014 14:31:38 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson