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1109245

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Security
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 counter activity from hostile states in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	240015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>We are living in a period where the UK and our international partners face sustained hostile activity from certain states, and the Government takes this threat to the country very seriously.</p><p><br>The Home Office has taken a number of steps to counter hostile state activity. For example, the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act, which gained Royal Assent on 12 February 2019, provides a new power to stop, question, search and detain an individual at a port or border area to determine whether they are, or have been, involved in hostile state activity.</p><p><br>In addition, the Home Office is currently leading a review of existing Coun-ter-Hostile State Activity legislation in the UK, to establish whether further legislation is required to strengthen our response to all forms of hostile state activity.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/04/2019 12:49:12 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1108603

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	What steps he is taking to ensure that tech companies tackle serious crimes perpetrated on their platforms.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	910149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Tackling serious crime online is one of our highest priorities. We are increasing our investment in law enforcement and will set out plans to legislate in the Online Harms White Paper.</p><p>The Online Harms White Paper will set clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep UK citizens safe online and counter online harms including serious online crime.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/04/2019 16:02:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1108801

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department has taken to tackle far right politically motivated violence in the UK following the March 2019 attacks in Birmingham and in Christchurch in New Zealand; and what meetings he has had with Cabinet colleagues on that issue.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	239282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has been clear: the far right has absolutely no place in Britain. The British people overwhelmingly reject the prejudiced rhetoric of the far right, which is the antithesis of the values that this country repre-sents: decency, tolerance and respect. Our counter terrorism strategy, CONTEST, works to reduce the risk from all forms of terrorism, irrespective of the ideology that inspires them.</p><p><br>Since Christchurch the government has put in place a number of measures to reassure communities of all faiths across the UK who may feel worried about their safety. In the first instance, the Police have implemented additional patrols around mosques and other places of worship and are working with communities to help enhance safety and reassure the public.</p><p>We have committed to funding a fourth round of the Places of Worship Scheme in 2019/20 as part of the Hate Crime Action Plan refresh, this follows the success of the initial three years of funding. On 19 March 2019 the Home Secretary announced double the amount of funding awarded last year would be available for this year’s scheme; uplifting funding to £1.6 million for 2019/20</p><p>The Government has also announced a new £5 million fund over 3 years to provide security training for Places of Worship. We will be working closely with communities and faith leaders to develop this new scheme and will, as soon as possible, be opening a competitive process.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/04/2019 11:44:36 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1105627

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Databases: Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are working on the Communications Capabilities Development Programme by (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	237614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2019 answer text <p>The Communications Capabilities Development (CCD) programme closed on 31 March 2018.</p><p>The Communications Data and Lawful Intercept (CDLI) Service Partnership has been established across a number of Government Organisations to sustain and develop capabilities on an enduring basis for a wide range of stakeholders.</p><p>As of 1 April 2019 85 Civil Servants in the Home Office are directly contributing to the CDLI Service Partnership.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 05/04/2019 11:41:14 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1105152

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people working on developing NCA Transformation Programme are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	236993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>In response to the question, the number of people working on developing the NCA Transformation programme are 155 civil servants, 104 professional services and 38 contingent labour. This is based on the Resource Model as of 27/03/2019.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/04/2019 12:08:31 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1104718

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Terrorism: New Zealand
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) Turkey, (b) Bulgaria and (c) Greece on supporting their investigations into the movement of the suspect in the recent shootings in mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	236383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>UK law enforcement and intelligence services regularly engage with international partners on issues of mutual interests. HMG has offered support to New Zealand in the aftermath of the attack in Christchurch.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/04/2019 16:52:54 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1093432

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many mandatory cyber security training sessions civil servants working in his Department are required to undertake.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	235792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>Civil Servants are manadated to undertake a course entitled &quot;Responsible for Information&quot;, which includes steps to improve information security. Civil Servants required to handle higher classification information have enhanced requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 04/04/2019 17:03:14 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093451

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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 the cost to the public purse is of the Government’s Cyber Aware communication campaign.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	235802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Cyber Aware campaign is delivered by the Home Office. It is funded by the National Cyber Security Programme, which is administered by the Cabi-net Office.</p><p><br>The Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy is underpinned by £1.9 billion of investment.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/03/2019 17:19:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093469

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Radicalism: Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with (a) social media companies and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on the potential viability of a 24-hour take down rule on social media content to tackle extremist content.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	235770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that tech companies need to act more quickly to remove all forms of terrorist content. There can be no safe spaces for terrorists to promote and share their extreme views.</p><p>Home Office analysis shows that approximately a third of all links to Daesh propaganda are disseminated within an hour of upload. As a result, we work closely with industry to encourage them to proactively remove terrorist content within one hour of upload, secure the prevention of re-uploads and ultimately prevent new content from being made available to users in the first place.</p><p>The Home Secretary visited the West Coast of the US in June and November 2018, where he continued to press the companies to increase the use of technology to automate the detection and removal of content where possible. At the G7 Toronto 2018 the Security Minister met with leaders of major CSP’s.</p><p>It is not the Government's practice to provide details of Ministerial meetings which are held as part of the process of policy development and delivery.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/03/2019 16:26:50 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1093470

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Religious Buildings: Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of advice his Department provides on safety protocols to maintain public safety and security at places of worship.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	235771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The police routinely monitor the threats faced by all communities and ensure that there are appropriate protective security measures in place to keep people safe.</p><p>In addition, as places of worship are recognised as crowded places there is a range of protective security advice and guidance, which is regularly reviewed and revised, from the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO), a unit within Counter Terrorism Policing. This is developed and assured through engagement with policing experts, academia and the Centre for the Protection National Infrastructure (CPNI). It is internationally recognised and many organisations in the UK and overseas reference or replicate the advice for the protection of their crowded places.</p><p>There is a range of awareness raising and communications activities undertaken by Counter Terrorism Policing, such as ‘Run, Hide, Tell’ which has been created to outline the key steps for keeping safe in the event of a firearms or weapons attack.</p><p>We have also recently announced an increase in funding for the Places of Worship Protective Security Fund to £1.6 million for 2019-20. This is double the amount awarded last year. In addition, we have committed £5 million over three years for the provision of security training to places of worship. We will be consulting with communities and faith groups to develop and deliver this new scheme as well as review what more should be done.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/04/2019 17:37:56 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty