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690399

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	City of London Police: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 2383, whether the City of London Police remains subject to a ministerially approved improvement plan.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	64074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The City of London Police (CoLP) is subject to ongoing scrutiny, in terms of both performance and financial management of the Action Fraud and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau capabilities; this is an explicit condition of the funding arrangements.</p><p>CoLP was also subject to a Ministerially approved improvement plan, which was overseen by officials, who meet CoLP on a regular basis to monitor progress and to ensure delivery. The plan was closed on 9 June 2016.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/02/2017 12:49:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

688018

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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 cyber specials there are in police forces in England Wales; and how many of those officers have been recruited since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>Cyber Specials can be either Special Constables or volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the latest information provided by police forces, there are at least 40 Cyber Specials in police forces across England and Wales. At least 21 have been recruited since January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The NCA currently have 22 Specials whose area of expertise is cyber crime. 19 of those were recruited since January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 63928 question first answered 23/02/2017 12:54:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

688022

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fraud offences were recorded by Action Fraud in each year since 2013; and how many of those offences were then passed onto the police.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects data from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) on the number of recorded fraud offences in England and Wales, including offences recorded by Action Fraud. These data, which are published by the ONS, are available on their website at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice#datasets" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice#datasets</a> (see ‘Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables’ – Table A4).</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office also collects data on the number of dissemination packages that were transferred to the police. Dissemination packages contain cases of reported fraud that NFIB have assessed as having sufficient grounds to allocate it to a police force for investigation. One dissemination package could contain multiple fraud offences. Disseminations data are published by the Home Office and are available on Gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/crime-outcomes-in-england-and-wales-2015-to-2016</a> (see ‘Crime Outcomes in England and Wales: year ending March 2016 – data tables’ – Table B1).</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/02/2017 14:49:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

688024

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the effect of its decision to stop direct funding for the digital media investigators course on the level of take-up of that course.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The direct funding provided by the Home Office for the Digital Media Investigators course ensured that a national cadre was successfully established by March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout 2016/17 the College of Policing has continued to deliver Digital Media Investigator training, addressing demand from police forces who require training. This is planned to continue into 2017-2018.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/02/2017 15:53:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

688025

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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 much of the Police Transformation Fund for 2017-18 has been allocated to bids related to improving police forces' capacity to deal with cybercrime.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The allocation of 2017-18 money through the Police Transformation Fund is not yet complete and there will be further opportunities for forces to bid for money. The Government welcomes proposals that transform the police response to the changing nature of crime, including cyber crime, in line with the National Policing Vision 2025. On 1 November 2016 the Government published the National Cyber Security Strategy, underpinned by transformative investment of £1.9 billion over the next 5 years, including to reduce the impact of cyber crime on the UK and its interests.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/02/2017 10:30:40 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

688026

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers have completed the College of Policing (a) Digital Communications, Social Media, Cybercrime and Policing, (b) Cybercrime and digital policing - an introduction, (c) Cybercrime and digital policing - First responder Training, (d) Cybercrime and digital policing - Investigation, (e) Communications Data in Investigations, (f) Introduction to Communications Data and Cybercrime, (g) Communications Data - Introduction to the Internet and (h) Communications Data and Cybercrime - Introduction to Law and Procedure e-learning packages.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The College of Policing was established in 2012 as the professional body for everyone who works for the police service in England and Wales. The College collects information on course attendance and has provided the data for this response. The number of officers and police staff who have undertaken each training course since 2013 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Course</p></td><td><p>Number of officers and staff completing the course since 2013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Digital Communications, Social Media, Cybercrime and Policing</p></td><td><p>79,719</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Cybercrime and digital policing - an introduction</p></td><td><p>116,096</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(c) Cybercrime and digital policing - First responder Training</p></td><td><p>105,747</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(d) Cybercrime and digital policing – Investigation</p></td><td><p>88,178</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(e) Communications Data in Investigations</p></td><td><p>7,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(f) Introduction to Communications Data and Cybercrime</p></td><td><p>11,825</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(g) Communications Data - Introduction to the Internet</p></td><td><p>9,428</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(h) Communications Data and Cybercrime - Introduction to Law and Procedure e-learning packages.</p></td><td><p>5,970</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/02/2017 12:57:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

688028

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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 National Crime Agency Special Officers there are whose area of expertise is cybercrime; and how many such officers were recruited since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>Cyber Specials can be either Special Constables or volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the latest information provided by police forces, there are at least 40 Cyber Specials in police forces across England and Wales. At least 21 have been recruited since January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The NCA currently have 22 Specials whose area of expertise is cyber crime. 19 of those were recruited since January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 63910 question first answered 23/02/2017 12:54:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

687104

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Informers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness, value for money and implications for the police code of ethics of the practice of paying informants on the part of the police and security services.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>Informants play an important role in the prevention and detection of crime, particularly in serious organised crime and terrorism investigations. The use of informants is subject to strict authorisation controls and oversight framework, as set out in the Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice.</p><p> </p><p>The College of Policing’s Code of Ethics also makes clear that officers who authorise or perform covert policing roles must keep in mind at all times the principles and standards set out in the Code of Ethics. Remuneration to informants for information provided is an operational matter and it is for each law enforcement agency (LEA) to consider what is appropriate on a case-by-case basis. The use of these powers is overseen by the Surveillance Commissioner for the police and by the Intelligence Services Commissioner for the security and intelligence agencies.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/02/2017 14:48:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

686185

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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 proportion of police work primarily on cybercrime cases; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the primary function of police officers, as part of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins. These data include officers whose primary function is ‘Cyber Crime’ and are available in the accompanying data tables on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Officers with multiple responsibilities are recorded under their primary function.</p><p> </p><p>The 'Cyber Crime' function was added to the Police Objective Analysis framework in 2015/16, and is used only by forces with a dedicated Cyber Crime Unit. As at 31 March 2016, there were 351 officers who worked primarily in a dedicated Cyber Crime Unit.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is unable to separately identify officers who work primarily on cybercrime cases in forces where there is no dedicated Cyber Crime Unit. Such specialist roles are likely to be embedded across multiple units and therefore recorded against a number of different functions in the Police Objective Analysis framework. For this reason, the Home Office is unable to calculate a reliable estimate for the proportion of officers who work primarily on cyber crime cases.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/02/2017 14:56:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

686186

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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 proportion of online fraud and other forms of cybercrime was reported to the police in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. The Home Office collects data from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) on the number of recorded fraud offences in England and Wales, including offences recorded under the Computer Misuse Act.</p><p>These data, which are published by the ONS, are available on their website at <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice#datasets" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice#datasets</a> (see ‘Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables’ – Table A4). The Home Office does not hold information on the number of recorded fraud offences that were committed online.</p><p>The ONS also now publishes experimental data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales on fraud and cyber crime incidents experienced by individuals. As part of this suite of statistics, they publish data on the proportion of incidents of fraud and computer misuse reported to the police or Action Fraud. These data can be found on the ONS website (same link as above) in the ‘Crime in England and Wales: Experimental tables’ – see Table E7.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/02/2017 16:37:36 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown