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1193761

registered interest
date	06/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
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 3 February 2020 to Question 3275 on Action Fraud, what steps her Department is taking to increase the capacity of Action Fraud to meet increased demand.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	43831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2020 answer text <p>The City of London Corporation (as the Police Authority for the City of London Police) commissioned an independent review by Sir Craig Mackey QPM into the standards, culture and management of Action Fraud. The finding and recommendations of that review were published on 24<sup>th</sup> January: <a href="https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/Pages/police-authority.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/about-the-city/Pages/police-authority.aspx</a></p><p>Working with the City of London Corporation, the NCA and Home Office, the City of London Police will address Sir Craig’s recommendations regarding Action Fraud and the NFIB.</p><p>In addition, as part of the 20/21 police funding settlement, City of London Police received additional funding to allow them to recruit additional staff for the Action Fraud call centre. Despite the current challenging circumstances, work has continued to recruit and develop remote training for these additional staff at pace.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/05/2020 10:37:43 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1192135

registered interest
date	01/05/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fire and Rescue Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding provided to fire services during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	42143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided over £3.2 billion to local authorities to support their response to the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>Standalone fire and rescue authorities (including Greater Manchester Fire) received £6.5 million of the £1.6 billion funding provided in March and will receive a further £28.5m share of the additional £1.6 billion announced in April.The Home Office is also launching a £6 million Fire Covid-19 Contingency Fund to support fire and rescue authorities who incur significant costs as a result of taking on additional duties during the coronavirus outbreak.</p><p>We will continue to keep future funding needs under review and support the sector to ensure that services have the resources they need.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/05/2020 10:22:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1191588

registered interest
date	29/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Julian Assange
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the public interest benefit of the continued imprisonment of Julian Assange; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	41521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>Mr Assange is currently held on remand in relation to an extradition request from the United States. It is entirely a matter for the courts whether a person should be granted bail or remanded in custody in these circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/05/2020 17:19:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1189007

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to tackle covid-19- related cyber crime through false online fundraising and donation portals.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	38561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>However, the Home Office remains vigilant to the ongoing risks that COVID-19 poses in terms of being used as a ‘hook’ to commit cybercrime and fraud, including through false online fund raising and donations.</p><p>The Home Office is working closely with law enforcement, private sector partners, and the third sector, to both warn businesses and the public about COVID-19 related frauds and scams and provide advice and guidance that sets out how they can protect themselves.n parallel, the Home Office is also working closely with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, who have recently issued a safety alert to charities themselves to minimise the risk of them becoming a victim of such frauds and cyber-attacks.</p><p>The Home Office is also working with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to monitor fraudulent websites that are using COVID-19 related themes. In recent weeks this has led to the removal of more than 2,000 online scams related to coronavirus, including those that are fraudulently purporting to enable charitable donations.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/05/2020 17:23:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1188810

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	Internet: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department’s list of identified online harms and the groups at risk from each of them.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	38012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2020 answer text <p>I take the problem of online harms very seriously and am clear that while companies have taken some positive steps, more needs to be done to tackle online harms.</p><p>The Government committed to introducing new online harms legislation in the Queen's speech on 19th December. The legislation will build on proposals in last year’s Online Harms White Paper and will establish a new duty of care on companies towards their users, overseen by an independent regulator.</p><p>The White Paper did provide an indicative list of harms. However, that list was neither exhaustive nor fixed. Online harms legislation will need to be sufficiently flexible, so that it is responsive to emerging forms of harmful content and behaviour as well as new technologies, while at the same time providing sufficient certainty to companies.</p><p>We are working with stakeholders to ensure that legislation and the process for defining harms in scope of legislation meets the dual needs of flexibility and certainty. Further information on this will be provided in the full government response to the White Paper consultation.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/04/2020 15:50:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1188813

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	Crime: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on levels of (a) serious and organised crime, (b) cyber crime and (c) economic crime.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	38014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2020 answer text <p>The Covid-19 pandemic is already affecting how criminal networks operate across the globe. The UK and other countries’ response to the pandemic has reduced some organised criminal activities. We are aware that some criminals are adapting their focus to seek out new opportunities to commit crime.</p><p>The Home Office and its operational partners will continue to monitor and respond to the threats of serious and organised crime, cyber crime and economic crime during the COVID-19 pandemic including from criminals who seek to profit from the pandemic</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/05/2020 17:21:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1187054

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
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 she has made of the effectiveness of Action Fraud.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	33406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>We are clear that the law enforcement response to fraud must improve. As the National Lead Force for fraud, the City of London Police (CoLP) are responsible for the performance of the Action Fraud service.</p><p>This includes ensuring that reports are dealt with in a timely and effective manner. We are working closely with law enforcement to ensure the recommendations set out in Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS) report, as well as the independent review led by Sir Craig Mackey into the standards, culture and management of Action Fraud, are implemented effectively in order to improve the response to fraud at the local, regional and national levels, including the support provided to victims of fraud</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2020 14:21:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1187090

registered interest
date	21/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Facebook
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Facebook’s complaints process for reporting hate crimes.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	33632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>As outlined in the Online Harms White Paper, we intend to establish in law a new ‘duty of care’ on companies towards their users. The ‘duty of care’ will ensure companies have appropriate systems and processes in place to deal with harmful content, which includes hate crime, on their services to keep their users safe. The ‘duty of care’ will apply to companies that provide services which facilitate the sharing of user generated content or user interactions, for example through comments, forums or video sharing.</p><p>Companies will be required to have effective and proportionate user redress mechanisms which will enable users to report harmful content and to challenge content takedown where necessary. This will give users clearer, more effective and more accessible avenues to question content takedown, which is an important safeguard for the right to freedom of expression. These processes will need to be transparent, in line with terms and conditions, and consistently applied.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/03/2020 14:22:58 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1186586

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Written Questions
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 respond to Question 25212 tabled on 4 March 2020 by the hon. Member for Foyle.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	32234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2020 answer text <p>The response for UIN 25212 was given on the 6th April 2020.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/04/2020 15:53:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1185667

registered interest
date	17/03/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Action Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps she has taken to ensure Action Fraud deals with cases in (a) a timely and (b) an effective manner.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	30752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>We are clear that the law enforcement response to fraud must improve. As the National Lead Force for fraud, the City of London Police (CoLP) are responsible for the performance of the Action Fraud service.</p><p>This includes ensuring that reports are dealt with in a timely and effective manner. We are working closely with law enforcement to ensure the recommendations set out in Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire &amp; Rescue Services (HMICFRS) report, as well as the independent review led by Sir Craig Mackey into the standards, culture and management of Action Fraud, are implemented effectively in order to improve the response to fraud at the local, regional and national levels, including the support provided to victims of fraud.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/03/2020 16:46:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti