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1240136

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Property: Corruption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the value was of property in the UK that has been investigated as suspected proceeds of corruption from 2016 to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	99100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The National Crime Agency’s International Corruption Unit (ICU) investigates bribery of foreign public officials by individuals or companies from the UK, and money laundering by corrupt foreign officials and their associates.</p><p>The ICU and other UK law enforcement agencies investigating the proceeds of corruption do not specifically collate information on the value of property investigated. However, since its inception in 2015, the ICU has restrained or detained £742m worth of assets linked to corruption globally, in addition to confiscating £7 million worth of assets and returning assets totalling £199 million.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/10/2020 16:12:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1240235

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Criminal Records: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether access to the (a) European Criminal Records Information system and (b) Schengen Information system for (i) Police Scotland and (ii) the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service will be maintained after the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Allan Dorans
uin	99117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>We continue to discuss with the EU an agreement on law enforcement and criminal justice cooperation in criminal matters. The agreement should equip operational partners on both sides with the capabilities that help protect citizens and bring criminals to justice promoting the security of all our citizens. As set out in the UK’s <em>Approach to Negotiations</em>, we have proposed this should include capabilities similar to those provided by the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS) and by SIS II.</p><p>Our focus is on reaching an agreement with the EU and we will continue to work hard to achieve it. We are also working closely with the police, other law enforcement and criminal justice agencies in the UK, as well as the devolved administrations, to ensure we are ready for a range of possible outcomes at the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 09/10/2020 11:42:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4740 label Biography information for Allan Dorans

1240303

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what live PFI contracts her Department has; and for each of those contracts (a) what service is provided, (b) when the contract became live, (c) what the remaining term of the contract is and (d) what the annual repayments are.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	99035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>The most recent published information for live PFI contracts available is as at 31 March 2018 and can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F805262%2FCurrent_projects_as_at_31_March_2018.xlsx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSwagata.Chatterjee3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C60ba567400434cfcfff908d869efede0%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637375826485551788&amp;sdata=xv1ARn95gXht%2B06zTACehwBT1PkXd8MswAU9uHeEBIw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/805262/Current_projects_as_at_31_March_2018.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 13/10/2020 15:54:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1238868

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Food Standards Agency: Covert Human Intelligence Sources
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 Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill, in what circumstances her Department envisages that undercover Food Standards agents will need authorisation to participate in criminal activity in the course of their duties.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	96777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act lists a range of public authorities who use Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) for general investigative purposes. The CHIS (Criminal Conduct) Bill restricts the number of public authorities able to authorise participation in criminal conduct to only those public authorities who have demonstrated a clear operational need for the tactic. Authorisations will be subject to a robust set of safeguards and an authorisation can only be granted where it is necessary and proportionate to the criminality it is seeking to prevent.</p><p>The Food Standards Agency is tasked with protecting consumers and the food industry from crime within food supply chains. Examples of such criminality include the use of stolen food in the supply chain, unlawful slaughter, diversion of unsafe food, adulteration, substitution or misrepresentation of food and document fraud.</p><p>An example of where they might need to authorise participation in criminal conduct is where an individual working within a food business, contacts handlers to pass on intelligence. This relates to the ongoing misrepresentation of meat as being of premium quality and the extension of meat durability dates, leading to out of date meat being consumed.</p><p>The continuing presence of the individual within the workplace necessitates them actively participating in presenting, packaging and re-labelling produce in order to misrepresent its quality and fitness for consumption, which are criminal offences. This provides opportunities for the evidential seizure of unfit produce and to identify those complicit in, and responsible for, directing fraudulent activity. As a result, evidence is available to support a successful prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/10/2020 09:27:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1238869

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Food Standards Agency: Covert Human Intelligence Sources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether it is his policy that Food Standards agents will receive training if they are authorised to participate in criminal activity in the course of their duties under Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	96778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>All authorisations are granted by an experienced and highly trained authorising officer who will ensure that the authorisation has strict parameters and that this is communicated to the ‘agent’ or CHIS. Authorising Officers receive robust training to ensure they understand necessity, proportionality and risk considerations.</p><p>Public authorities each have in place their own training processes for their authorising officers to reflect the specialist remit in which they operate.</p><p>The authorisation of CHIS participation in criminal conduct is, and will continue to be, subject to robust and independent oversight by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner.</p><p>The Commissioner has wide-ranging statutory responsibilities for the oversight of investigatory powers, including this power, which are set out in Part 8 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. The Bill sets out particular requirements in relation to participation in criminal conduct. It amends the Investigatory Powers Act to provide a requirement for the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to pay particular attention to public authorities’ use of the power to grant criminal conduct authorisations under new section 29B.It also requires the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to include information about public authorities’ use of criminal conduct authorisations in his annual report. This will include information such as statistics on relevant public authorities’ of the power, the operation of safeguards in relation to authorisations, and errors.</p><p>As part of this, we anticipate that the IPC and his office will identify if any public body is failing to train and assess their officers to a sufficiently high standard.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/10/2020 09:21:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1238870

registered interest
date	29/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Covert Human Intelligence Sources
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether officials of her Department engaged with their US counterparts on the FBI’s policy expressly limiting the crimes which its covert human intelligence sources may commit when preparing the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	96779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>A covert human intelligence source (CHIS) will never be given authority to commit any and all crime. All authorisations must be necessary and proportionate to the criminality they are seeking to prevent and the Authorising Officer must ensure that the level of criminality authorised must be at the lowest level of intrusion possible to achieve the aims of the operation.</p><p>There are limits to the activity that can be authorised under this Bill and these are contained in the Human Rights Act. This includes the right to life, and prohibition of torture or subjecting someone to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.</p><p>The Bill does not list specific crimes which may be authorised, or prohibited, as to do so would place into the hands of criminals, terrorists and hostile states a means of creating a checklist for suspected CHIS to be tested against. This would threaten the future of the CHIS capability, and result in an increased threat to the public.</p><p>With regards to international comparisons, different countries have different legal systems, threat pictures and operational practices which means that simply comparing respective legislation gives only a very partial picture. In the course of developing this Bill, officials have engaged with a variety of stakeholders, including US counterparts.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/10/2020 09:24:10 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell

1238445

registered interest
date	28/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Computer Misuse Act 1990
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to review the effectiveness of the provisions of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	96192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ56039 on 11 June 2020.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/10/2020 11:47:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1237937

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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 criteria Action Fraud use to decide whether a matter reported by the public is referred to a police force.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	95749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>As noted in the response to PQ 85113, the Home Office collects data on the number of fraud and Computer Misuse Act (CMA) cases reported to Action Fraud that have been recorded as criminal offences by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). The Home Office does not hold the information requested in questions 95751 and 95752.</p><p>Reports submitted to Action Fraud are considered by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). Where enough evidence is available and viable leads are identified, actionable intelligence packages are created and sent to the appropriate local police force.</p><p>Reports not deemed viable for investigation by local police forces are not closed but remain under constant consideration for links to newly reported crimes. The intelligence is also used to identify opportunities to disrupt offenders, protect victims, and prevent further frauds.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 95751 95752 question first answered 01/10/2020 16:13:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1237938

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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, what proportion of police resources have been allocated to fraud investigation in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	95750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The decision on whether to investigate a crime rests solely with the police who will take into account available resources, the likely eventual outcome and other criminal cases already under investigation. Additionally, it is the duty of Police and Crime Commissioners to set out their priorities for their police force in a Police and Crime Plan. As such, there is no ringfenced resource allocated to fraud investigation alone, and for this reason, the data requested is not held centrally.</p><p>The department is committed to tackling the devastating impact of fraud. Setting police budgets for 2020 to 2021, this government has prioritised £150 million to tackle serious and organised crime. This includes substantial investment on fraud.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/09/2020 16:10:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1237939

registered interest
date	25/09/2020
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 9 September to Question 85113, how many reports have been made to Action Fraud that were not recorded as crimes.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	95751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>As noted in the response to PQ 85113, the Home Office collects data on the number of fraud and Computer Misuse Act (CMA) cases reported to Action Fraud that have been recorded as criminal offences by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). The Home Office does not hold the information requested in questions 95751 and 95752.</p><p>Reports submitted to Action Fraud are considered by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB). Where enough evidence is available and viable leads are identified, actionable intelligence packages are created and sent to the appropriate local police force.</p><p>Reports not deemed viable for investigation by local police forces are not closed but remain under constant consideration for links to newly reported crimes. The intelligence is also used to identify opportunities to disrupt offenders, protect victims, and prevent further frauds.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 95749 95752 question first answered 01/10/2020 16:13:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper