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106197

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Business: Cybercrime
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 business awareness of cyber-crime; and what information her Department holds on financial loss resulting from cyber-attacks.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	213188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government makes no specific assessment of business awareness of Cyber Crime. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills conducts an annual Information Security Breaches Survey which gathers a range of data from businesses. In the 2014 survey 79% of respondents said that company management placed a high or very high priority on security. 68% of large organisations and 54% of small businesses provide ongoing security awareness training to their staff. <br><br>Estimating the costs of cyber crime is challenging. The UK cyber security strategy noted &quot;a truly robust estimate will probably never be established, but it is clear the costs are high and rising&quot;. Research used in the strategy suggested that costs to UK could be in the order of £27 billion per year. The Home Office has been focussing on improving and expanding the data on the prevalence of different types of cyber crime in order to develop more informed estimates of cost of cyber crime. The Home Office has set up a new external working group to improve those estimates.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/11/2014 15:57:13 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

106242

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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 contribution the National Crime Agency international liaison officers have made to a cohesive international approach to cyber-crime.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
uin	213187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The NCA has a network of around 140 International Liaison Officers (ILOs) which covers over 100 countries. The National Crime Agency's ILOs are available to provide support to all the Agency's investigations, including those for cyber crime led by the National Cyber Crime Unit. The National Cyber Crime Unit has a strong working relationship with international partners. Over the past year the National Cyber Crime Unit has led the UK response in a number of global operations targeting malware.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/11/2014 15:57:55 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

106267

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what mechanisms her Department has put in place to assist non-UK minors who are trafficked for sex.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	213215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government is clear that where children are found to have been trafficked, regardless of exploitation type, their safety and welfare needs must be addressed as a priority and that child victims require tailored support which addresses their specific needs and vulnerabilities. <br><br>All local agencies including local authorities, police and Border Forcehave statutory duties to safeguard children as part of their local<br>responsibilities, regardless of nationality or immigration status. A child’s welfare is always the overriding consideration. <br><br>Responsibility for the care, protection and accommodation of all child trafficking victims rests with local authorities. local authorities have <br>well-established child support arrangements and a statutory duty under the Children Act 2004 to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children<br>in need of protection, including trafficked children regardless of their nationality or immigration status. Under these arrangements, looked after <br>children are provided with access to all their needs be they in relation to education, accommodation, psychological or health needs.<br>Local authorities co-ordinate the arrangements for each looked after childto ensure they are safeguarded and have their welfare promoted.<br><br>In January 2014 the Government announced proposals to trial specialist independent advocates for trafficked children. The trial, which began on 8 September 2014, will last for a period of 12 months across 23 local authorities in England. <br><br>The Modern Slavery Bill gives these advocates a statutory basis and the status they need to effectively support and represent the child. The Bill commits the Government to lay a report before Parliament setting out the steps the Government will take in relation to advocates for victims of child trafficking under these powers. Lessons learned from the trials will be detailed in the report, at which point we will be in a better position to assess what works best in supporting and protecting these vulnerable children.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 11/11/2014 15:59:07 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

106326

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
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 European Arrest Warrant requests made against UK citizens by other countries were refused in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	213339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>In the financial year 2013-14, ten Arrest Warrants from Member States for British nationals were refused by the courts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Information is not held for the financial years 2011-12 and 2012-13.<br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p> </p><p><strong>Financial year 2013-14</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Final court decisions on Arrest Warrants issued by Member States for the surrender of British Nationals</p></td><td><p><strong>46</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrants for British nationals that were refused by the court</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arrest Warrant for British nationals refused as a proportion of total of final court decisions.</p></td><td><p><strong>22%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br>Of the total number of surrenders from England, Wales and Northern Ireland between April 2009 and March 2014, over 95% (4,855 of 5,072) of people surrendered were foreign nationals and just over 4.3% (217 of 5,072) were British nationals. By way of comparison, in non-Arrest Warrant cases over a similar period 40% of those extradited have been British nationals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 213255 question first answered 10/11/2014 15:56:06 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

105994

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department spent on iPhones in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Home Office does hold the information that you requested. However, after careful consideration we have decided not to disclose the information as we have a contractual obligation to treat the costs as confidential.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 06/11/2014 16:04:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105996

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many British nationals were extradited from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant to each other EU member state in each of the last five years; what allegations or offences each such person was extradited for; whether each such person was convicted of that extradition offence; if they were extradited for prosecution; and what sentences were imposed upon each.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Between the start of the 2009-2010 business year and 31 March 2014 the UK has extradited a total of 217 British nationals under the Arrest Warrant. This represents 4.3% of the 5072 people surrendered during this period.<br><br></p><p>The attached table breaks down by country surrender to, offence and business year.</p><p>Due to the way in which the National Crime Agency holds the data it has not been possible to break down this data by whether the Arrest Warrant was issued in an accusation or conviction case. Data on sentences imposed is not routinely provided by other Member States.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 14:19:52 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley attachment 1 file name PQ 213179.docx title Extradited British nationals - Arrest Warrant
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

105997

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is permissible for the UK under Article 6 of the European Convention on Extradition to refuse to extradite British nationals in certain cases rather than to impose a blanket refusal to extradite any British national.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Article 6 of the European Convention on Extradition allows Contracting Parties to refuse to extradite their nationals (in any circumstances).</p><p>It is already the case that the UK does not extradite British nationals in some cases where the tests in the Extradition Act 2003 are not met or where a statutory bar to extradition applies. British nationals are extradited in other cases, where the tests in the Act are met and the statutory bars to extradition do not apply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:53:54 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106001

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
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 extraditions of (a) British nationals and (b) other persons sought from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant were barred for reason of incompatibility with Convention rights in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Information on the reasons why Arrest Warrants have been refused by the courts, including on Human Rights grounds, is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:52:31 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106002

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) British nationals and (b) other persons were extradited from the UK under a European Arrest Warrant for conduct that took place in whole or part within the UK but was not a crime under the law of the relevant part of the UK in each of the last five years; and under which provisions of sections 64 or 65 of the Extradition Act 2003 prior to its amendment by the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 such extraditions took place.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>This information cannot be obtained from National Crime Agency (NCA) records and there is no known example of any person being extradited from the UK under an Arrest Warrant for conduct that took place in whole or part within the UK but which was not a crime under the law of the relevant part of the UK. <br><br>The amendments to sections 64 and 65 of the Extradition Act 2003 clarified that in all cases where all or part of the conduct for which surrender is sought took place in the UK, that conduct must be criminalised in the UK for surrender to be permissible. Where that is not the case the individuals will not be surrendered. Since the reforms came into force, and up to 31 October, the NCA has refused to certify 38 Arrest Warrants on the basis that they would obviously have to be refused by a court for a failure to meet the requirement of dual criminality.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 16:06:20 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 26502 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

106003

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	European Arrest Warrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what grounds in EU law the UK may refuse to execute a European Arrest Warrant under the provisions of (a) section 13, (b) section 14 and (c) section 25 of the Extradition Act 2003.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	213168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>A UK judge may refuse to execute an Arrest Warrant on the basis of section 13, 14 or 25 of the 2003 Act by virtue of Article 1(3) of EU Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, which is very clear that the Decision shall not have the effect of modifying the obligation to respect fundamental rights and fundamental legal principles as enshrined in Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union. <br><br>In addition, the recitals to the Decision set out at that &quot;Nothing in this Framework Decision may be interpreted as prohibiting refusal to surrender a <br>person for whom a European arrest warrant has been issued when there are reasons to believe, on the basis of objective elements, that the said arrest warrant has been issued for the purpose of prosecuting or punishing a person on the grounds of his or her sex, race, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, language, political opinions or sexual orientation, or that that person's position may be prejudiced for any of these reasons.&quot;</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 10/11/2014 15:54:44 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg