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850753

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	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 her Department has taken to tackle cyber crime.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	129989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Cyber security, including cyber crime, is a top priority threat to national security.<strong> </strong>This is why the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 is supported by £1.9billion of transformational investment. We have boosted the capabilities of the National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit by increasing their ability to investigate the most serious cyber crime, and we are continuing to invest in the cyber teams within each of the Regional Organised Crime Units across England and Wales.</p><p>We have also established the National Cyber Security Centre which manages national cyber security incidents, carries out real-time threat analysis and provides tailored sectoral advice. We have invested in regional cyber crime prevention coordinators, who engage with SME’s and the public to provide bespoke cyber security advice based on the latest technical understanding from the National Cyber Security Centre.</p><p>Driving up cyber knowledge and expertise at the local policing level is also extremely important. The College of Policing provides a range of courses for police officers and staff on cyber crime. The College are also working on behalf of the Home Office to create the Cyber Digital Career Pathways project. This project will create a Cyber Digital Investigation Profession across all of law enforcement, providing a career pathway and professional certification for Cyber Digital Investigation Professionals.</p><p>The Home Office delivers the Government’s Cyber Aware campaign which encourages the public and small businesses to adopt simple behaviours which will help protect them against the majority of cyber threats. Most recent activity to educate the public on the cyber threat and how they can protect themselves includes the #OneReset campaign to encourage greater use of a strong and separate password for primary email accounts, and, launching on 1 March 2018, a new research report entitled “<em>A Call to Action: The Cyber Aware Perception Gap”</em>, which outlines the need for, and benefit of, a collaborative effort to increase the adoption of cyber secure behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 07/03/2018 15:29:17 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

1027364

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Crime Prevention
	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 trends in the level of referrals of individuals suspected of far-right wing activity to Prevent.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	202857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Between April 2015 and March 2018 there were 21,042 referrals to Prevent in England and Wales, of which 3,039 related to right wing extremism. These referrals come from frontline practitioners, police and the public.</p><p>In 2015/16, 759 (10%) of the 7,631 referrals related to right wing extremism. In 2016/17 968 (16%) of the 6,093 referrals related to right wing extremism. In 2017/18 1312 (18%) of the 7,318 referrals related to right wing extremism. This reflects a 73% increase in the number of referrals relating to right wing extremism over the previous three years.</p><p>It is also worth noting the breakdown of individuals who later go on to receive support on Channel in England and Wales. In 2015/16, 26% of those that received support on Channel related to right wing extremism. This increased to 44% in 2017/18, marking a significant increase in the proportion of right wing extremist Prevent referrals going on to receive support on Channel.</p><p>Prevent explicitly addresses all forms of terrorism, including when it is inspired by the ideologies of right wing extremism. The Home Office will continue to allocate resource against the areas of highest risk.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/12/2018 17:02:23 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

806504

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Armed Conflict: British Nationals Abroad
	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 Government policy that UK citizens who are suspected of committing criminal offences while fighting abroad will be dealt with by UK courts.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
	uin	119580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2018 answer text <p>Where there is evidence that crimes have been committed, foreign fighters should be brought to justice in accordance with due legal process. The UK takes extra-territorial jurisdiction for most terrorism offences, so that we are able to prosecute people in the UK for terrorism activity undertaken overseas if this is appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>There are also other criminal offences, including murder, for which the UK takes extra-territorial jurisdiction. Criminal investigations and decisions to prosecute depend on the circumstances of each individual case and are a matter for the police and CPS.</p><p> </p><p>There will be occasions where evidence against suspects means that the most appropriate jurisdiction to prosecute is not the UK in which case UK law enforcement will assist when required, subject to a range of safeguards.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 17/04/2018 12:28:41 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

870190

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to commission an independent review of the Prevent strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	134060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK's counter-terrorism strategy 'CONTEST' was last published in 2011. We are reviewing our entire approach to counter-terrorism and will publish a new counter-terrorism strategy. Prevent is being reviewed as part of the wider CONTEST review.</p><p> </p><p>The review is focusing on four key areas:</p><p>o Tackling terrorist ideology;</p><p>o Denying safe online spaces to terrorist communications and content;</p><p>o Denying safe spaces in the real world (covering both overseas action and counter-extremism work in the UK); and</p><p>o Examining CT powers (including sentencing).</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 02/05/2018 10:09:42 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

874862

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	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 is taking to ensure that the Prevent strategy and Prevent duty directives do not unfairly target racial and religious minorities.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	135163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Prevent does not target a specific faith or ethnic group. The Prevent Programme is fundamentally about safeguarding and supporting vulnerable individuals to stop them from becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism. Prevent is implemented in a proportionate manner that takes into account the level of risk in any given area or institution.</p><p>The introduction of the Prevent Duty has embedded consideration of the risk of radicalisation in the day-to-day work of frontline statutory partners. We are equipping frontline professionals through Prevent training with the skills and knowledge to help them understand better the role that they can play in countering radicalisation and refer individuals they are concerned about.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 16/04/2018 12:13:28 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1091096

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Street Preachers
	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 ensure that street preachers do not disseminate extremist material from proscribed terror groups.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	233545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has a robust legislative framework which gives operational partners the powers they need to take appropriate action. Most recently the UK’s capacity for undertaking terrorist offences was extended by the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act which gained Royal Assent in February this year. The Act strengthened sections 12 (inviting support) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT) by making it an offence to recklessly express support for a proscribed organisation. It also strengthened section 13 (wearing or displaying an item) of TACT to include publishing an image of an item.</p><p>There are also a number of other offences available to the police which may be relevant in disrupting individuals from disseminating material from proscribed terror groups, including: encouragement of terrorism, contrary to section 1 Terrorism Act 2006; and disseminating terrorist publications, contrary to section 2 Terrorism Act 2006</p><p>It would be for the police and CPS to investigate and charge any offences, as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 26/03/2019 17:15:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1078729

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Romford
	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 protect children in Romford constituency that are at risk of radicalisation.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	226608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Romford constituency falls within the remit of the London Borough of Havering. The Government made Prevent a statutory duty in July 2015. The Duty requires all local authorities, including Havering, to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.</p><p>A Home Office peer review of Havering’s delivery of the Prevent duty in January 2019 found that Havering had a strong approach to delivering the Prevent programme, which aims to prevent vulnerable individuals being drawn into terrorism. The Borough has a wide training and engagement programme for schools, colleges, childcare providers and children’s services. Those deemed most at risk of radicalisation are supported through Havering’s Channel Panel, with holistic needs addressed through the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/03/2019 16:38:20 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1078746

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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 discussions he has had with representatives of social media platforms on the hosting of extremist content that endorses terrorism.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	226622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has met with representatives of social media companies both bilaterally at meetings in Silicon Valley and at multi lateral fora, such as the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism summit, where he has continued to press companies to do more to respond to the threat of terrorism online.</p><p>The Security Minister has also met with industry representatives at the G7 Interior Ministers meeting in Toronto in 2018.</p><p>This Government has been clear there should be no safe spaces online for terrorists and extremists to operate. The UK has been at the forefront of the online battle against the threat of terrorist and extremist content. My officials work closely with industry to encourage them to do more to proactively respond, and to develop innovative solutions to tackle this problem.</p><p>But there is still more to do. A White Paper will be published shortly, setting out measures to tackle online harms, including terrorist content.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 12/03/2019 16:42:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1064742

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Romford
	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 the Home Secretary on the effectiveness of the Government's Prevent programme in the Romford constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	224309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The Romford constituency falls within the remit of the London Borough of Havering. A Home Office led peer review team visited Havering in January 2019 and found that Havering was delivering a strong programme of Prevent delivery.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/03/2019 11:51:00 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1064745

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Romford
	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 protect children in the Romford constituency who are at risk of radicalisation.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	224311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2019 answer text <p>The Romford constituency falls within the remit of the London Borough of Havering. The Government made Prevent a statutory duty in July 2015. The Duty requires all local authorities, including Havering, to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.</p><p>A Home Office peer review of Havering’s delivery of the Prevent duty in January 2019 found that Havering had a strong approach to delivering the Prevent programme, which aims to prevent vulnerable individuals being drawn into terrorism. The Borough has a wide training and engagement programme for schools, colleges, childcare providers and children’s services. Those deemed most at risk of radicalisation are supported through Havering’s Channel Panel, with holistic needs addressed through the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/03/2019 11:53:41 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell