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731224

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Unexplained Wealth Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans for Unexplained Wealth Orders to come into operation.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWO) were placed in statute by the Criminal Finances Act which was passed on 27 April 2017. It is a powerful tool that will help tackle serious crime and international corruption. Agencies with civil recovery powers, such as the NCA and the Serious Fraud Office, can apply to the High Court for a UWO where the agency thinks that an individual holds property, and there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the known sources of the individual’s lawfully obtained income would be insufficient to enable the individual to obtain that property.</p><p>If the person provides information in response to a UWO, the enforcement authority can then decide whether to investigate further, take recovery action or take no further action. If the person does not comply with a UWO, the property identified in the order is presumed to be recoverable under any subsequent civil recovery proceedings.</p><p>However, there are a number of dependencies which must be implemented before this measure can be commenced. Work has begun on drafting new court rules and providing law enforcement agencies with guidance and training on how to use this measure. A statutory code of practice is also being drafted, and will undergo a public consultation prior to it being laid under the affirmative procedure. To ensure that law enforcement are able to confidently and robustly use UWOs, we will seek to commence UWOs once all these dependencies are in place.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 28/06/2017 13:04:46 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

731378

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism
	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 allocate resources to ensure that van hire firms and the police are able to share intelligence and information in order to prevent terrorist attacks using hired vans as weapons.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>Partners from across Government, the police and the security services are considering what more can be done to prevent terrorist attacks using vehicles, including the use of hire vehicles. This is wide ranging work and includes consideration as to whether and where increased sharing of data and more effective use of intelligence systems and processes may assist these efforts.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 28/06/2017 13:00:47 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

731785

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cryptography: Social Media
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she intends to activate the Section 253 Maintenance of Technical Capability power contained in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 in connection with messaging services featuring end-to-end encryption, such as Whatsapp or Telegram.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to working with telecommunications operators to ensure that the security and intelligence agencies and law enforcement are able to access the data they need to protect the public.</p><p>In due course the Government will commence the Technical Capability Notice provisions and will bring forward regulations, on which we have already held a targeted consultation with relevant bodies. These regulations will set out the obligations which can be imposed on telecommunications and postal operators. As with all secondary legislation subject to the affirmative resolution procedure, these regulations will be subject to debate and a vote in both Houses of Parliament before they come into effect.</p><p>It has been a long standing position of successive governments not to comment on which companies are or are not subject to obligations to provide assistance in relation to investigatory powers.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/06/2017 15:59:09 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

731814

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism: Police
	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 increase the level of funding for counter-terror policing in areas where that function has been strengthened.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	787
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>For reasons of national security we do not publically disclose the detailed allocation of funding for counter terrorism by force area or by capability. However, overall this Government has protected Counter-Terrorism police spend in real terms over the Spending Review period, and invested in counter-terrorism policing to grow key capabilities, including providing £144m to increase armed policing capability.</p><p>We remain committed to increasing cross-government spending on counter-terrorism by 30%, from £11.7 billion to £15.1 billion, including funding an additional 1,900 officers at our security and intelligence agencies. The Government has a constructive dialogue with policing to ensure that the right powers, capabilities and resources are in place.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/06/2017 15:50:32 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

731825

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	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, how many referrals under the Prevent strategy concerned far-right motives; and how many of those referrals have been acted upon.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong>A small number of Prevent referrals that require more considered Intervention are referred into the Channel Programme. At present around a third of these are related to the Extreme Right Wing.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/06/2017 16:59:01 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

731831

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	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 proscribe the political wing of Hezbollah under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on whether an organisation is or is not under consideration for proscription. A decision to proscribe an organisation must be based on a belief that it is concerned in terrorism as defined in the Terrorism Act 2000.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 28/06/2017 12:55:59 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

731839

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been subject to Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Terrorism Prevent and Investigation Measures replaced Control Orders in 2011 as one means for the Home Secretary to disrupt an individual involved in terrorism-related activity who cannot be prosecuted and/or deported. The number of TPIMs in force is published quarterly by the Home Secretary in a written ministerial statement. In total, there have been 18 individuals subject to a TPIM since the legislation was introduced. In 2012, there were ten individuals subject to a TPIM notice, in 2013 nine, in 2014 one, in 2015 three, and in 2016 seven.</p><p>We will publish written ministerial statements covering figures for the first and second quarter of 2017 soon.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/06/2017 16:01:04 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

731846

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are currently subject to terrorism prevention and investigation measures.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Home Secretary’s quarterly report to Parliament reports on the number of individuals subject to a Terrorism Prevent and Investigation Measures (TPIM) notice. The most recent written ministerial statement, HCWS362, published on 15 December 2016, reported that there were 7 TPIM notices in force as of 30 November 2016.</p><p>We will publish written ministerial statements covering figures for the first and second quarter of 2017 soon.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/06/2017 10:49:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

731861

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	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, with reference to the Queen's Speech 2017, what the timescale will be for the review of the Government's counter-terrorism strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>We will review our counter-terrorism arrangements to ensure that we are doing everything possible to address the threat from terrorism and to keep the public safe, drawing on lessons from the recent attacks in London and Manchester.</p><p>This review will ensure that the police and the security services have the powers they need and that the prison sentences for those found guilty of terror offences are sufficient to keep us all safe. The review will also consider what further steps need to be taken to halt the spread of extremist material and poisonous propaganda online, so there are no safe spaces on the internet for terrorists.</p><p>MI5 and the police are conducting an internal review into the recent terrible attacks in Manchester and London. David Anderson QC will provide external assurance of the MI5 and police review. This independent scrutiny will provide confidence that the work is thorough and the Government will take forward recommendations that may arise. The findings of this review work will feed into a new counter-terrorism strategy.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/06/2017 16:05:36 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

732273

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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 funds her Department has allocated to counter-terrorism policing budgets in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The level of counter-terrorism police funding is published annually in a Written Ministerial Statement on the Police Grant Report. These figures are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14*</p></td><td><p>£563m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15*</p></td><td><p>£564m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16*</p></td><td><p>£564m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£640m resource and £30m capital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£633m resource and £42m capital</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Prior to 2016/17 no figure was published for CT policing capital.</p><p>In addition, since 2016-17 the Government is investing £144m over five years to increase armed policing capability and capacity.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 30/06/2017 07:49:22 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West