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date	11/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cryptocurrencies: Crime
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 extent of the potential use of cryptocurrencies for criminal purposes; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	10018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>In the National Strategic Assessment published by the National Crime Agency (NCA) in 2017, the NCA assessed that cryptocurrencies will remain an enabler for online criminality because of their accessibility, perceived anonymity, speed of cross-border payments and irreversible payment mechanism. <a href="http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/807-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2017/file" target="_blank">http://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/publications/807-national-strategic-assessment-of-serious-and-organised-crime-2017/file</a></p><p> </p><p>The UK’s first National Risk Assessment (NRA) of money laundering was published on 15 October 2015. It identified the threats and vulnerabilities faced in this area, and assessed that such currencies posed a low risk for money laundering.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-national-risk-assessment-of-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-national-risk-assessment-of-money-laundering-and-terrorist-financing</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently updating the NRA, which will provide an updated view of the money laundering risk posed by cryptocurrencies. The NRA will be published in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 10/10/2017 09:17:05 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

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date	11/09/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will take steps to reduce the number of thefts of hi-tech vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	10018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Vehicle crime is at its lowest level since 1995 and theft of vehicles has fallen over a third since 2010 according to the Independent Crime Survey for England and Wales. We are not complacent, however, and we remain alert to changes in trends. We are working very closely with the police and industry on the issue of electronic vehicle theft to ensure that, together, we have up to date responses in place.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 16/09/2015 17:00:58 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon