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1315207

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date	17/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 41 of the Integrated Review 2021, what the critical vulnerabilities are in the UK's data and digital infrastructure; and what steps his Department is taking to address those vulnerabilities.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	2194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>Defence Digital has responsibility for remediating vulnerabilities in Ministry of Defence platforms, systems and core digital infrastructure. This is achieved through an extensive programme of activities which includes designing systems to be secure, regularly patching, continuous monitoring, security testing and vulnerability disclosure programmes. In these efforts, we work closely with industry and partners across Government, particularly the National Cyber Security Centre. For security reasons we do not comment on details, as to do so could be useful to our adversaries.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 20/05/2021 16:00:42 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1315211

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the threat to UK security posed by non-state actors' use of (a) digital communications and (b) social media platforms.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	2195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>As Her Majesty's Government outlined in the Integrated Review and Defence Command Paper, we recognise hostile cyber activity, by whatever vector, as a top-tier threat to UK interests. We are committed to ensuring that our national security is protected. Working together with partners across Government, the Ministry of Defence monitors non-state activities closely, assesses the risks and takes action to counter them using the full spectrum of national capabilities as appropriate. The Online Safety Bill is testament to our commitment to tackle harmful online content and behaviours, including holding social media platforms to account.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 24/05/2021 13:27:34 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1229845

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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 steps she is taking to ensure that policing strategy is up to date and effective at tackling crime that takes place digitally.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	82653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Tackling digital crime is a cross government agenda in which the Home Office and its agencies has a key role to play.</p><p>The National Digital Policing Strategy 2020-2030: Digital, Data and Technology Strategy was partly developed in response to the pace of digital change and was launched at the Police ICT Summit 2020. The strategy was developed by the Police ICT Company and the National Police Technology Council in collaboration with the Home Office.</p><p>Under this strategy, the Home Office is committed to ensuring new capabilities are available to the police to tackle crime in an evolving digital landscape, to cooperate more efficiently and to support their contributions to the effectiveness and efficiency of the CJS. We are clear that technology will make it easier for the public to report a crime and enable the police to make better use of digital evidence as part of their investigations.</p><p>The Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB), is chaired by the Policing Minister and forms part of the sub-governance of the National Policing Board (NPB). The SCIB oversees investment across the policing system to meet Government priorities. This includes investment in digital technology to drive convergence of police forces towards delivery of the policing digital strategy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/09/2020 15:20:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1194906

registered interest
date	12/05/2020
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, whether he has made additional resources available to the police to help tackle online crime during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	46057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government is determined to prevent criminals from taking advantage of people spending more time online during the current period of public health restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>To support police forces, £84 million of the Police Uplift grant has been reallocated specifically for COVID-19 expenses and recruitment. We continue to work closely with the sector to monitor any additional pressures.</p><p> </p><p>We recently launched a gov.uk page on coronavirus-related fraud and cybercrime. The page includes easy-to-follow steps for people to better protect themselves and signposts other relevant advice and tips.</p><p>It can be found here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime&amp;data=02%7C01%7CRose.Marshall4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C63954cf7e0484a7afe3908d80235192d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637261774359193444&amp;sdata=rfgr5KwD0aImHXC8R0U6ls%2F%2FbWcuYnXll7c6zw%2F%2FD%2Fc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We have continued to work across the online threats to boost funding to tackle online crime. For example, the Government in September 2019 announced an additional £30m funding for this financial year to ensure offenders are no longer able to hide in the shadows on the dark web and prey on our society’s most vulnerable while they are at home.</p><p> </p><p>Police forces continue to assess threats, the impact of COVID-19, and deploy resources accordingly including on online crimes. The National Crime Agency, the lead on tackling the online threat of child sexual abuse, has already disseminated over 1,000 cases to policing and continues to prioritise safeguarding children during these difficult times.</p><p> </p><p>We have also launched guidance for parents and carers to keep children safe online during the coronavirus pandemic, which can be found here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-keeping-children-safe-online&amp;data=02%7C01%7CRose.Marshall4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C63954cf7e0484a7afe3908d80235192d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637261774359193444&amp;sdata=Mw3LAcPV97fe%2BxV0o1aU9xa19nEQVyLi71bsyCmqSnY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-keeping-children-safe-online</a>.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/05/2020 12:53:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1145965

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2019 to Question 277853, whether her Department has set a timescale for the publication of guidance on the use of DNS over HTTPS.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	291082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>We are working with industry stakeholders and all interested parties to ensure that any unintended consequences of implementation of the DNS over HTTPS protocol are addressed. Recommendations on a course of action will be developed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Boston and Skegness answering member printed Matt Warman question first answered 30/09/2019 15:26:30 answering member 4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt