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175645

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what guidance has been issued by the Crown Prosecution Service on prosecuting digital and online crime.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has issued comprehensive and detailed Legal Guidance to its prosecutors on a wide range of digital and online crimes including those which target computer systems and those other crimes (such as stalking and child sexual abuse) where the internet or communications technology is used in order to commit the offence.</p><p>In addition, the CPS is committed to keeping its prosecutors up-to-date with developments relating to digital and online crime, through the provision of learning and development modules that include cyber stalking, online fraud, online grooming, prosecuting cases involving social media and handling digital evidence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 02/02/2015 13:45:37 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175718

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Disarmament
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his overseas counterparts on the multilateral disarmament of nuclear weapons.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	222027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Multilateral nuclear disarmament discussions are held throughout the year in Geneva at the UN Conference on Disarmament. There are annual meetings in New York of the UN General Assembly First Committee and the UN Disarmament Commission and a five-yearly cycle of Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committees and Review Conferences, where the UK is normally represented at Ambassador or Official level. The UK also meets annually with the P5 nuclear weapon states at senior official level to discuss disarmament and non-proliferation issues, with the next meeting to be held in London on 4-5 February.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 02/02/2015 16:56:28 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175719

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Nuclear Disarmament
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken towards its aim of achieving nuclear disarmament.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	222035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the written ministerial statement (HCWS210) made on 20 January by the Secretary of State for Defence.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 02/02/2015 14:50:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175761

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Social Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps the Government is taking to regulate social media providers.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text The Government has not taken any steps to regulate social media providers beyond the basic provision of the criminal law. The open nature of the Internet has been central to its ability to deliver innovative services that consumers want and need, and we believe it is important that this should continue. We do, however, expect social media companies to act responsibly towards their consumers and have encouraged them to put robust processes in place, including having clear and easy to use reporting buttons, and to act promptly when abuse is reported. answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 02/02/2015 14:49:55 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175762

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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 guidance she has issued to police forces on the steps they should take to investigate allegations of digital or cyber-crime.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme to respond to the threat posed by cyber and online crime. <br><br>Of this, approximately 10% is being invested in building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This has been used to build capability at the national, regional, and local level, including delivering training in cyber <br>crime to officers in local police forces. <br><br>The College of Policing has designed four e-learning modules on cyber crime, which give an introduction to cyber, digital and social media. Since they were rolled out in 2013, over 120,000 of these modules have been completed. <br>The College and police forces have also been delivering a classroom-based course to police investigators, which gives them the understanding of how to exploit intelligence and evidential opportunities offered by technology, social <br>networking and communications data.<br><br>The College of Policing is responsible for issuing guidance to the police on training and investigations. Guidance relating to how crimes should be recorded is covered by the Home Office Counting Rules. <br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office have introduced a voluntary ‘flag’ that enables forces to highlight online offences in police recorded crime. The flag is running on a voluntary basis for 2014/15 <br>and will become mandatory in 2015/16. Initial guidance on how to apply the flag was issued to all forces in England and Wales in May 2014 as part of the Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221969 221972 221997 question first answered 29/01/2015 16:34:03 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175763

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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 guidance she has issued to police forces on how they record digital, cyber and online crime.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme to respond to the threat posed by cyber and online crime. <br><br>Of this, approximately 10% is being invested in building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This has been used to build capability at the national, regional, and local level, including delivering training in cyber <br>crime to officers in local police forces. <br><br>The College of Policing has designed four e-learning modules on cyber crime, which give an introduction to cyber, digital and social media. Since they were rolled out in 2013, over 120,000 of these modules have been completed. <br>The College and police forces have also been delivering a classroom-based course to police investigators, which gives them the understanding of how to exploit intelligence and evidential opportunities offered by technology, social <br>networking and communications data.<br><br>The College of Policing is responsible for issuing guidance to the police on training and investigations. Guidance relating to how crimes should be recorded is covered by the Home Office Counting Rules. <br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office have introduced a voluntary ‘flag’ that enables forces to highlight online offences in police recorded crime. The flag is running on a voluntary basis for 2014/15 <br>and will become mandatory in 2015/16. Initial guidance on how to apply the flag was issued to all forces in England and Wales in May 2014 as part of the Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221972 221973 221997 question first answered 29/01/2015 16:34:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175764

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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 guidance she has issued to police forces on training for police officers on tackling digital, cyber- and online crime.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government is investing £860 million over five years through the National Cyber Security Programme to respond to the threat posed by cyber and online crime. <br><br>Of this, approximately 10% is being invested in building law enforcement capabilities to tackle cyber crime. This has been used to build capability at the national, regional, and local level, including delivering training in cyber <br>crime to officers in local police forces. <br><br>The College of Policing has designed four e-learning modules on cyber crime, which give an introduction to cyber, digital and social media. Since they were rolled out in 2013, over 120,000 of these modules have been completed. <br>The College and police forces have also been delivering a classroom-based course to police investigators, which gives them the understanding of how to exploit intelligence and evidential opportunities offered by technology, social <br>networking and communications data.<br><br>The College of Policing is responsible for issuing guidance to the police on training and investigations. Guidance relating to how crimes should be recorded is covered by the Home Office Counting Rules. <br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office have introduced a voluntary ‘flag’ that enables forces to highlight online offences in police recorded crime. The flag is running on a voluntary basis for 2014/15 <br>and will become mandatory in 2015/16. Initial guidance on how to apply the flag was issued to all forces in England and Wales in May 2014 as part of the Annual Data Requirement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 221969 221973 221997 question first answered 29/01/2015 16:34:02 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175770

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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, how many instances of online (a) stalking, (b) harassment, (c) fraud and (d) identity theft were reported to the police in the most recent year for which figures are available; and how many of each category of reported instance resulted in a criminal charge.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the requested information. Information on the number of crimes that take place online or involve an online element is not routinely collected from all police forces.<br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office has introduced a voluntary ‘online flag’ as part of the police recorded crime data collection. This allows police forces to record online instances of crimes such <br>as stalking and harassment. These offences could have taken place solely online, or had an online element to them.<br><br>The ‘online flag’ was introduced at the beginning of 2014/15, and data have been provided by a small number of forces on a voluntary basis since then. These data are currently still in development. The online flag will become <br>mandatory for all police forces from the start of 2015/16, allowing statistics to be published once the data have been quality assured.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 221992 question first answered 02/02/2015 14:12:51 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175771

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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, in what proportion of complaints of crime reported to the police there was a digital or cyber element in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the requested information. Information on the number of crimes that take place online or involve an online element is not routinely collected from all police forces.<br><br>In order to understand the scale of online offences the Home Office has introduced a voluntary ‘online flag’ as part of the police recorded crime data collection. This allows police forces to record online instances of crimes such <br>as stalking and harassment. These offences could have taken place solely online, or had an online element to them.<br><br>The ‘online flag’ was introduced at the beginning of 2014/15, and data have been provided by a small number of forces on a voluntary basis since then. These data are currently still in development. The online flag will become <br>mandatory for all police forces from the start of 2015/16, allowing statistics to be published once the data have been quality assured.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley grouped question UIN 221994 question first answered 02/02/2015 14:12:50 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

175772

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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 training police and crime commissioners and their staff receive on the circumstances of, and responses to, digital and online crime.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	221993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>Specific training is a matter for the Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs)and their offices. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary regularly inspect forces on their response to crime, while the Police and Crime Panels scrutinise <br>the work of PCCs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/01/2015 16:34:27 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman