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1093451

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	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 the cost to the public purse is of the Government’s Cyber Aware communication campaign.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	235802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Cyber Aware campaign is delivered by the Home Office. It is funded by the National Cyber Security Programme, which is administered by the Cabi-net Office.</p><p><br>The Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy is underpinned by £1.9 billion of investment.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/03/2019 17:19:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1108603

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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	What steps he is taking to ensure that tech companies tackle serious crimes perpetrated on their platforms.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	910149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Tackling serious crime online is one of our highest priorities. We are increasing our investment in law enforcement and will set out plans to legislate in the Online Harms White Paper.</p><p>The Online Harms White Paper will set clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep UK citizens safe online and counter online harms including serious online crime.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 01/04/2019 16:02:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

1121983

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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 11 April 2019 to Question 242266 on Cybercrime, whether targets have been set for industry awareness of Government cyber initiatives and communications in advance of the publication of the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	245993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government's broad ambitions for industry awareness and engagement in cyber security are set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021. The Strategy can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-cyber-security-strategy-2016-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-cyber-security-strategy-2016-to-2021</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 25/04/2019 13:55:07 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1142788

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	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 timeframe for the publication of guidance on the use of DNS over HTTPS.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	284176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 09/09/2019 15:38:26 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

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

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

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

1315207

	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, 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

1341084

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2021
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 23 December 2020 to Question 130109 on Cybercrime, what the outcome was of his Department's work on developing the UK’s strategic direction and funding for cyber security beyond 2021.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	23089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>The Integrated Review published in March set a goal of cementing the UK’s position as a leading responsible and democratic cyber power, and committed to launching a new comprehensive cyber strategy in 2021 to implement this vision. The strategy will set out how we will build up the UK’s cyber resilience; deter our adversaries; and influence tomorrow’s technologies so they are safe, secure and open. Work is underway to develop the new strategy, and the government plans to continue engaging with partners before publishing it later this year and aligning with funding decisions in the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 01/07/2021 16:37:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell