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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1717941/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests as part of the annual \u2018Police Powers and Procedures\u2019 statistical bulletin. The most recent data up to the year ending March 2023 <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-powers-and-procedures-england-and-wales\" target=\"_blank\">is available on gov.uk<\/a>. There is no specific offence of livestreamed child sexual abuse or exploitative behaviour. Arrest data is collected by broader offence group e.g. \u201csexual offences\u201d.<\/p><p>The Home Office does not hold information relating to the nationality of victims of crime.<\/p><p>However, the Government provides dedicated funding to the National Crime Agency and a network of Undercover Online Officers in Regional Organised Crime Units to tackle the highest harm child sexual abuse offenders, including those engaged in the livestreaming of child sexual abuse. Our understanding of the nature and scale of livestreamed child sexual abuse is informed by threat assessments produced by the National Assessment Centre and other organisations.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals were arrested in connection with suspected (a) live streamed online child sexual abuse and (b) exploitative behaviour in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2023; and if he will list the nationalities of suspected overseas victims.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4267", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sarah Champion"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Sarah Champion"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1455992", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1455992/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Further to the Answer of 30 March 2022 to Questions 147057 and 147056, the number of online child sexual abuse cases disseminated by the National Crime Agency to each Police Force in England is provided in the table below:<\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Police<\/strong> <strong>Force Disseminated To<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>March 2020- February 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>March 2021 - February 2022<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Avon &amp; Somerset Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>431<\/p><\/td><td><p>514<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>134<\/p><\/td><td><p>186<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>198<\/p><\/td><td><p>289<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>198<\/p><\/td><td><p>321<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>City of London Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><td><p>2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>154<\/p><\/td><td><p>189<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>96<\/p><\/td><td><p>131<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>210<\/p><\/td><td><p>247<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Devon &amp; Cornwall Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>387<\/p><\/td><td><p>504<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Dorset Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>132<\/p><\/td><td><p>172<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Durham Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>124<\/p><\/td><td><p>156<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Essex Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>379<\/p><\/td><td><p>446<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>105<\/p><\/td><td><p>160<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>884<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,050<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>481<\/p><\/td><td><p>520<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>242<\/p><\/td><td><p>294<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Humberside Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>271<\/p><\/td><td><p>300<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Kent County Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>477<\/p><\/td><td><p>509<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>334<\/p><\/td><td><p>478<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>267<\/p><\/td><td><p>347<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>156<\/p><\/td><td><p>233<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>425<\/p><\/td><td><p>503<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>2,892<\/p><\/td><td><p>3,002<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>202<\/p><\/td><td><p>229<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>151<\/p><\/td><td><p>163<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>221<\/p><\/td><td><p>213<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>378<\/p><\/td><td><p>493<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>318<\/p><\/td><td><p>358<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>South Yorkshire Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>431<\/p><\/td><td><p>536<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>260<\/p><\/td><td><p>326<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>167<\/p><\/td><td><p>213<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Surrey Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>211<\/p><\/td><td><p>236<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Sussex Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>362<\/p><\/td><td><p>493<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>537<\/p><\/td><td><p>735<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>106<\/p><\/td><td><p>131<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>243<\/p><\/td><td><p>267<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>890<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,192<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>West Yorkshire Police<\/p><\/td><td><p>615<\/p><\/td><td><p>691<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire Constabulary<\/p><\/td><td><p>171<\/p><\/td><td><p>159<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Two or more forces<\/p><\/td><td><p>18<\/p><\/td><td><p>34<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>14,260<\/strong><\/p><\/td><td><p><strong>17,022<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Redditch"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Rachel Maclean"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-04-19", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offences against Children: Internet"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer 30 March 2022 of to Questions 147057 and 147056, of the 14,260 online CSA cases disseminated to police forces in England how many went to each police force between March 2020 and February 2021; and of the 17,022 online CSA cases disseminated to police forces in England how many went to each police force between March 2021 and February 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Manchester Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"}
      ], "uin" : "150174"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1455365", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1455365/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government introduced the Online Safety Bill to Parliament on 17 March 2022. This ground breaking legislation will tackle the growing and evolving threat of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA), including the transmission of sexually explicit material of children online.<\/p><p>The Online Safety Bill sets out new duties on in-scope services to tackle illegal content. CSEA is named in the Bill as a priority offence, meaning companies must use systems and processes to minimise and remove this content. The Bill will also place a legal requirement on in-scope services to report online CSEA that they identify on their services. Ofcom can take enforcement action, including large fines, against companies that do not comply with their duties.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4503", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Philp"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon South"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Philp"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-04-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
        , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-04-01T09:52:09.997Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offences against Children: Internet"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what plans she has to bring forward legislative proposals to prevent the transmission of sexually explicit material of children online.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4110", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Staffordshire Moorlands"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Karen Bradley"}
      ], "uin" : "149251"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454308", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454308/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Further to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, the National Crime Agency disseminated online child sexual abuse cases to Police Forces in England, Regional Forces and NCA teams as follows:<\/p><p>In the period 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021, the NCA disseminated 14,260 online CSA cases to forces in England including 18 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 49 cases were disseminated to Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs). NCA investigations teams also commenced an additional 133 investigations into online child sexual abuse.<\/p><p>In the period 1 March 2021 to 28 February 2022, the NCA disseminated 17,022 online CSA cases to forces in England including 34 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 206 cases were disseminated to ROCUs. NCA investigations teams commenced 96 new investigations into online child sexual abuse.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4668", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachel Maclean"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Redditch"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Rachel Maclean"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-03-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offences against Children: Internet"}
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      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, how many online child sexual abuse cases the National Crime Agency disseminated to each police force, Region or NCA Investigations for action in the period from March 2020 to February 2021.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Manchester Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"}
      ], "uin" : "147056"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454309", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1454309/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Further to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, the National Crime Agency disseminated online child sexual abuse cases to Police Forces in England, Regional Forces and NCA teams as follows:<\/p><p>In the period 1 March 2020 to 28 February 2021, the NCA disseminated 14,260 online CSA cases to forces in England including 18 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 49 cases were disseminated to Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs). NCA investigations teams also commenced an additional 133 investigations into online child sexual abuse.<\/p><p>In the period 1 March 2021 to 28 February 2022, the NCA disseminated 17,022 online CSA cases to forces in England including 34 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And a further 206 cases were disseminated to ROCUs. NCA investigations teams commenced 96 new investigations into online child sexual abuse.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4668", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachel Maclean"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Redditch"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Rachel Maclean"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-03-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offences against Children: Internet"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143686, how many online child sexual abuse cases the National Crime Agency disseminated to each police force, Region or NCA Investigations for action in the period from March 2021 to February 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"}
      }
      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Manchester Central"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"}
      ], "uin" : "147057"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1453021", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1453021/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Tackling online child sexual abuse remains a key priority for this Government. Investment in the National Crime Agency and UK forces has ensured offenders are identified and brought to justice.<\/p><p>The National Crime Agency (NCA) leads the law enforcement response to online child sexual abuse working in collaboration with police forces across England. The NCA develops and disseminates intelligence in relation to online child sexual abuse to UK forces and NCA teams. This intelligence includes industry referrals of child sexual abuse, public reports, and intelligence generated by the NCA and international law enforcement.<\/p><p>In cases where the NCA judges that an offence has occurred and the offender can be located, these cases, including the content, are disseminated to a police force, Region or NCA Investigations for action.<\/p><p>In the period March 2020 to February 2021, the NCA disseminated 14,260 online child sexual abuse cases to forces in England including 18 individual cases referred to two or more police forces. And in the period between March 2021 and February 2022 the NCA disseminated 17,022 online child sexual abuse cases to forces in England including 34 individual cases referred to two or more police forces.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4451", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kevin Foster"}
        }
        , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Torbay"}
        , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Kevin Foster"}
        , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-03-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
        , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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        ]}
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      , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-03-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
      , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Offences against Children: Internet"}
      , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
      , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals for online child sexual abuse cases the National Crime Agency has passed on to each police force in England between (a) March 2020 and February 2021 and (b) March 2021 and February 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4263", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lucy Powell"}
      }
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lucy Powell"}
      ], "uin" : "143686"}
    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1401380", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1401380/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government is firmly committed to tackling this horrific crime and keeping our children safe online here in the UK and working with partners around the world to address this complex and evolving threat.<\/p><p>The UK\u2019s Online Safety Bill will, for the first time, place a duty on tech companies to keep their users safe, with a greater responsibility to remove and limit the spread of illegal content. We are also engaging with tech companies through our international partners to keep children safe from online sexual abuse, securing agreement to a G7 action plan which includes driving greater endorsement of the Voluntary Principles to Counter Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and to take meaningful action to report against progress.<\/p><p>We are also continuing to work with law enforcement partners to improve technologies and capabilities to identify offending and bringing offenders to justice. This includes significant investment into the transformation of the Child Abuse Image Database programme, and the National Crime Agency resulting in an estimated 800 arrests or voluntary attendances, and an estimated 1,000 children safeguarded or protected every month.<\/p><p>We are determined to deliver on the commitments to tackling this horrific complex crime and we will continue to work with partners to achieve our goals as set out in the Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy published in January 2021.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4668", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rachel Maclean"}
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