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1713585

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date	24/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Security: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure that the police have due regard to protecting the freedom of journalistic (a) photography and (b) other activity when implementing powers under the National Security Act 2023 relating to activity in the vicinity of prohibited places.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	23458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The prohibited places measures were included under the National Security Act to safeguard the United Kingdom’s most sensitive sites from hostile activity. The accompanying police powers enable the police to protect these sites by requiring people to not engage in certain conduct and to move away from these places where they have a reasonable belief that doing so is necessary to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Recognised journalists conducting activity on or near prohibited sites – for example, a journalist taking photos from outside a prohibited place – where they do not have a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK and there is nothing to suggest taking photographs is not permitted, such as signage or other distinguishing marker, would not commit an offence.</p><p>The police have access to comprehensive guidance on how officers should use the powers in relation to prohibited places under the National Security Act 2023. We do not routinely publish internal guidance, however, further resources and information on the prohibited places regime are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 23459 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:03:33 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1713586

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	National Security: Press Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will publish the guidance his Department issues to the police on the implementation of powers under the National Security Act 2023 with regard to protecting journalistic (a) photography and (b) other activity in the vicinity of prohibited places.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	23459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2024 answer text <p>The prohibited places measures were included under the National Security Act to safeguard the United Kingdom’s most sensitive sites from hostile activity. The accompanying police powers enable the police to protect these sites by requiring people to not engage in certain conduct and to move away from these places where they have a reasonable belief that doing so is necessary to protect the safety or interests of the United Kingdom.</p><p>Recognised journalists conducting activity on or near prohibited sites – for example, a journalist taking photos from outside a prohibited place – where they do not have a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the UK and there is nothing to suggest taking photographs is not permitted, such as signage or other distinguishing marker, would not commit an offence.</p><p>The police have access to comprehensive guidance on how officers should use the powers in relation to prohibited places under the National Security Act 2023. We do not routinely publish internal guidance, however, further resources and information on the prohibited places regime are available on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 23458 question first answered 29/04/2024 16:03:33 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1691533

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Bank Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure banks follow the Banking Protocol to protect vulnerable adults from fraud.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	901629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <ul><li>The government continues to work closely with UK Finance to ensure bank branch staff are trained and follow the Banking Protocol.</li><li>UK Finance figures indicate that since launching in 2016, the initiative has prevented victims from losing £202.8million and led to 1005 arrests.</li><li>The Protocol sits alongside other measures to protect customers from fraud including the recent National Comms Campaign.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 26/02/2024 15:47:28 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689964

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Bank Services: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require banks to compensate victims of fraud in circumstances in which anti-fraud banking protocols have not been followed.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	14527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>To protect victims against authorised push payment (APP) scams, ten of the UK’s largest banks are currently signed up to the voluntary Contingent Reimbursement Model (CRM) Code. In 2022, £248m of losses to APP scams were reimbursed to victims under the commitments of this code.</p><p>Further, through the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023, the government legislated to require the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) to introduce mandatory reimbursement for APP scams within the Faster Payment System, where 98% of APP fraud takes place. The PSR has confirmed that mandatory reimbursement will come into force in October 2024.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 05/03/2024 12:15:59 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689965

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to tackle fraud using gift cards.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	14528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Government is committed to tackling online fraud and holding those who profit from it to account by working closely with industry, regulators and consumer groups to consider legislative and non-legislative solutions.</p><p>This includes continuing work on digital identity and data protection and work with the telecommunications and other sectors to target harden systems and design out key online vulnerabilities.</p><p>We have launched Stop! Think Fraud, a new campaign led by the Home Office in collaboration with many organisations across government, law enforcement, banking, tech firms, and charities to give people the tools and information they need to stay ahead of scams, and help protect themselves against fraud.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 14529 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:39:05 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1689966

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fraud: Retail Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will have discussions with representatives of Apple on potential steps to tackle fraud relating to Apple Gift cards.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	14529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Government is committed to tackling online fraud and holding those who profit from it to account by working closely with industry, regulators and consumer groups to consider legislative and non-legislative solutions.</p><p>This includes continuing work on digital identity and data protection and work with the telecommunications and other sectors to target harden systems and design out key online vulnerabilities.</p><p>We have launched Stop! Think Fraud, a new campaign led by the Home Office in collaboration with many organisations across government, law enforcement, banking, tech firms, and charities to give people the tools and information they need to stay ahead of scams, and help protect themselves against fraud.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 14528 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:39:05 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1626287

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police National Computer: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April to Question 181661 on Police National Computer: Cybersecurity, answered on 24th April 2023, for what reason the ACRO website has not been restored.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	184046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>It remains the case at this time that ACRO has no conclusive evidence that any personal data has been affected by the cyber security incident and there does not appear to be any potential risk to customers’ payment information or to the information / certificates that ACRO sent to individuals following their applications. Detailed investigations are continuing but it is not possible to provide a definitive timescale for their conclusion.</p><p>ACRO’s service resources are demand led and its human and other resources are dynamically allocated according to need. ACRO aims to provide the best service to all its customers, whether members of the public or other organisations, irrespective of if they are receiving a paid or a free service, and in doing so to meet all its service requirements.</p><p>The statutory response for a Subject Access Request must be made within one month of receiving the request. Subject Access for the Police National Computer remains a priority within ACRO and responses are within the time limits.</p><p>ACRO is working with its partners to ensure that its website is as secure as possible before it is brought back online.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 184047 184048 184049 question first answered 15/05/2023 12:02:52 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1626288

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ACRO Criminal Records Office: Subject Access Requests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what effect the change from automated to manual processing has had on the processing time of Subject Access Requests to ACRO.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	184047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>It remains the case at this time that ACRO has no conclusive evidence that any personal data has been affected by the cyber security incident and there does not appear to be any potential risk to customers’ payment information or to the information / certificates that ACRO sent to individuals following their applications. Detailed investigations are continuing but it is not possible to provide a definitive timescale for their conclusion.</p><p>ACRO’s service resources are demand led and its human and other resources are dynamically allocated according to need. ACRO aims to provide the best service to all its customers, whether members of the public or other organisations, irrespective of if they are receiving a paid or a free service, and in doing so to meet all its service requirements.</p><p>The statutory response for a Subject Access Request must be made within one month of receiving the request. Subject Access for the Police National Computer remains a priority within ACRO and responses are within the time limits.</p><p>ACRO is working with its partners to ensure that its website is as secure as possible before it is brought back online.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 184046 184048 184049 question first answered 15/05/2023 12:02:52 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1626289

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	ACRO Criminal Records Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) ensuring ACRO's service resources are allocated based on demand and (b) shifting those resources from paid to free services.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	184048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>It remains the case at this time that ACRO has no conclusive evidence that any personal data has been affected by the cyber security incident and there does not appear to be any potential risk to customers’ payment information or to the information / certificates that ACRO sent to individuals following their applications. Detailed investigations are continuing but it is not possible to provide a definitive timescale for their conclusion.</p><p>ACRO’s service resources are demand led and its human and other resources are dynamically allocated according to need. ACRO aims to provide the best service to all its customers, whether members of the public or other organisations, irrespective of if they are receiving a paid or a free service, and in doing so to meet all its service requirements.</p><p>The statutory response for a Subject Access Request must be made within one month of receiving the request. Subject Access for the Police National Computer remains a priority within ACRO and responses are within the time limits.</p><p>ACRO is working with its partners to ensure that its website is as secure as possible before it is brought back online.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 184046 184047 184049 question first answered 15/05/2023 12:02:52 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1626299

registered interest
date	09/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police National Computer: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April to Question 181663 on Police National Computer: Cybersecurity, when she expects investigations to allow ta conclusive assessment of potential data loss following the ACRO cyber attack.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	184049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>It remains the case at this time that ACRO has no conclusive evidence that any personal data has been affected by the cyber security incident and there does not appear to be any potential risk to customers’ payment information or to the information / certificates that ACRO sent to individuals following their applications. Detailed investigations are continuing but it is not possible to provide a definitive timescale for their conclusion.</p><p>ACRO’s service resources are demand led and its human and other resources are dynamically allocated according to need. ACRO aims to provide the best service to all its customers, whether members of the public or other organisations, irrespective of if they are receiving a paid or a free service, and in doing so to meet all its service requirements.</p><p>The statutory response for a Subject Access Request must be made within one month of receiving the request. Subject Access for the Police National Computer remains a priority within ACRO and responses are within the time limits.</p><p>ACRO is working with its partners to ensure that its website is as secure as possible before it is brought back online.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat grouped question UIN 184046 184047 184048 question first answered 15/05/2023 12:02:52 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris