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518100

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date	09/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Cybercrime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in working with Chief Police Officers to tackle cybercrime.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL8260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to work closely with police forces to ensure that we are best placed to tackle the threat posed by cyber crime.</p><p>Through the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP), we invested over £90 million during the last Parliament to bolster the law enforcement response.</p><p>As the Chancellor announced in November, this Government has committed to spending £1.9 billion on cyber security over the next five years, including for tackling cyber crime.</p><p>The Home Office is also supporting the work led by Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh, the National Policing Lead for Digital Investigation and Intelligence (DII), to build capabilities to combat the full range of digital crime types. In addition we are providing funding through the Police Transformation Fund to support police led programmes to provide a step-change in digital capability.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL8263 question first answered 12/05/2016 10:08:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

518101

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of cybercrime attacks and their impact on the UK economy.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL8261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The most recently published crime statistics for England and Wales show that in the year ending December 2015 of the 617,618 fraud offences reported to the National Fraud Investigation Bureau, 14,347 (2.3%) were recorded under the Computer Misuse Act (i.e. cyber-dependent offences). This figure represented a 6% decrease compared to the year ending December 2014.</p><p>While overall crime has fallen by more than a quarter since 2010, it is also changing. An accurate national picture is critical to informing our response to cyber crime. That is why the Office for National Statistics have now published, for the first time, initial experimental estimates of the numbers of cyber crimes committed.</p><p>Based on a preliminary field trial, ONS estimate 5.1m fraud incidents and 2.5m incidents of computer misuse crime per year. Following the success of this trial, new questions relating to fraud and cybercrime were introduced onto half the survey sample from October 2015 and will be reported on a quarterly basis from later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/05/2016 10:17:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

518103

registered interest
date	09/05/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybersecurity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to support research and development to provide continually up-to-date defence against cybercrime.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL8263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office continues to work closely with police forces to ensure that we are best placed to tackle the threat posed by cyber crime.</p><p>Through the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP), we invested over £90 million during the last Parliament to bolster the law enforcement response.</p><p>As the Chancellor announced in November, this Government has committed to spending £1.9 billion on cyber security over the next five years, including for tackling cyber crime.</p><p>The Home Office is also supporting the work led by Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh, the National Policing Lead for Digital Investigation and Intelligence (DII), to build capabilities to combat the full range of digital crime types. In addition we are providing funding through the Police Transformation Fund to support police led programmes to provide a step-change in digital capability.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon grouped question UIN HL8260 question first answered 12/05/2016 10:08:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

168449

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the current level of the Local Government Pension Scheme deficit.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Scheme conducts an actuarial valuation every three years. The 2013 valuation estimated that the Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales had a funding level of 79% and a deficit of £47 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The shadow Scheme Advisory Board has also brought together the funds’ triennial valuation reports to provide a view of the Scheme’s overall position (<a href="http://www.lgpsboard.org/index.php/schemedata/scheme-valuation" target="_blank">http://www.lgpsboard.org/index.php/schemedata/scheme-valuation</a>). The Government has asked the shadow Board to identify and assess alternative ways to address the deficit and looks forward to receiving their proposals.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government introduced a reformed Local Government Pension Scheme from 1 April 2014, which will help the funds to reduce this deficit and ensure the scheme remains affordable in the long term and fair to both scheme members and taxpayers. Furthermore, the Government’s consultation <em>Opportunities for collaboration, cost savings and efficiencies</em> set out how the funds could reduce their investment costs by a further £660 million each year by working together and investing more efficiently.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-pension-scheme-opportunities-for-collaboration-cost-savings-and-efficiencies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-pension-scheme-opportunities-for-collaboration-cost-savings-and-efficiencies</a></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/12/2014 13:21:43 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

168450

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they estimate that savings could be made to the administration of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the operation of its sub-funds if the management of the funds were moved from active managers to tracker funds; and if so, to what extent.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The consultation <em>Opportunities for collaboration, cost savings and efficiencies </em>set out how the Local Government Pension Scheme could deliver annual savings of £660 million by reforming the way the funds make their investments. Advice commissioned by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Minister for Local Government using the Contestable Policy Fund was used to inform the consultation. Of the £660 million savings identified, the analysis showed that £420 million could be found by using passive, rather than active management of listed assets such as bonds and equities. Over 200 consultation responses were received and a Government response will be published early in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Both the consultation and supporting analysis are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-pension-scheme-opportunities-for-collaboration-cost-savings-and-efficiencies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-pension-scheme-opportunities-for-collaboration-cost-savings-and-efficiencies</a></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/12/2014 13:20:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

168451

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the performance of active fund managers has been over the last six years in the 89 sub-funds of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the performance of active fund managers working Local Government Pension Scheme funds.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation <em>Opportunities for collaboration, cost savings and efficiencies </em>was developed using analysis provided to the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Minister for Local Government using the Contestable Policy Fund. The analysis examined the investment returns of the Scheme as a whole in each of the major equity markets as well as for bonds and gilts. The evidence demonstrated that over the ten years to 31 March 2013, regardless of whether active or passive fund managers were used, the aggregate performance of the Scheme had been in line with each market index.</p><p> </p><p>Both the consultation and supporting analysis are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-pension-scheme-opportunities-for-collaboration-cost-savings-and-efficiencies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-pension-scheme-opportunities-for-collaboration-cost-savings-and-efficiencies</a></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/12/2014 14:33:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

168452

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what fees have been paid (including management, performance and trading costs) by all the managers of funds in the Local Government Pension scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL3482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government publishes statistics about the Local Government Pension Scheme each year, using data provided by each of the 89 administering authorities in England and Wales. In the financial year 2013-14, the authorities reported fund management costs to be £494 million and administration costs to be £133 million.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 15/12/2014 17:43:57 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn