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175705

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	Cephalopods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the protection of cephalopods under the provisions of Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 as amended.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	221976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>European Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes was implemented in the United Kingdom and other Member States on 1 January 2013. This was transposed into UK legislation through the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.<br><br>From 1 January 2013 cephalopods received the same protection as all other species that are regulated under the Act. Detailed advice on the application of up-to-date approaches to the accommodation and care of all cephalopods is <br>included in Section 3, Chapter13 of our Code of Practice for the Housing and Care of Animals Bred, Supplied or Used for Scientific Purposes. The Code was published in December 2014 and can be found on the Gov.UK website and copies <br>were placed in the House Library (ISBN 978-1-4741-1239-0).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 02/02/2015 14:08:18 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone previous answer version 41789 answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

175759

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	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the British Shooting Sports Council and the British Association for Shooting and Conservation on flagging up the medical records of people who hold shotgun and firearms certificates.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	221947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Home Office Ministers and officials have meetings with a wide variety of international partners, as well as organisations and individuals in the public and private sectors, as part of the process of policy development and delivery. <br>Details of ministerial meetings are passed to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis and are subsequently published on the Gov.uk website:<br><a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/ministerial-data-home-office</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 02/02/2015 14:09:59 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

175760

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	Islamic State
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on (a) academic and (b) other research conducted in (i) the UK and (ii) other European countries that establishes a link between the funding of ISIL and the trade in contraband (A) cigarettes and (B) other goods.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Mr Charles Walker
uin	221948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold academic or other research of this sort.<br><br>A number of departments are involved in the Government’s efforts to degrade and defeat ISIL and experts from across government have spent considerable time analysing ISIL’s funding flows. Based on the information available, we believe <br>that a substantial share of ISIL’s revenue is derived from the sale of oil and commodities, taxation and extortion. It is likely that revenue generated from the smuggling of tobacco accounts for some of this, although the amount is <br>believed to be relatively small as a share of ISIL’s total revenue.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 03/02/2015 14:39:36 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

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

175765

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	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on sharing intelligence information to counter terrorism in Europe.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	222021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>We do not comment on intelligence matters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2015 12:45:47 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 41777 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

175766

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	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Home Office enforcement visits were undertaken without notice to (a) employers, (b) colleges and (c) universities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
uin	222012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>We are unable to provide the data requested via Home Office Published Statistics or Management Information as this information is not held in a reportable format. We do hold data on the number of enforcement visits, <br>however our systems do not easily distinguish between those where the visit was unannounced and those where the employer / college was notified in advance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2015 12:45:24 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

175767

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	Firearms: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that medical records flag up people who hold shotgun and firearms certificates and that appropriate medical conditions are rapidly communicated to the police.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	222010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Home Office has set up a working group to consider how to improve information sharing arrangements between General Practitioners and police regarding shotgun and firearm certificate holders. Those represented on the <br>group include the police, the medical profession and shooting organisations. <br><br>At the meeting on 21 January the group discussed the possibility of flagging the medical records of people who hold shotgun and firearm certificates, and further work to explore this is being taken forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hornsey and Wood Green answering member printed Lynne Featherstone question first answered 02/02/2015 14:09:09 answering member 1531 label Biography information for Baroness Featherstone
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

175768

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	Police: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many allegations of misconduct were made against the Police Service in each of the last five years; and how many police officers have been dismissed for misconduct in that period.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	222033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>Data on the number of misconduct allegations is not collated centrally by the Home Office. Since December 2013 the College of Policing has been collecting information on officers dismissed from the police. Data for the first year is <br>currently out for verification by police forces and will be published by the College once verified. The public rightly expects police officers to act with the highest standards of integrity and for those suspected of misconduct to be <br>subject to formal disciplinary proceedings. <br><br>This Government has made the issue of police conduct and professionalism a priority. We have introduced legislation to prevent officers resigning or retiring toescape being held to account for their actions. The Government has also consulted on wide ranging reforms of the policedisciplinary system, following the Chapman Review. These reforms include holding police disciplinary hearings in public with legally-qualified chairs, which the Government intends to introduce in this <br>Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 04/02/2015 15:20:49 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning previous answer version 41778 answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey