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722943

registered interest
date	20/04/2017
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 Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have met representatives of the US Administration to discuss possible threats to web security.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	71434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore grouped question UIN 71440 71441 question first answered 27/04/2017 10:26:09 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

714635

registered interest
date	28/03/2017
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 assessment she has made of the merits of creating a new criminal offence of the possession of illegally obtained information as a deterrent against organised cybercrime.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	69453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 4 April 2017, UIN 69425.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/04/2017 14:55:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

706254

registered interest
date	28/02/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2017 to Question 63350, what information her Department holds on the proportion of online fraud and cybercrime that goes unreported.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	66003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information on the proportion of online fraud and cybercrime that goes unreported. The ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales captures information on the number of fraud and cyber crime incidents experienced by individuals and also collects information on the proportion of these incidents that were reported to the police or Action Fraud. These data can be found on the ONS website (<a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice#datasets" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice#datasets</a>) in the ‘Crime in England and Wales: Experimental tables’ – see Table E7.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/03/2017 18:02:34 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

688018

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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, how many cyber specials there are in police forces in England Wales; and how many of those officers have been recruited since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>Cyber Specials can be either Special Constables or volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the latest information provided by police forces, there are at least 40 Cyber Specials in police forces across England and Wales. At least 21 have been recruited since January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The NCA currently have 22 Specials whose area of expertise is cyber crime. 19 of those were recruited since January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 63928 question first answered 23/02/2017 12:54:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

688025

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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, how much of the Police Transformation Fund for 2017-18 has been allocated to bids related to improving police forces' capacity to deal with cybercrime.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The allocation of 2017-18 money through the Police Transformation Fund is not yet complete and there will be further opportunities for forces to bid for money. The Government welcomes proposals that transform the police response to the changing nature of crime, including cyber crime, in line with the National Policing Vision 2025. On 1 November 2016 the Government published the National Cyber Security Strategy, underpinned by transformative investment of £1.9 billion over the next 5 years, including to reduce the impact of cyber crime on the UK and its interests.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 27/02/2017 10:30:40 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

688028

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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, how many National Crime Agency Special Officers there are whose area of expertise is cybercrime; and how many such officers were recruited since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>Cyber Specials can be either Special Constables or volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>Based on the latest information provided by police forces, there are at least 40 Cyber Specials in police forces across England and Wales. At least 21 have been recruited since January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The NCA currently have 22 Specials whose area of expertise is cyber crime. 19 of those were recruited since January 2015.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 63910 question first answered 23/02/2017 12:54:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

686185

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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 proportion of police work primarily on cybercrime cases; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63349
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office collects and publishes data annually on the primary function of police officers, as part of the ‘Police workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletins. These data include officers whose primary function is ‘Cyber Crime’ and are available in the accompanying data tables on gov.uk: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-workforce-england-and-wales-31-march-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Officers with multiple responsibilities are recorded under their primary function.</p><p> </p><p>The 'Cyber Crime' function was added to the Police Objective Analysis framework in 2015/16, and is used only by forces with a dedicated Cyber Crime Unit. As at 31 March 2016, there were 351 officers who worked primarily in a dedicated Cyber Crime Unit.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office is unable to separately identify officers who work primarily on cybercrime cases in forces where there is no dedicated Cyber Crime Unit. Such specialist roles are likely to be embedded across multiple units and therefore recorded against a number of different functions in the Police Objective Analysis framework. For this reason, the Home Office is unable to calculate a reliable estimate for the proportion of officers who work primarily on cyber crime cases.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/02/2017 14:56:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

686186

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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 proportion of online fraud and other forms of cybercrime was reported to the police in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	63350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2017 answer text <p>The Home Office does not hold the information requested. The Home Office collects data from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) on the number of recorded fraud offences in England and Wales, including offences recorded under the Computer Misuse Act.</p><p>These data, which are published by the ONS, are available on their website at <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice#datasets" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice#datasets</a> (see ‘Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables’ – Table A4). The Home Office does not hold information on the number of recorded fraud offences that were committed online.</p><p>The ONS also now publishes experimental data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales on fraud and cyber crime incidents experienced by individuals. As part of this suite of statistics, they publish data on the proportion of incidents of fraud and computer misuse reported to the police or Action Fraud. These data can be found on the ONS website (same link as above) in the ‘Crime in England and Wales: Experimental tables’ – see Table E7.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/02/2017 16:37:36 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

642134

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, if he will ensure that the prosecution of cybercrime is prioritised by the CPS.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	54246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>Cybercrime is one of the Government’s current key threat areas. On 24 November 2016, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published a new strategy statement and legal guidance on Cybercrime to align its prosecution policy with the aims of the UK Cyber Security Strategy and the Serious Organised Crime Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS works in partnership with law enforcement to pursue and prosecute all cyber criminality referred to it where the tests set out in the Code for Crown Prosecutors are met, in line with CPS and National Strategies.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 30/11/2016 11:23:59 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

631913

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	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 reduce the incidence of cyber-fraud; and by what means she plans to advise the public of the steps to take to protect themselves against such fraud.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Amanda Solloway
uin	52208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>In February this year the Government launched the Joint Fraud Taskforce, a partnership of government, law enforcement and the banks to collectively tackle fraud. The Taskforce is looking at new ways to ensure individuals have the tools and knowledge to protect themselves from fraudsters. A Joint Fraud Taskforce partner, Financial Fraud Action UK, recently launched a nation-wide fraud prevention campaign ‘Take 5’ which advises that individuals take five minutes to consider what they are being asked to do, especially if being pressured to take an unusual course of action such as transferring funds to an unknown individual.</p><p>The Government’s Cyber Aware campaign aims to help small business and individuals protect themselves from cyber criminals by adopting simple secure online behaviours such as having a strong password and always downloading the latest software updates. Cyber Aware works with a range of public and private sector partners to embed cyber security advice into a range of every day touch points, including Get Safe Online, whose remit is to help individuals and small businesses safeguard themselves against fraud and other online data threats.</p><p>The Home Office has also invested in new IT for the Action Fraud / National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) capability. Benefits of the new system will include an improved reporting system and better information for victims as well as more disseminations of crime packages to forces, and better identification of vulnerable victims.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 29/11/2016 17:05:08 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway