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Written Question
Fraud
Tuesday 9th February 2021

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen penalties against scammers.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

As our lifestyles change and we conduct more activity online, scammers will seek to exploit our vulnerabilities. This government is committed to making this country the safest place in the world to be online. We will continue to consider all routes, including legislation, that will give law enforcement the tools they need to go after these scammers and bring them to justice. The Government also continues to explore legislation to better protect citizens online. This includes examining the role of advertising on digital platforms through the Online Advertising Programme, which will consider the role that online advertising plays in perpetuating online scams.

It is also critical that we do all we can to make sure the public are safe online from scammers in the first place. The National Cyber Security Centre last year launched its Suspicious Email Reporting Service. As of the end of January, this has already led to over 4.5 million reports and 30,000 scams removed from online. However, the best way to avoid these scams, especially around the coronavirus, is to protect yourself. The public can find details on how to stay safe online at the dedicated coronavirus fraud and cybercrime GOV.UK page.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime


Written Question
Action Fraud
Thursday 4th February 2021

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of cases being investigated by Action Fraud.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Home Office does not hold information requested in question 146731 on the proportion of cases awaiting investigation. Reports submitted to Action Fraud are evaluated by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and allocated to local forces. As neither Action Fraud or NFIB possess investigatory powers, the decision on whether to investigate a crime rests solely with local force.

However, data on the number of fraud cases disseminated by the NFIB to police forces are published annually as part of the Home Office’s ‘Crime Outcomes in England and Wales’ publication. The latest data can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingjune2020.


Written Question
Action Fraud
Thursday 4th February 2021

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases are awaiting investigation by Action Fraud.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Home Office does not hold information requested in question 146731 on the proportion of cases awaiting investigation. Reports submitted to Action Fraud are evaluated by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB) and allocated to local forces. As neither Action Fraud or NFIB possess investigatory powers, the decision on whether to investigate a crime rests solely with local force.

However, data on the number of fraud cases disseminated by the NFIB to police forces are published annually as part of the Home Office’s ‘Crime Outcomes in England and Wales’ publication. The latest data can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingjune2020.


Written Question
Internet: Safety
Monday 11th January 2021

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of including in legislative proposals on online harms protections for people with autism from international extradition resulting from cyber incursions.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The Extradition Act 2003 is the legislative framework which contains the safeguards and protections available in UK courts to all persons requested for extradition to any overseas jurisdiction. A requested person will not be extradited if doing so would breach their human rights, if the request is politically motivated or if they would be at risk of facing the death penalty. The court can also bar a person's extradition if, according to a range of factors including their health, it would not be in the interests of justice for the extradition to take place and can decide that it would be more appropriate to try the case in the UK than in the requesting state.


Written Question
Police: Training
Wednesday 2nd September 2020

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to make autism training for police officers mandatory.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The College of Policing sets the standards for training and professional development for police forces in England and Wales. It has produced Authorised Professional Practice and a range of training materials to support officers to help vulnerable people effectively, including those with mental health problems and autism.

Training on mental health and vulnerabilities issues is integrated throughout the initial police learning programme which all new recruits – police constables, special constables and PCSOs – must complete. Ongoing training is the responsibility of individual police forces, through Chief Constables, to ensure officers and police staff receive appropriate training for their roles and that they have regard to the appropriate Authorised Professional Practice when discharging their responsibilities.


Written Question
Travellers: Trespass
Wednesday 15th July 2020

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish the Government response to its consultation on measures to enable the police to tackle unauthorised encampments more effectively.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

I refer my Rt Hon Friend to the answer I gave to UIN 62648 on 02 July 2020 to the Hon Member for Sevenoaks.


Written Question
Police: High Speed 2 Railway Line
Tuesday 9th June 2020

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse was of each police force involved in policing the line of route of HS2 for (a) financial year 2019-20 and (b) 2020 to date.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

The Department does not centrally collect information on the cost to the public purse for each police force involved in policing the line of route of HS2.


Written Question
Police: Construction
Monday 29th April 2019

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which construction organisations and projects pay for their own policing; how many police personnel are involved in such protection; and what the cost is of that protection.

Answered by Nick Hurd

This information is not collected centrally.


Written Question
Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
Monday 27th November 2017

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2017 to Question 113602, on what date his Department plans to publish the results of the review into the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The publication date for the report of the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 has not been finalised. However, we expect to be able to publish the final report shortly.


Written Question
Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
Tuesday 21st November 2017

Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will complete her Department's response to the Scrap Metal Dealers Act Review; and if she will place a copy in the Library when it is completed.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Home Office has conducted the review of the Scrap Metal Dealers 2013 Act to assess whether it has met its intended objectives and whether it should be retained or repealed. A report of the findings will be published later this year and a copy will be placed in the Library.