Mentions:
1: Lord Mackenzie of Framwellgate (Non-affiliated - Life peer) respective success of (1) UK applicants, and (2) international applicants including in the EU, to study computer - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) UCAS data for the 2023 admissions cycle shows that of those applications to full-time undergraduate computer - Speech Link
3: Lord Tarassenko (XB - Life peer) science graduates to study for a PhD in computer science or AI in a UK university. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) ; we also need people to be accessing the wide variety of other routes into computer science and digital - Speech Link
5: Baroness Barran (Con - Life peer) My Lords, over the past five years, the number of students studying computer sciences increased by 55% - Speech Link
Jan. 21 2025
Source Page: Use of computer evidence in court to be interrogatedFound: Use of computer evidence in court to be interrogated
Ban explicit violence and sexualisation in Computer & Video Games
- 56 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 146 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
Introduce for use by the appropriate governing body, guidelines or legislative provisions prohibiting publication to persons of all ages in the UK Computer & Video Games (C&VGs) depicting explicit violence & sexualisation
Found: Ban explicit violence and sexualisation in Computer & Video Games
Nov. 06 2024
Source Page: Nature of fraud and computer misuse in England and Wales: appendix tablesFound: Nature of fraud and computer misuse in England and Wales: appendix tables
Sep. 03 2024
Source Page: Cold-calling companies offering ‘computer repairs’ shut down after preying on vulnerable pensionersFound: Cold-calling companies offering ‘computer repairs’ shut down after preying on vulnerable pensioners
Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Police National Computer retains nominal records for deceased people.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Police National Computer (PNC) provides police and law enforcement agencies with access to centralised information about individuals, property and vehicles.
A Nominal record is retained until at least 100 years after a Nominal’s birth, regardless of the date of death. This is to facilitate criminal investigations that might start or conclude after the death of a Nominal.
The data retention practices on the PNC are governed by:
1. The Police Information and Records Management Code of Practice
2. The Code of Practice for the Police National Computer (PNC) and the Law Enforcement Data Service (LEDS)
Asked by: Kieran Mullan (Conservative - Bexhill and Battle)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the police national computer retains nominal records for non-resident people.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Home Office)
Non-resident individuals may have nominal records created on the Police National Computer where information suggests that they may pose a risk to UK residents.
Changes to the residency status of a person are not routinely considered as a factor in the ongoing retention of their nominal record.
Correspondence Jan. 28 2025
Committee: Justice Committee (Department: Ministry of Justice)Found: Courts and Legal Services, dated 21 January 2025 relating to the Call for evidence on the use of computer
Asked by: Helen Maguire (Liberal Democrat - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the consultation entitled Review of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, which closed on 6 April 2023.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) plays a vital role in ensuring that the UK has the right legislative framework to allow us to tackle cyber harms. The Government is committed to ensuring the CMA remains up to date and effective to tackle criminality.
As part of the Review, officials are scoping several areas of legislative reform to give law enforcement the tools and powers they need to investigate and prosecute cyber criminality. Some of these areas are quite complex in nature and require further engagement with stakeholders to ensure we get them right.
We will update in due course on any proposals that we take forward.
Written Evidence Jan. 22 2025
Inquiry: Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithmsFound: SMH0029 - Social media, misinformation and harmful algorithms Computer and Communications Industry Association