Offences against Children: Internet
Karen Lumley MP: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the subjects investigated under Operation Ore have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of offences related to the investigation; what the status of the investigation is; and if she will make a statement. [3798]
James Brokenshire MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State responsible for crime prevention: The investigations generated by Operation Ore were initiated as a consequence of nationally co-ordinated disseminations to local UK police forces.
The decision to proceed to investigation on these cases was a matter for the relevant chief constable. Information on Operation Ore is not collated centrally on a routine basis.
However, from information supplied by UK police forces to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre and its precursor agency, the National Crime Squad (NCS), more than 1,750 individuals were convicted, and another 700 people received a formal caution.
Source: Hansard 24 June 2010 http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm100624/text/100624w0002.htm#10062480000032
