Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many prosecutions have been made under section one of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, for each of the past 13 years.

The Ministry of Justice holds data on prosecutions under Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, covering the period requested. This is publicly available and can be viewed via the following link: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Information on the number of individuals prosecuted under Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 at all courts can be found in the above tool by navigating to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab. In the ‘HO Offence code’ filter, select the offence:

• 05354 - Unauthorised access to computer material

The data requested can be found in the attached table.