Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to tackle cyber crime.

Cyber security, including cyber crime, is a top priority threat to national security. This is why the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 is supported by £1.9billion of transformational investment.

Through the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP), we invested over £90 million under the 2010-2015 Parliament to bolster the law enforcement response to cyber crime, and we are continuing to invest.

We will boost the capabilities of the National Crime Agency’s National Cyber Crime Unit by increasing their ability to investigate the most serious cyber crime, and we will continue to invest in the cyber crime teams within each of the Regional Organised Crime Units across England and Wales.

We have also established the National Cyber Security Centre which manage national cyber security incidents, carry out real-time threat analysis and provide tailored sectoral advice.

The NCSP also funds the Cyber Aware campaign which works with a range of public and private sector partners to encourage the public, and Small and Medium Enterprises, to adopt more secure online behaviour like using strong passwords and downloading software updates.