Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to review the effectiveness of the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

The Government is conducting an ongoing review of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and is actively taking forward reforms to the cyber landscape. Proposals to update the CMA will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows. The changes will allow law enforcement agencies to more effectively tackle threats posed by cyber criminals.

The reforms will create a Cyber Crime Risk Order to place robust controls on the behaviours of cyber criminals, alongside new powers to search individuals believed to be concealing evidence on behalf of suspects. It will also unlock the power of cyber security professionals to better enable them to secure computer systems.