Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how law enforcement agencies are being equipped to tackle AI-generated deepfakes and automated cybercrime operations.

I can assure that the government takes AI enabled crime and cybercrime very seriously and will continue to take the necessary steps to protect the public and support victims.

The Home Office has established the Police AI Threat Hub (PATH), as part of PoliceAI, to help build a consistent national response across local policing to the criminal misuse of AI.

PATH brings together expertise from across policing and partner organisations to develop and share good practice, and strengthen the response to emerging threats, including AI-generated deepfakes.

Through the Crime and Policing Act 2026, the Government banned the making and supply of deepfake intimate image generators, often known as nudification apps.

To tackle cybercrime the Home Office works with our partners across Government and law enforcement, including the National Crime Agency, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Policing, to tackle all cyber threats. This includes Home Office funding for Regional Cyber Crime Units (RCCUs) across England and Wales, tasked with investigating and pursuing serious cyber offenders conducting crime committed in, or against, the UK. Since 2017, in partnership with local Police and Crime Commissioners, the Home Office has also directly funded a national network of local specialist officers trained to investigate cybercrime and support local communities in efforts to prevent crimes that occur online.