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	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans the Government has to increase the resources available to the police to investigate online communications offences.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	9002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>We are recruiting an additional 20,000 police officers by March 2023, the biggest recruitment drive in decades. As at 31 March 2022, 13,576 additional officers have been recruited as part of the Police Uplift Programme in England and Wales, 68% of the 20,000 officer target.</p><p>On the 2<sup>nd</sup> February 2022, the Government published a total police funding settlement of up to £16.9 billion in 2022/23, an increase of up to £1.1 billion when compared to 2021/22. This includes funding for national priorities, such as tackling serious violence and county lines.</p><p>This significant investment shows the Government is committed to supporting the entire policing sector.</p><p>It is for Chief Constables and directly elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs), and Mayors with PCC functions to make operational decisions including how to allocate resource based on their local knowledge and experience.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/06/2022 14:45:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

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	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that policing strategy is up to date and effective at tackling crime that takes place digitally.
	tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
	tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
	uin	82653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Tackling digital crime is a cross government agenda in which the Home Office and its agencies has a key role to play.</p><p>The National Digital Policing Strategy 2020-2030: Digital, Data and Technology Strategy was partly developed in response to the pace of digital change and was launched at the Police ICT Summit 2020. The strategy was developed by the Police ICT Company and the National Police Technology Council in collaboration with the Home Office.</p><p>Under this strategy, the Home Office is committed to ensuring new capabilities are available to the police to tackle crime in an evolving digital landscape, to cooperate more efficiently and to support their contributions to the effectiveness and efficiency of the CJS. We are clear that technology will make it easier for the public to report a crime and enable the police to make better use of digital evidence as part of their investigations.</p><p>The Strategic Change and Investment Board (SCIB), is chaired by the Policing Minister and forms part of the sub-governance of the National Policing Board (NPB). The SCIB oversees investment across the policing system to meet Government priorities. This includes investment in digital technology to drive convergence of police forces towards delivery of the policing digital strategy.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/09/2020 15:20:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie