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<p>The Government is determined to prevent criminals from taking advantage of people
spending more time online during the current period of public health restrictions.</p><p>
</p><p>To support police forces, £84 million of the Police Uplift grant has been reallocated
specifically for COVID-19 expenses and recruitment. We continue to work closely with
the sector to monitor any additional pressures.</p><p> </p><p>We recently launched
a gov.uk page on coronavirus-related fraud and cybercrime. The page includes easy-to-follow
steps for people to better protect themselves and signposts other relevant advice
and tips.</p><p>It can be found here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime&data=02%7C01%7CRose.Marshall4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C63954cf7e0484a7afe3908d80235192d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637261774359193444&sdata=rfgr5KwD0aImHXC8R0U6ls%2F%2FbWcuYnXll7c6zw%2F%2FD%2Fc%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-fraud-and-cyber-crime</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>We have continued to work across the online threats to boost funding to tackle
online crime. For example, the Government in September 2019 announced an additional
£30m funding for this financial year to ensure offenders are no longer able to hide
in the shadows on the dark web and prey on our society’s most vulnerable while they
are at home.</p><p> </p><p>Police forces continue to assess threats, the impact of
COVID-19, and deploy resources accordingly including on online crimes. The National
Crime Agency, the lead on tackling the online threat of child sexual abuse, has already
disseminated over 1,000 cases to policing and continues to prioritise safeguarding
children during these difficult times.</p><p> </p><p>We have also launched guidance
for parents and carers to keep children safe online during the coronavirus pandemic,
which can be found here: <a href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-covid-19-keeping-children-safe-online&data=02%7C01%7CRose.Marshall4%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C63954cf7e0484a7afe3908d80235192d%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637261774359193444&sdata=Mw3LAcPV97fe%2BxV0o1aU9xa19nEQVyLi71bsyCmqSnY%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-keeping-children-safe-online</a>.</p>
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