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<p>Cyber Streetwise is a cross Government campaign, developed by private and public
stakeholder partners and coordinated by the Home Office’s Research, Information and
Communications Unit. It is designed to measurably make the UK a safer place to interact
and do business online by increasing individual and SME adoption of safe online behaviours.
Since its launch in January 2014, it is estimated that 2 million adults have adopted
safer online behaviours that will better protect them.</p><p>The quarterly crime statistics
bulletin published on 21 April , set out a 6% decrease in computer misuse crime (from
15,322 offences to 14,347 offences), during the year ending December 2014 to December
2015.</p><p>Cyber Security, including cyber crime, is a top priority threat to national
security. The Government are continuing to invest in law enforcement capabilities
at the national, regional and local levels to ensure delivery agencies have the capacity
to deal with the increasing volume and sophistication of cyber crime.</p><p>Through
the National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP), we invested over £90 million under the
last Parliament to bolster the law enforcement response. My Rt.Hon. Friend, the Chancellor
announced in November that this Government has committed to spending £1.9 billion
on cyber security over the next five years, including for tackling cyber crime. We
will also publish a second five-year National Cyber Security Strategy this year.</p>
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