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Cybercrime

Question for Home Office

UIN 905745, tabled on 28 February 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the proportion of crime committed online.

Answered on

28 February 2022

By volume, most crime is now wholly or partially online, a trend further accelerated by the pandemic.

The Online Safety Bill, Fraud Action Plan and National Economic Crime Centre are among the key elements of the fight against it.

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Home Office
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