Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

James Morris Excerpts
Monday 6th February 2012

(12 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Green Portrait Damian Green
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I agree completely, and I know the hon. Lady rightly takes a great interest in this area. As I say, it is a question of spreading best practice around all the agencies—not just local authorities but the police as well. We try hard to ensure that all police forces are much more aware of the specific symptoms of these types of problem so that they can treat anyone affected in the appropriate way.

James Morris Portrait James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis) (Con)
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3. What recent assessment she has made of the level of cybercrime.

Jessica Lee Portrait Jessica Lee (Erewash) (Con)
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7. What recent assessment she has made of the level of cybercrime.

James Brokenshire Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (James Brokenshire)
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A report by Detica and the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance estimates that cybercrime could cost the UK as much as £27 billion a year. The Government published their cyber-security strategy in November, which sets out how we intend to tackle this threat.

James Morris Portrait James Morris
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Tackling cybercrime requires a co-ordinated response across government, including liaison with the business community. What is the Minister doing to ensure that we get that level of cross-government co-ordination, and what is he doing to ensure that we get business involved in coming up with some of the solutions we need to tackle that growing problem?