Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between James Morris and James Brokenshire
Monday 6th February 2012
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
(12 years, 4 months ago)
Commons ChamberRead Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
Jessica Lee (Erewash) (Con)
7. What recent assessment she has made of the level of cybercrime.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (James Brokenshire)
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
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?