Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the consultation entitled Review of the Computer Misuse Act 1990, which closed on 6 April 2023.

The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) plays a vital role in ensuring that the UK has the right legislative framework to allow us to tackle cyber harms. The Government is committed to ensuring the CMA remains up to date and effective to tackle criminality.

As part of the Review, officials are scoping several areas of legislative reform to give law enforcement the tools and powers they need to investigate and prosecute cyber criminality.  Some of these areas are quite complex in nature and require further engagement with stakeholders to ensure we get them right.

We will update in due course on any proposals that we take forward.