Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the effect of its decision to stop direct funding for the digital media investigators course on the level of take-up of that course.
The direct funding provided by the Home Office for the Digital Media Investigators course ensured that a national cadre was successfully established by March 2016.
Throughout 2016/17 the College of Policing has continued to deliver Digital Media Investigator training, addressing demand from police forces who require training. This is planned to continue into 2017-2018.