Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much of the Police Transformation Fund for 2017-18 has been allocated to bids related to improving police forces' capacity to deal with cybercrime.

The allocation of 2017-18 money through the Police Transformation Fund is not yet complete and there will be further opportunities for forces to bid for money. The Government welcomes proposals that transform the police response to the changing nature of crime, including cyber crime, in line with the National Policing Vision 2025. On 1 November 2016 the Government published the National Cyber Security Strategy, underpinned by transformative investment of £1.9 billion over the next 5 years, including to reduce the impact of cyber crime on the UK and its interests.