Cybercrime
Commons · Question 97748 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many perpetrators of cyber crime were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted in (i) 2022, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2024.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 11 Dec 2025
There are no offences specifically defined in legislation as “cyber crime,” however the Computer Misuse Act 1990 has a number of offences that could be considered as such.The Ministry of Justice routinely publishes data concerning prosecutions and convict...