Cybersecurity: West Mercia Police
Commons · Question 4769 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Chris Bloore
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of specialist cyber investigators within West Mercia Police.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 3 Jun 2026
Home Office provides additional funding to all tiers of policing to investigate and respond to the harm of cyber crime. At the local tier, this funding is further supplemented by ‘match funding’ from the Police and Crime Commissioners, which maintains a c...