Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 97748

Cybercrime

Tabled: 8 December 2025

Answered: 11 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Mr Gregory Campbell

Democratic Unionist Party — East Londonderry

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

Jake Richards

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...

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