To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the cost of cybercrime to the UK economy in the last five years. (185056)

This information is not held centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff her Department employs to deal with cybercrime. (185057)

The Government criminalise acts based on the offence committed and not the medium used; therefore many Home Office teams make policy on crimes which can be committed over the internet. Teams specifically dealing with cybercrime (for all or some of their time) employ six full-time and one part- time members of staff.