Information requested

I would be interested in any information held by your organization in relation to the policing response to cybercrime.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide me with answers and information requested in the questions noted below:

  1. Do you have a specialist unit dedicated to cybercrime – which includes computer misuse, cyber enabled and cyber dependent crime?
  2. If so, when did it come into force?
  3. What is that unit called?

The following questions relate to the Unit noted above and specialist officers within that Unit.

Please provide information to the requests for information below for the years 2016-2019.

Also, please indicate in your responses, the numbers of officers or civilians who may also be employed by or working with a Regional Organised Crime Unit, whether by way of secondment or assignment (or equivalent) specifying which ROCU:

  1. How many police officers or civilians does that unit employ?
  2. How many of those are digital forensic or computer specialists?
  3. How many civilian investigators does that unit employ?
  4. If you do not have a specialist cybercrime unit dedicated to computer misuse and cyber enabled crime, how many specially trained police officers are specifically dedicated to cybercrime investigations?
  5. If you do not have a specialist cybercrime unit dedicated to computer misuse and cyber enabled crime, how many specially trained civilians are specifically dedicated to cybercrime investigations?
  6. If you do have a specialist cybercrime unit, how many police officers or civilian staff are dedicated to on line fraud or computer enabled economic crime investigations?
  7. How many specially trained police officers or civilians dedicated to cybercrime investigations are also dedicated to online fraud or computer enabled economic crime investigations?

NHSCFA response

I note that your request is addressed as an ‘FOI request to Police’, making reference to Police and Police Specialist Units.

NHS Counter Fraud Authority does not have a specialist cybercrime unit.

NHS Counter Fraud Authority is responsible for the prevention and investigation of economic fraud within the NHS. Cybercrime therefore, sits outside the remit of NHSCFA.

The organization does not therefore, hold any information in relation to your request.