Armed Forces: Cybercrime

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 17 May 2018.

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Photo of Gerald Jones Gerald Jones Shadow Minister (Defence)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of each branch of the services are employed in the national offensive cyber programme.

Photo of Guto Bebb Guto Bebb The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence

As a partnership between the Ministry of Defence and GCHQ, the National Offensive Cyber Programme is designed to harness the skills and talents of both organisations to deliver the tools, techniques and tradecraft required for the UK to establish a world-class offensive cyber capability. I am withholding specific information of the number of personnel from the armed forces employed in the programme as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Ministry of Defence.

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