As of 2020/21, the amount of funding that the United Kingdom government has given to its National Cyber Security Programme was estimated to be 342 British pounds after reprofiling from previous years funding is taken into account. The original budget for the 2020/21 reporting year was 292 million pounds, compared with 105 million pounds in 2011/12. This programme is part of the UK government's wider National Cyber Strategy, which has allocated around 2.6 billion of funds between 2022/23 and 2024/25.
National Cyber Security Programme budget in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2020/21
(in million GBP)
*The source adds the following information: "In 2016-17 and 2017-18, funding was reduced by £57.5 million and £42.5 million respectively to fund counter-terrorism
capabilities. This is due to be paid back over the remaining years of the Programme"
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National Audit Office UK. (March 15, 2019). National Cyber Security Programme budget in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2020/21 (in million GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1366296/funding-for-national-cyber-security-programme-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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