 The unit's responsibilities were quite specific and included activities once carried out by other bodies while excluding other activities, currently done by others.The unit's stated mission was to improve the police response to victims of e-crime by developing the capability of the police service across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, co-ordinating the law enforcement approach to all types of e-crime, and by providing a national investigative capability for the most serious e-crime incidents.The PCeU was created on 1 October 2008 and was responsible for improving the UK national policing response to cyber crime.