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988688

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether gagging clauses have been used in contracts drawn up between his Department and any charities, voluntary sector organisations, social enterprises or companies with the intention of stopping any criticism of Ministers of his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	180072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has reviewed the standard forms of contract it uses. There are clauses about interaction between the parties, how to protect the parties’ best interests and safeguard commercial and sensitive information which are long established in government contracts. These clauses are not intended to stop criticism of Ministers, the Department or its policies.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>”</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 11:27:21 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

987811

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Devolution: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the Government plans to publish its proposals for the constitutional arrangements for devolved authorities in relation to EU law after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	179065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The EU (Withdrawal) Act places a duty on UK Ministers to report to Parliament quarterly on the steps the Government is taking alongside the devolved administrations to design and implement common frameworks, and on any use of the section 12 powers to temporarily ‘freeze’ devolved competence.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 09:35:20 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

990349

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost to the public purse was of the WannaCry cyber attack in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	181321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to estimate the cost to the public purse of the WannaCry cyber incident as no data was collecting during the incident on the cost of recovering data and IT systems or the cost on disruption to patient care. To determine the cost to the public purse would require collecting data from all organisations which itself would impose a disproportionate financial burden on them.</p><p> </p><p>The WannaCry attack was unprecedented in terms of scale and disruption affecting systems internationally international including several within the NHS infrastructure who fell victim due to basic vulnerabilities in their cyber defences.</p><p> </p><p>In their October 2018 publication on “Securing cyber resilience in health and care: a progress update”, the DHSC estimated the cost of WannaCry to the NHS being £92 million. The DHSC used a variety of factors (average number of NHS trusts involved) and categories (direct and resource) to estimate the financial impact on the NHS but this does not include a consideration of other organisations outside of the health and care who were also impacted. The DHSC report is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/747464/securing-cyber-resilience-in-health-and-care-september-2018-update.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/747464/securing-cyber-resilience-in-health-and-care-september-2018-update.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since the 2017 WannaCry cyber incident, a number of steps have been taken to sharpen incident response plans across the NHS, providing new and mandatory training on cyber security to all NHS personnel and increasing investment in local infrastructure to develop a more robust cyber security posture.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 09:11:24 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

987873

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to increase awareness of its cyber security standards for industry.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	179329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is committed to work in partnership with HMG’s strategic suppliers on how best to apply the new Minimum Cyber Security Standard within its contracting arrangements.</p><p>The standard will be applied to government's strategic suppliers to assess whether they meet the required level, and government will incorporate the standard into new contracts in future and enforce full compliance with it.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/10/2018 14:19:30 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

989549

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to improve the UK’s cyber security.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	180807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The 2016 National Cyber Security Strategy sets out in detail the Government’s approach to improve the UK’s cyber security. This includes a wide range of measures to defend our people, deter our adversaries and develop the capabilities we need to ensure the UK remains the safest place to live and do business online.</p><p> </p><p>One of the most visible elements of the strategy is the creation of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), to improve our prevention and response capability and ensure that citizens and business have the best advice on how to protect themselves. For more on their role, the NCSC’s second Annual Review can be found at https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/annual-review-2018.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 13:44:33 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

987896

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of Government departments' implementation of the Minimum Cyber Security Standard.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	179332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Minimum Cyber Security Standard was issued to HMG departments in April 2018 and published on GOV.UK in June. The responsibility for security, including risk management and policy implementation, sits with the Accounting Officer and the executive board of each department.</p><p> </p><p>Through existing assurance mechanisms set out in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-policy-framework" target="_blank">Security Policy Framework</a> and working with partners across government, including the National Technical Authorities, implementation of the new standard will continue to be monitored.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/10/2018 14:18:05 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

991249

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybercrime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assesment he has made of the adequecy of the current number of cyber specialists working in Government.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	181649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Like many UK sectors the Government struggles to retain sufficient numbers of cyber specialists. Through the Transforming Government Security Programme and establishment of a government security profession, the Cabinet Office is developing a compelling career offer for cyber professionals against an agreed Professional Framework for security to be published in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/10/2018 09:13:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

991185

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequecy, effectivness and efficency of the Government's division of responsibility on cyber related matters across Government Departments.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	181624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>There are clear lines of accountability in relation to government cyber security. Each department, agency or public body is responsible for managing the cyber security of its own organisation. This is subject to regular assessment by the Cabinet Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/10/2018 08:44:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

990439

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Industry
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2018 to Question 179329 on Cybercrime: Industry, whether the new minimum cyber security standard will apply to suppliers with existing contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	181355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office is committed to work in partnership with HMG’s strategic suppliers on how best to apply the new Minimum Cyber Security Standard within its contracting arrangements. The focus will be to incorporate the standard into new contracts. We are however committed to raising the bar of existing practices and will work with government’s strategic suppliers to ensure full compliance across all contracting arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 09:30:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

990399

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	National Cyber Security Centre: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of the £1.9 billion awarded to the National Cyber Security Centre in 2016 has been spent to date; and on what such funds have been spent.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	181336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Programme is a £1.9 billion fund which supports delivery of the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-21. A proportion of this spend goes to the National Cyber Security Centre to help meet the Government’s overall objectives to defend our people, deter our adversaries and develop the skills and capabilities we need.</p><p> </p><p>For reasons of national security, the Government does not provide a breakdown of how the £1.9 billion National Cyber Security Programme is allocated.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 09:09:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt