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584015

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he plans to take to improve the clarity of advice to government departments on protecting data.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	46601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-policy-framework/hmg-security-policy-framework" target="_blank">Security Policy Framework</a> has clear requirements on Information Assurance which are mandatory for departments. They include a range of measures including the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications" target="_blank">Classification Policy</a> which set out expectations of how government will protect the wide variety of information that it generates, collects, processes, stores and exchanges appropriately and effectively. As the NAO report acknowledges, the UK government is acknowledged as a world leader in this area.</p><p>However, we are conscious that these policies and structures have grown organically over time and need to keep pace with Government’s digital transformation plans. So the Cabinet Office conducted its own review of Government security in early 2016 and many of the findings are consistent with the NAO report. We are already starting to implement the recommendations in the review.</p><p>For example, we are already well underway in strengthening oversight of information security by bringing together nine separate central teams into just two. We have also appointed the Government’s first ever Chief Security Officer to bring together all disciplines of government security under central leadership. As part of this work Cabinet Office is working with GCHQ and the Government Digital Service to rationalise and clarify the guidance to departments on information security and protecting data. The National Cyber Security Centre which is due to stand up in the autumn will also play a lead role in advising departments on cyber security.</p><p>But we can and will do more and we will respond fully to this report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 46669 question first answered 10/10/2016 09:18:45 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

746238

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of data breaches across central Government Departments in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	1759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not require Central Government Departments to report their personal data breaches and so does not hold this information centrally. Each department is accountable to Parliament for the protection of data that they hold. Departments formally report data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office where appropriate and record these breaches in their Annual Reports.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 03/07/2017 15:07:08 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

746485

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to implement a policy to prevent hackers from accessing and altering data used to inform government decisions.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	1895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The HMG Security Policy Framework sets out the mandatory expectations of how Government organisations must secure their data and other assets. This includes appropriate controls to protect against hackers and other cyber threats. These security controls are designed to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of Government data.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 04/07/2017 13:34:57 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

801128

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many data incidents in central Government departments were (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	117687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of data incidents recorded and reported to the Information Commissioners’ Office in central Government Departments is held by those organisations and published in their Annual Reports. It is for the individual central Government Departments to provide this information.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 12/12/2017 15:55:55 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett