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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

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

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

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

985742

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Cybercrime
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 11 October 2018 to Question 176669, how many cyber incidents affecting critical national infrastructure were reported in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	178386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre has responded to a number of incidents impacting CNI companies and their supply chains since its creation including close working with companies on mitigation. Given the complexity, interdependency, and scale of the CNI and its supply chain it is not currently possible to provide the information requested. The government is committed to improving the quality of data available and making cybersecurity incidents easier to report.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 16/10/2018 09:02:16 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

984746

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
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 the average salary is for a cyber security specialist employed by the government.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	177822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not hold centrally information on salaries of cyber security specialists across HMG. However, the Government Security Profession will deliver a Profession Framework outlining the job families, career pathways for specialists and their pay and rewards, by the spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/10/2018 16:36:23 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

984810

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any unsuccessful attempts have been made by Russia to interfere in the UK's democratic processes in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	177631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has said previously that we have not seen evidence of successful foreign</p><p>interference in UK elections and we take any allegations of interference in UK democratic</p><p>processes by a foreign government extremely seriously. That remains the case. We know</p><p>that certain states routinely use disinformation and other means as a foreign policy tool,</p><p>and have seen evidence of this happening elsewhere. It should therefore not surprise us</p><p>that they might try to influence democratic processes in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 177632 question first answered 22/10/2018 09:28:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

984812

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Subversion: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Cabinet Office, whether any indirect attempts have been made by Russia to interfere in the UK's democratic processes in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	177632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has said previously that we have not seen evidence of successful foreign</p><p>interference in UK elections and we take any allegations of interference in UK democratic</p><p>processes by a foreign government extremely seriously. That remains the case. We know</p><p>that certain states routinely use disinformation and other means as a foreign policy tool,</p><p>and have seen evidence of this happening elsewhere. It should therefore not surprise us</p><p>that they might try to influence democratic processes in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington grouped question UIN 177631 question first answered 22/10/2018 09:28:41 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

984851

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have visited the Irish border in the last 12 months; when those visits took place; and how long they spent at the border in each of those visits.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	177800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>a) Ministers have travelled between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Details of Ministers’ overseas travel are published quarterly and are available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>b) Details of business expenses incurred by senior officials include domestic and international travel. This information is also published quarterly and is available on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested for all officials in my Department is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/10/2018 12:46:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran