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<p>The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is devolved and has operational independence.
It is for the Northern Ireland Policing Board (NIPB) to monitor and provide oversight
of PSNI performance.</p><p>The PSNI and the NIPB commissioned an independent review
into the data breach and a report was published on 11 December 2023.</p><p>The Government’s
focus following the data breaches of August 2023 was on providing specialist support
and expertise to the PSNI in its handling of this issue. Officials in the Cabinet
Office chaired regular operational meetings - initially daily - bringing together
the PSNI, Government Departments and the Security Services, to ensure that their collective
skills, including cyber-expertise, were brought to bear in supporting the PSNI.</p><p>The
Government published on 14 December 2023 technical guidance relating to the approach
to be taken by FOI practitioners across central government when a requestor asks for
disclosure in a spreadsheet format.</p>
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