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964059

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
	answering dept id	203
	answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
	answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
	hansard heading	Broadcasting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2018 to Question 165184 on Brexit, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Government's policies on the future relationship between the UK and the EU on (a) jobs in and (b) value of the broadcasting sector in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	169859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The UK is seeking the best possible arrangements for the broadcasting sector. We are focussing on ensuring the ability to trade as freely as possible with the EU and supporting the continued growth of the UK and European broadcasting industry. In addition, due to the UK's ongoing participation in the Council of Europe's Convention on Transfrontier Television (CTT), which will not be affected by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, works originating in the UK will continue to be classed as European Works, which is extremely important to industry.</p><p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of continuing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations. This analysis will help define our future partnership with the EU, and informs our understanding of how EU exit will affect the UK’s domestic policies and frameworks.<br><br>Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would reveal our negotiating position and so the Government will not provide an ongoing commentary on internal analytical work.</p><p>The Government has confirmed that when we bring forward the vote on the final deal, we will ensure that Parliament is presented with the appropriate analysis to make an informed decision.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 13/09/2018 08:59:07 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964713

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what progress has been made on the development of a cyber security education programme within schools.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	169878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>In addition to the introduction of the new national curriculum for computing, the Government has developed and delivered extra-curricular opportunities to inspire school children and help them learn more of the building blocks needed for a career in cyber security, including the Cyber Schools Programme (Cyber Discovery) and CyberFirst summer courses and competitions.</p><p> </p><p>Cyber Discovery launched in November 2017 offering extracurricular cyber security learning for students aged 14-18 years old. It is designed to engage young people in cyber security careers and, in particular, is structured to find and upskill an elite group of future cyber security leaders. It will roll out across the UK in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Over the summer of 2018, the Government funded over 1,000 residential and non-residential summer course places, delivered over 23 events across mainland UK. The range of courses was designed to inspire children aged between 11-17 years old and given them an opportunity to learn more about cyber. We also ran an online competition specifically aimed at girls to encourage them to consider cyber security as a career. 4,500 students aged between 12-13 from 400 schools entered. We will continue to develop and deliver inspirational cyber security educational programmes for school-age children.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2018 10:30:42 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964500

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what measures are in place to reduce the possession of duplicated citizens data across Government.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	169861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to reducing the unnecessary duplication of data across the public sector. The General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act came into effect in the UK in 2018 and enshrines key principles of purpose limitation and data minimisation in the processing of personal data. The government will publish in due course a National Data Strategy which will set out specific measures to improve government's approach to the handling and use of data.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 30/01/2019 14:22:03 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964640

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment the Government has made of the cost to benefit ratio of the Gov.UK Verify service.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	169873
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office has recently conducted an assessment of the costs and benefits of GOV.UK Verify over the period 2016/17 - 2017/18; this assessment has yet to be audited and figures are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Previously audited figures indicate that GOV.UK Verify has cost £54.4m to develop and has</p><p>saved £111.44m.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 13/09/2018 11:04:14 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964700

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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, how many successful cyber attacks were launched against critical national infrastructure organisations in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	169876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Ensuring UK Critical National Infrastructure is secure and resilient against cyber attack is a priority for the Government. The NCSC has responded to a number of incidents impacting CNI companies and their supply chains since its creation including close working with companies on mitigation. Definitive figures on the number of cyber attacks launched against CNI organisations are not available.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 14/09/2018 10:05:08 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

964773

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	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 processes are undertaken to verify the (a) cyber security and (b) data protection measures of digital services provided to Government.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	169880
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p><strong><em>Clarification and assumption</em></strong></p><p><em>We assume that this question refers to external supplier digital services and products utilised by government.</em></p><p> </p><p>The Government enforces a number of controls to ensure that any supplier to government has adequate cyber security and demonstrates acceptable protection of government data</p><p><br> Each department is responsible for understanding and managing the security risks that their supply chain poses. Contracts with government departments should include cyber security clauses referencing how incidents would be managed in the event of a cyber attack</p><p><br></p><p><br> This year, the Government issued a new <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-minimum-cyber-security-standard" target="_blank">Minimum Cyber Security Standard </a>which outlines a set of protective measures that departments should implement, and exceed wherever possible. The standard will be incremented to continually ‘raise the bar’, address new threats, and incorporate the use of new Active Cyber Defence measures from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). <br> <br> The standard enables departments and their suppliers to better understand their cyber security risks and makes clear government’s expectations of suppliers. The new cyber security standard will be applied to government's strategic suppliers to assess if they meet the required level, and government will write the standard into new contracts and enforce full compliance with it</p><p><br> Government will also pilot the introduction of the cyber security equivalent of a ‘credit check’ on suppliers, to allow for easy risk assessments of suppliers and to accelerate expansion of the world-leading <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/active-cyber-defence" target="_blank">Active Cyber Defence </a>programme, to better protect our critical national infrastructure including services such as our hospitals and schools</p><p><br> Departments are also supported in choosing suppliers through <a href="https://www.cyberessentials.ncsc.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Cyber Essentials</a>, the government-backed and industry-supported scheme to guide businesses in protecting themselves against cyber threats. The scheme is a key element of the UK’s National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-2021 and certification is available to all organisations, of all sizes and in all sectors</p><p><br> Departments also use advice from the NCSC to ensure that their supply chain is secure. Examples of such advice include <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/supply-chain-security" target="_blank">twelve principles</a> for establishing effective control and oversight of supply chain and <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/protecting-bulk-personal-data-main" target="_blank">fifteen good practice measures</a> for the protection of bulk data held by digital services</p><p><br> At a national level, all organisations in the UK must comply with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation. This includes government departments and any digital service providers that are helping to deliver government services. These laws require all parties carrying out processing operations to hold personal data securely and in accordance with the rights of data subjects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 14/09/2018 10:21:16 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt