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date	02/11/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: 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 breaches were reported by each Government department to the Government Security Group in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	187361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Cabinet Office does not require central reporting of data breaches by government departments.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-minimum-cyber-security-standard" target="_blank">minimum cyber security standard</a> outlines the communications required by a department when there is a security incident that impacts on sensitive information or key operational services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government Security Group would be involved in the response to a category one or two</p><p>cyber security incident impacting a central government department(s), however to date an incident of this type has not occurred.</p><p> </p><p>The <a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/annual-review-2018" target="_blank">National Cyber Security Centre’s Annual Report (2018)</a> provides the total number of incidents it has dealt with over the past year.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 12/11/2018 09:37:31 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997215

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: 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 breaches were recorded by each government department in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 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.</p><p> </p><p>In June of 2018 the Minimum Cyber Security Standards were published requiring each department to have a plan to reporting data breaches. It states that</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Departments shall have communication plans in the event of an incident which includes notifying (for example) the relevant supervisory body, senior accountable individuals, the Departmental press office, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Government Security Group (Cabinet Office), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) or law enforcement as applicable (not exhaustive).</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/11/2018 12:16:49 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

997216

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Data Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the number of separate teams or organisations throughout government tasked with protecting information or monitoring data breaches.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	185108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not record centrally the number of separate teams or organisations tasked with protecting information or monitoring data breaches. However, the Government Chief Security Officer (GSCO) is ensuring that each department has a Senior Security Advisor responsible for advising their boards on security risks and appropriate steps to mitigate them.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 01/11/2018 15:38:42 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt