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1093441

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date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many mandatory cyber security training sessions civil servants working in his Department are required to undertake.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	235801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>All Department for Transport employees are required to undertake the ‘Responsible for Information’ e-learning course. This course is designed to make civil servants aware of their responsibilities when it comes to handling information, being alert to the dangers of fraud, ensuring information is protected and handled responsibly without preventing it from being shared appropriately, and how best to protect themselves and the information they hold when they are working remotely on online. All new starters are required to complete this training within 1 month of joining the Department.</p><p>All new staff with elevated access privileges are provided with enhanced, role-specific cyber and information security training and awareness.</p><p> </p><p>Information security policies and procedures are kept updated, and all staff are required to undertake refresher security training at least every 3 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2019 16:55:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093451

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse is of the Government’s Cyber Aware communication campaign.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	235802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Cyber Aware campaign is delivered by the Home Office. It is funded by the National Cyber Security Programme, which is administered by the Cabi-net Office.</p><p><br>The Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy is underpinned by £1.9 billion of investment.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 27/03/2019 17:19:44 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093452

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Cyber Security Centre
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department monitors the number of organisations that are (a) contacted by and (b) receive direct advice from the National Cyber Security Centre.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	235803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is the UK’s technical authority on cyber security. It is committed to providing expert, trusted, and independent guidance for citizens and public and private sector organisations. The NCSC does this in a number of ways, including by publishing guidance, providing tailored sector outreach and engagement, hosting cyber security events and information exchanges and responding to incidents. Given the variety of methods and the freely available nature of this guidance, the number of organisations that are contacted by and receiving advice from the NCSC is not centrally measured.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 27/03/2019 11:07:43 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093489

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on Government cybersecurity funding in the 2019 Spending Review.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	235808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of ministerial discussions on government cyber security funding are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 27/03/2019 14:39:18 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1092228

registered interest
date	20/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Bodies: Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the 2019 NAO report on Progress of the 2016-2021 National Cyber Security Programme, for what reasons fewer than 80 per cent of projects relating to his Department's Critical National Infrastructure objective are assessed as on track.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	234833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Programme (NCSP) supports a range of transformational initiatives driving improvements in Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) cyber security and resilience. This is only part of the substantial overall investment and activity related to improving the cyber security of CNI across Government and industry. For a range of reasons including reprioritisation and rescoping following industry engagement, a number of NCSP funded projects for CNI were assessed as off track at the 3<sup>rd</sup> Quarter checkpoint and are currently being reviewed. The majority of projects, including those with the most significant transformational impact on our CNI, have either been delivered already or will be delivered as planned.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/03/2019 10:02:09 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1090980

registered interest
date	18/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have received cyber security training in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	233603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>All Departments are required to provide security training as part of staff induction however the Cabinet Office does not maintain a central record of all training undertaken. Government departments are responsible for ensuring their staff receive adequate training to meet their needs.</p><p> </p><p>Through the work of the Government Security Profession we are developing a clear professional framework encompassing the breadth of the cyber security profession to ensure there are clear career pathways and that individuals are supported in developing their cyber security skills.</p><p> </p><p><strong>1) </strong>Departments <strong>shall</strong> establish which security messages new employees need to receive at induction, based on their role and the information/assets/sites they will have access to.</p><p><strong>2) </strong>Departments <strong>shall</strong> ensure all new employees are made aware of their security responsibilities as part of their induction.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 21/03/2019 10:30:30 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1086682

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to increase neurodiversity within the Government Digital Service.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	230897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government Digital Service (GDS) Disability Forum is used to represent the voice of neurodiverse staff within GDS. The GDS Disability Champion is a member of the Senior Leadership Team.</p><p> </p><p>GDS staff can also access the Disability Confident tools and guidance:<br></p><ul><li>Becoming disability confident online training.</li><li>Philip Rutnam’s regular blogs, as part of his role as Civil Service Disability Champion.</li><li>General Disability Confident guidance on how to attract, recruit and retain disabled employees.</li><li>The autism and neurodiversity toolkit for managers provides practical guidance on supporting people who have neurodiverse conditions into employment.</li></ul><p><br> ABLE, the Cabinet Office Disability Network, works to remove barriers so that staff with disabilities, including those on the neurodivergent spectrum, have equal opportunities and are empowered to achieve.</p><p> </p><p>Across government, the Civil Service Disability Network represents the voice of all disabled staff across government, supplemented by condition-specific sub-networks such as the Civil Service Dyslexia and Dyspraxia Network. The civil service networks contribute to cross-civil service diversity and inclusion activity through the Employee Voice Group (EVG). EVG is attended by Chairs of the cross-government diversity staff networks.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/03/2019 16:03:39 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1086683

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Digital Service: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what mandatory cybersecurity courses are offered by the GDS Academy.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	230898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>As the functional lead for Digital, Data and Technology, GDS has responsibility for digital skills across government. At present, no mandatory cybersecurity courses are offered by the GDS Academy. The Government Digital Service (GDS) works closely with colleagues at the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Government Security Group (GSG) who provide training on cyber security across government. GSG also leads the Government Security Profession, which includes cyber security professionals across government.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 15/03/2019 16:02:27 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1086731

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with relation to the oral contribution from the Prime Minister on 20th February 2019 in Volume 654, Column 1465, whether the commitment to waiving legal privilege in respect to the Infected Blood Inquiry was made on behalf of all Government Departments or just the Department of Health and Social Care.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	230912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to full disclosure to the Infected Blood Inquiry, and no historical record or document relevant to the Inquiry will be withheld from it.</p><p>In his statement on Disclosure and Legal Professional Privilege (LPP), Sir Brian Langstaff recognized that the right to assert LPP is preserved in the context of public inquiries by section 22(1) of the Inquiries Act 2005. He also recognised that, given the passage of time that the Inquiry will be investigating, many of the LPP and confidentiality issues will have eroded and this is the Government’s position also.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 15/03/2019 14:32:18 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1082156

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost to Government has been of cyber incidents affecting the public sector in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	228784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely assess the cost of responding to an individual cyber incident, nor is it a requirement for public sector bodies to report incident information to the Cabinet Office. Consequently, we do not hold this information centrally. 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><p> </p><p>Public Sector agencies can access guidance and support on a wide range of cyber threats from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), for example through the Active Cyber Defence measures provided free of charge to the public sector as detailed in the NCSC's annual review.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s National Cyber Security Programme co-ordinates the effective implementation of the National Cyber Security Strategy and manages the £1.9 billion programme of investment. Through this programme we build government cyber security capability by ensuring government networks and services are secure and that we have people in post with the right skills and a strong talent pipeline for the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 11/03/2019 10:05:20 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt