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43050

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many pupils in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) Stockport Metropolitan Borough and (c) Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council continued into (i) further education, (ii) higher education and (ii) apprenticeships in the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	192141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2014 answer text <p>Destination Measures data, following key stage 4 and key stage 5, are published at local authority level for the years 2009/10 and 2010/11. Parliamentary constituency level data are published for 2010/11 only. The requested data, for the available years, are shown in the attached tables. The information is taken from Statistical First Release data, which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-destinations</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 20/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of 192141 Sent to Parliament 20.03.14.xls title Destination measures - Denton and Reddish
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

176411

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Ofgem
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Government plans to update the Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	222467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ofgem Review of 2010-11 recommended that the Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority should be replaced with a new Strategy and Policy Statement, which the Government consulted on last year. The guidance will be repealed once the statement is designated by Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 13:37:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

176412

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Debts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households with children in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK are in debt to their energy suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	222468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how many families are in debt with their energy companies.</p><p>Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt owed by domestic electricity and gas accounts holders in Great Britain, but they do not publish data relating to families with children or constituency areas. At the end of 2013, latest data available, 1.5 million domestic electricity account holders and 1.4 million domestic gas account holders were in debt to their energy supplier:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/92186/annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/92186/annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf</a></p><p><em>Ofgem’s Domestic Suppliers’ Social Obligations: 2013 Annual Report</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 13:27:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf title Domestic Suppliers Social Obligations: 2013 report
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

383776

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which buildings occupied by his Department are owned or part-owned privately; what the total value is of the rent paid to private landlords for the use of such buildings for official duties; and to whom such rent is paid.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office occupies 35 Great Smith Street, 10 Great George Street and Rosebery Court under leases held directly by the Cabinet Office with private landlords. These properties were rented before May 2010.</p><p>Our work to rationalise the Government's property estate has resulted in the exit of 2,018 buildings since 2010, raising £1.4 billion in capital receipts and generating £625 million in running costs savings up to 31 March 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/06/2015 16:19:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384520

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by his Department is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Since 2010 the Government has been selling unnecessary properties. We have got out of hundreds of properties which were previously under-occupied or superfluous to needs. We now publish more details than ever before on how Departments are using their buildings. Our work to rationalise the Government's property estate has resulted in the exit of 2,018 buildings since 2010, raising £1.4 billion in capital receipts and generating £625 million in running costs savings up to 31 March 2014.</p><p>The Government residual estate is part of the Cabinet Office. Birch House in Bristol is office space that is currently vacant. The Government Property Unit (part of the Cabinet Office) is working to dispose of this and other unnecessary properties. We are also considering the long term strategy for 36 Whitehall and ensuring the optimum use of this building within the core Whitehall estate. The remainder of the Cabinet Office estate is defined as Core Estate and as such is fully utilised to deliver departmental functions.</p><p>Information about property valuations for the Cabinet Office's Land and Buildings, which have been audited by the National Audit Office, are contained in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2013-14, available from the Libraries in the House and online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 3480 question first answered 30/06/2015 16:01:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

384536

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Buildings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the office space owned or leased by 10 Downing Street is not in regular use; what the total (a) rental and (b) retail value is of all such office space; and if he will place in the Library a copy of his most recent departmental real estate valuation.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	3480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office.</p><p>Since 2010 the Government has been selling unnecessary properties. We have got out of hundreds of properties which were previously under-occupied or superfluous to needs. We now publish more details than ever before on how Departments are using their buildings. Our work to rationalise the Government's property estate has resulted in the exit of 2,018 buildings since 2010, raising £1.4 billion in capital receipts and generating £625 million in running costs savings up to 31 March 2014.</p><p>The Government residual estate is part of the Cabinet Office. Birch House in Bristol is office space that is currently vacant. The Government Property Unit (part of the Cabinet Office) is working to dispose of this and other unnecessary properties. We are also considering the long term strategy for 36 Whitehall and ensuring the optimum use of this building within the core Whitehall estate. The remainder of the Cabinet Office estate is defined as Core Estate and as such is fully utilised to deliver departmental functions.</p><p>Information about property valuations for the Cabinet Office's Land and Buildings, which have been audited by the National Audit Office, are contained in the Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2013-14, available from the Libraries in the House and online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 3467 question first answered 30/06/2015 16:01:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

423516

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials of his Office in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	13159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2015 answer text <p>As part of this Government’s transparency agenda, all Departments are required to publish information about non-consolidated performance related payments annually. Information about non-consolidated awards paid to officials in my Department going back as far as awards paid for performance in the year 2011/12 is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data</a></p><p>Information about awards paid in 2015/16 for performance in the year 2014/15 is not due to be published until later this year and will be available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><br /> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/11/2015 17:21:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

425311

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Stationery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from the Prime Minister's Office in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	14356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is part of the Cabinet Office. No stationery was reported as lost or stolen from the Cabinet Office in any of the last five fiscal years.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 14362 question first answered 10/11/2015 15:46:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

425312

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Stationery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each of the last five fiscal years; and what the cost was of replacing such stationery.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	14362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Office is part of the Cabinet Office. No stationery was reported as lost or stolen from the Cabinet Office in any of the last five fiscal years.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 14356 question first answered 10/11/2015 15:46:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

449264

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Soft Drinks
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions (a) the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and (b) the Paymaster General have had with representatives of (i) the Food and Drink Federation, (ii) Coca-Cola, (iii) PepsiCo and (iv) the British Soft Drinks Association.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	24997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and can be found on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/02/2016 12:27:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

522970

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Publications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department and its executive agencies spent on the publications (a) Who's Who, (b) Burke's Peerage and (c) Debrett's in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	39447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Spend on individual publications is not held centrally and is therefore only available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 39448 question first answered 13/06/2016 06:40:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

522971

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Prime Minister: Publications
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Prime Minister's Office spent on the publications (a) Who's Who, (b) Burke's Peerage and (c) Debrett's in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	39448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Spend on individual publications is not held centrally and is therefore only available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 39447 question first answered 13/06/2016 06:40:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

619820

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many organisations have recertified (a) Cyber Essentials and (b) Cyber Essentials Plus in each year since each scheme's creation.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	49949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>Since the Cyber Essentials scheme began it is estimated that 377 organisations have been certified more than once. This includes organisations that have both Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus certificates, as well as those that have been certified more than once with different IT systems in scope.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/10/2016 15:13:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

619823

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many (a) FTSE 100 and (b) FTSE 350 companies have used the 10 Steps to Cyber Security guidance to date.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	49966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The Cyber Governance Health Check (published 2015) found that 58% of FTSE 350 companies had assessed themselves against the Government’s ‘10 Steps to Cyber Security’ guidance, up from 40% in 2013. The 2016 Cyber Security Breaches Survey found that 29% of large businesses [those with 250+ employees] are aware of the ‘10 Steps…’ guidance. The guidance has been viewed over 40,000 times.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/10/2016 15:15:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

619830

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many organisations held (a) Cyber Essentials and (b) Cyber Essentials Plus certification in each calendar year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	49957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2016 answer text <p>The number of certificates issued by calendar year and by Cyber Essentials and Plus is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cyber Essentials</p></td><td><p>Plus</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014, from June</p></td><td><p>198</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1067</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016, to end September</p></td><td><p>2188</p></td><td><p>341</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/10/2016 15:17:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

619824

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many start-up businesses have participated in the Early Stage Accelerator programme since it began.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	49954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2016 answer text <p>So far, 23 individuals are participating in the current programme which started on 12 September.</p><p> </p><p>The early stage accelerator programme, called HutZero, is part of the Government’s strategy to promote the UK cyber security industry, and is designed to transform early stage ideas into workable proposals and potential new businesses. The programme supports individuals at the very start of their entrepreneurial journey.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/10/2016 09:26:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

621955

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2016
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in her Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	50396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Our department is headquartered in Whitehall, and therefore the figures on the number of Senior Civil Service staff in London will reflect that.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of SCS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of SCS</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1 - Deputy Director</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016 - to date</p></td><td><p>1 - Deputy Director</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 03/11/2016 17:38:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

668889

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	21st Century Fox: Sky
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to notify hon. Members in the event that 21st Century Fox gives to her formal notification of its takeover bid for Sky.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	58915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Gentleman to the written statement made by my Right Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State on 10 January 2018, Vol 619 Col 8WS.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 16/01/2017 16:56:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

690190

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what (a) financial and (b) other support is provided to small and medium-sized enterprises to support the adoption of the Cyber Essentials scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	63987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Cyber Essentials scheme sets out the basic technical controls which all organisations relying on the internet should have in place to prevent common online attacks. The scheme is designed to be low-cost and suitable for implementation by organisations of all sizes, in all sectors. The Government has offered a range of support and advice since the launch of the scheme in 2014, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Innovation Vouchers Scheme in 2015 and 2016 which offered small and medium-sized enterprises up to £5,000 to improve their cyber security, including adopting Cyber Essentials; <br></li><li>The Cyber Essentials website which offers clear information on how the scheme works and how to adopt it, and a self-assessment tool to help organisations understand the scheme; <br></li><li>The Cyber Aware (formerly Cyber Streetwise) campaign which targets small businesses with information and advice about Cyber Essentials; and <br></li><li>A range of other marketing activity, regional events and industry engagement activities.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The new National Cyber Security Centre, part of the Government’s five-year £1.9 billion National Cyber Security Strategy, will engage closely with small businesses to offer support and advice, including support for the adoption of Cyber Essentials. The Government also works closely with industry to ensure Cyber Essentials is embedded in the advice industry partners, such as trade associations, offer to their members.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/02/2017 16:11:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

690191

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what security measures are in place to ensure that suppliers compliant with the Cyber Essentials scheme utilise third party services who are also compliant with that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	63984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Cyber Essentials scheme sets out the basic technical controls which all organisations relying on the internet should have in place to prevent common online attacks. The scheme does not require organisations certified under the scheme to use third parties which are also compliant with the scheme, though this is something the Government would recommend where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Government itself requires its suppliers to hold a Cyber Essentials certificate where contracts involve the handling of sensitive data, such as personal and financial information, or the provision of certain ICT products and services. The recently published National Cyber Security Strategy set out a success measure that all Government suppliers will meet appropriate cyber security standards by 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is working with industry to ensure businesses encourage the firms in their supply chains to adopt Cyber Essentials where necessary and appropriate; for example, organisations could work with their supply chains and discuss the best way to add resilience to the end-to-end delivery of a product or service, which could include a third party adopting Cyber Essentials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/02/2017 16:17:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

690193

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Cyber Essentials scheme includes protections against (a) structured query language injection and (b) other code vulnerabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	63988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Cyber Essentials scheme sets out the basic technical controls which all organisations relying on the internet should have in place to prevent common online attacks. The scheme requires software running on computers and network devices to be kept up-to-date and have the latest security patches installed: this is designed to protect against known code vulnerabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Although Cyber Essentials is intended to provide a good basic level of cyber security, it does not represent a full cyber risk management regime, which is something set out in the more comprehensive ‘10 Steps to Cyber Security’ guidance. As part of the regular reviews of all cyber security standards, the Government considers whether Cyber Essentials needs to be updated to reflect other risks. The value of Cyber Essentials lies in its simplicity and it is important to balance this against breadth and depth of controls.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/02/2017 16:16:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

690194

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Cyber Essentials scheme includes requirements to educate staff on the risk of (a) phishing attacks through email and (b) other user induced attacks.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	63989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Cyber Essentials scheme sets out the basic technical controls which all organisations relying on the internet should have in place to prevent common online attacks. The scheme requires up-to-date malware protection software to be installed on all internet-connected computers: this is designed to detect and disable the malicious software which an organisation might be exposed to via phishing attacks, and prevent users making connections to malicious websites on the internet.</p><p> </p><p>Cyber Essentials is a technical scheme and staff awareness training is therefore out of scope; however other pieces of guidance from the Government do recommend this. For example, the ‘10 Steps to Cyber Security’, the Government’s key piece of advice for organisations on managing cyber risk, sets out the importance of user education and awareness.</p><p> </p><p>The Government offers a range of free online cyber security training programmes at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/cyber-security-training-for-business. In addition, the National Cyber Security Centre recently published a blog about phishing and user training, which explains that phishing is best tackled by implementing good technical defences and combining these with reasonable levels of user awareness, education and training: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/im-gonna-stop-you-little-phishie</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/02/2017 16:10:06 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

691765

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the timetable is for updates to the Cyber Essentials scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	64527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>As part of the regular reviews of all cyber security standards, the Government considers whether Cyber Essentials needs to be updated.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 28/02/2017 14:40:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

711381

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the average response rate was of her Department to individual Freedom of Information requests in each month since July 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	68039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>FOI statistics are Official Statistics and are governed by the standards set out by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) in their Code of Practice. To publish information outside of the release timetable would be a breach of Protocol 2 of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Freedom of Information statistics were published in December 2016 and are available at:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2016--2Background</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/03/2017 11:59:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

712072

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2017 to Question 63984, how the Cyber Essentials scheme offers protection to organisations compliant with the scheme in the event that third party organisations that provide (a) email, (b) cloud storage and (c) other similar services to compliant organisations are themselves not compliant with that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	68393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Cyber Essentials scheme sets out the basic technical controls which all organisations relying on the internet should have in place to prevent common online attacks. The scheme enables organisations themselves to determine which technologies are in scope of their Cyber Essentials assessment: this would not normally include any third party organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of third party risk management and will continue to consider how the Cyber Essentials standard can be improved to better account for cloud based services. In addition, the Government is working with industry to ensure businesses encourage the firms in their supply chains to adopt Cyber Essentials where necessary and appropriate.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 22/03/2017 11:55:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

712074

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity: Small Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Government plans to ring-fence a proportion of the £1.9 billion funding as part of the National Cyber Security Strategy to support small and medium-sized enterprises to adopt the latest cyber security technology, including the Cyber Essentials scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	68383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2017 answer text <p>The £1.9bn of transformational investment from 2016 to 2021 supports the realisation of the thirteen objectives set out in the National Cyber Security Strategy. Although funding is not specifically ring-fenced towards any of these objectives there is investment available which will be used to support small and medium-sized enterprises.</p><p> </p><p>The new National Cyber Security Centre has a dedicated Wider Economy and Society team which will provide bespoke support and advice for small and medium-sized firms. This will supplement a number of our existing programmes, including the Cyber Essentials scheme designed to protect SMEs from the vast majority of internet-borne threats, and the Cyber Aware scheme which offers simple, practical advice to small businesses and consumers.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 27/03/2017 09:25:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

712073

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2017 to Question 64527, when the next regular review of all cyber security standards will be conducted.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	68382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government keeps the material relating to cyber security standards for which it is responsible - such as the Cyber Essentials scheme - under regular review and updates it as and when required.</p><p> </p><p>For example, following industry and customer feedback, the requirements for the Cyber Essentials scheme were recently updated and can be found at:</p><p>https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/requirements-it-infrastructure-cyber-essentials-scheme</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of technical standards are owned and driven by industry, for example the ISO 27001 range of standards on cyber security. These standards are usually global in nature, and governments are part of the debate amongst many industry voices when it comes to reviewing and/or amending a given standard.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 04/04/2017 13:34:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

722073

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in her Department respond to Freedom of Information requests.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	71038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>FOI requests may be responded to by any member of staff across the Department, as they are allocated to the most appropriate person to respond depending on the subject of the request.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 26/04/2017 08:53:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

772015

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many registered consultancies of the Government's Cyber Essentials scheme had data exposed due to a configuration error in the Pervade Software platform.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	108122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>A configuration error in the Pervade Software platform used by an external third party led to system logs from companies, including assessors of and applicants to the Cyber Essentials scheme, being exposed, though there has been no evidence to suggest data was extracted.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 25/10/2017 10:23:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

772016

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	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	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library guidance issued to registered consultancies of the Government's Cyber Essentials scheme whose data was exposed due to a configuration error in the Pervade Software platform.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	108123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>A configuration error in the Pervade Software platform used by an external third party led to system logs containing 801 email addresses, user names, company name, and IP addresses from 800 companies, including assessors of and applicants to the Cyber Essentials scheme, being exposed. There has been no evidence to suggest this data was extracted. The Cyber Essential Scheme's operation has not been adversely affected. The most up to date guidance explaining what to do following a data breach is published on the NCSC website. <strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 25/10/2017 10:25:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

773067

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	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	Equifax
	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 discussions she has had with her US counterparts on the Equifax data breach; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	108521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>A range of channels have been pursued by the Government, including direct contact US law enforcement and with Equifax US. In addition, the Government has received regular updates from Equifax. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the National Crime Agency, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Information Commissioner’s Office are assessing the impact on UK consumers and are discussing the scope of the company’s consumer notifications.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 26/10/2017 11:29:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

776010

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	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	Equifax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether any Government departments were compromised by the data breach at Equifax; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	109027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>No Government departments have been compromised by the data breach at Equifax Inc., a US-registered company.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has a contract with TDX Group Ltd, a subsidiary of Equifax Ltd. Equifax Ltd is a separate legal entity registered in the UK. The systems and platforms used in the UK by Equifax Ltd are entirely separated from those impacted by the cyber security incident in the US and were not affected.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 26/10/2017 11:27:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

777702

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	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	Electronic Government: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2017 to Question 108122, on cybercrime, how many registered consultancies of the Government's Cyber Essentials scheme had data exposed.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	109582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to my answer to PQ 108123.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 109965 question first answered 03/11/2017 09:43:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

778094

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent to registered consultancies of the Government's Cyber Essentials scheme whose data was exposed owing to a configuration error in the Pervade Software platform.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	109965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to my answer to PQ 108123.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock grouped question UIN 109582 question first answered 03/11/2017 09:43:10 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

784808

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	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	Electronic Government: Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2017 to Question 109965, if she will place in the Library a copy of the letter sent to registered consultancies of the Government's Cyber Essentials scheme whose data was exposed owing to a configuration error in the Pervade Software platform.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	111536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon member to my answer to PQ 108123. The email was sent by IASME - not by the Government. IASME own the content of that communication. It was reported in the media that the email contained the following information:</p><p> </p><p>&quot;We would like to make you aware that, due to a configuration error in the Pervade Software platform we use for Cyber Essentials assessments, the email address you used to apply for an assessment and your company name may have been released to a third party...&quot;</p><p> </p><p>&quot;We would like to make it clear that the security of the assessment platform has not been compromised. Your account, the answers you provided in the assessment and the report you received are secure. No information other than your email address and your company name was accessible to the third party.&quot;</p><p> </p><p>&quot;An unknown person accessed a list of email addresses in a log file generated by the Pervade assessment platform and your email address, company name and the IP address of the Certification Body was on that list. No other information was accessed. The other information on the assessment portal itself was not affected in any way and no-one has accessed the system, your account, the answers you provided or the report you received. This log file became accessible through a configuration error on the part of one of the Pervade systems engineers. Pervade have taken immediate steps to address the error and have resolved the issue.&quot;</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 17/11/2017 10:08:37 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

790897

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2017
	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	Internet: Harassment
	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 cross-departmental initiatives her Department undertakes to tackle cyberbullying and to protect young people from abuse online.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	113613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government's Internet Safety Strategy Green Paper sets out our expectation for social media and technology companies to protect young users from online harms. Measures include a social media Code of Practice, to address conduct that is bullying or insulting to users, or other behaviour that is likely to intimidate or humiliate.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy also outlines the crucial role that education plays in raising the level of users' safety online. DCMS and DfE will ensure new compulsory subjects in England, Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education, and Personal, Social, Health, Economic education (if taken forward), address the challenges experienced by young people online. Parents, carers and teachers should be empowered to engage with young people on online issues and we are consulting on support Government can offer.</p><p> </p><p>Since September 2016 the Department for Education has provided £1.6 million to four anti-bullying organisations to support schools over two years. The Government Equalities Office has also funded anti-cyberbullying and online safety resources available to schools through the UK Safer Internet Centre.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 23/11/2017 14:03:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

773074

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	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	Data Protection
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, following the data breach of one of the accrediting bodies for Cyber Essentials in June 2017, what measures the Government has put in place to avoid this happening again.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	108641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>This was not a breach of any Government data, but a configuration error in the Pervade Software platform used by an external third party, which led to system logs from companies, including assessors of and applicants to the Cyber Essentials scheme, being exposed. There is no evidence to suggest data was extracted. Cyber Essentials is an excellent scheme and an important part of our national response to cyber threats.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Cyber Security Centre has ensured the relevant third parties have taken appropriate action in response. The scheme’s Accreditation Bodies are required to take appropriate security measures through contractual obligations relating to the storage of data, including using the latest version of anti-virus software. Following the incident, an independent security audit was conducted on the Pervade software, which resulted in the implementation of a number of minor recommendations. The software is regularly penetration tested.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 19/12/2017 09:51:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne