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1003867

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Chief Data Officer job in his Department has been filled; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>No. There is close co-operation between DCMS, GDS and ONS on data policy and governance, while strategic oversight for the collection and use of data held by government departments is currently provided by the cross-government Data Advisory Board, chaired by the Chief Executive of the Civil Service.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/11/2018 11:52:21 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1003884

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what framework is used by Government when deciding whether digital projects should be completed in-house or contracted out.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	189825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <blockquote>There is no specific framework that government uses to decide whether a digital project should be completed in-house or contracted out.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>Government uses the principles of the HMT Green Book guidance, supplementary guidance (such as the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-green-book-appraisal-and-evaluation-in-central-governent/agile-digital-and-it-projects-clarification-of-business-case-guidance" target="_blank">Agile digital and IT projects</a>), and the 5 case model to scrutinise the costs and benefits of different options to deliver a particular project, including management, commercial and financial aspects. When relevant, some of these options may refer to in-house provision whereas others may refer to outsourcing.</blockquote><blockquote> </blockquote><blockquote>The preferred option will be selected on the basis of value for money and capacity to meet the project objectives.</blockquote> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 28/11/2018 14:28:44 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1015039

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Infrastructure: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans are in place to ensure that operators of critical national infrastructure are resourced with (a) an adequate number of and (b) adequately skilled employees to protect against cyber threats.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	195607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Developing a sustainable pipeline of cyber security talent to protect the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure is a priority for the government.</p><p>Our approach under the National Security Strategy 2016-2021 looks at the full skills pipeline, from schools and universities, apprenticeships and continuing professional development, to targeted interventions to retrain our existing workforce so we can deliver a step-change in the UK’s cyber security capabilities. The government will set out further details in the forthcoming National Cyber Security Skills Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 29/11/2018 14:29:10 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1015347

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	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, what factors are taken into consideration when decisions are taken on storing government data by contracted private sector cloud companies.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	196203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>In order to establish the merits of storing government data with a contracted private sector cloud company, departments should use the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technology-code-of-practice/technology-code-of-practice" target="_blank">Technology Code of Practice </a>principles and follow the government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-cloud-first-policy" target="_blank">Cloud First policy</a>. Both of these policies provide clear guidelines of the things a department should consider, recognising that there is not one single solution for all departments.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of each government department to take risk-based decisions about their use of cloud providers for the storage of government data up to “OFFICIAL” level. When considering a commercial provider, departments should take into account the cloud security principles developed by the National Cyber Security Centre (<a href="https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/implementing-cloud-security-principles" target="_blank">https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/implementing-cloud-security-principles</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Finally, the solution must provide the best value for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 03/12/2018 16:36:01 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1020260

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Local Government: Internet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the number of local authorities utilising a protective domain name system.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	199481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>There are several commercial Protective DNS services available alongside the one provided by the NCSC. We do not hold the figure on how many Departments use these commercial providers and can only provide information for those using the NCSC offer. 143 UK local authorities are actively using NCSC’s Protective DNS service with a further 91 going through the onboarding process. GSG and NCSC are actively working with local authorities to adopt the use of the Protective DNS service.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/12/2018 14:18:36 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1023165

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Bodies: Cybersecurity
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2018 to Question 196902 on Cybercrime, if he will publish the activities that are supported through the National Cyber Security Programme to specifically support (a) Government Departments and (b)other public bodies build cyber security capability.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	201213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The 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. Key initiatives include the CyberFirst competition, the cyber security CNI and level 4 Cyber Security Technologist apprenticeships along with initiatives across local public sector and resilience communities.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 18/12/2018 10:35:16 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1023989

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Cabinet Office: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to answer Question 169861 on Government: Databases tabled on 3 September 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	201713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>I responded to Question 169861 on 30/01/19. The response can be found here:</p><p>https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-09-03/169861/</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 04/02/2019 16:45:29 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1024009

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2018 to Question 196203 and with reference to the Government's Technology Code of Practice principles Cloud First policy, whether it is Government policy to prevent any government department or service from storing cloud-based data hosted in any specific nation states.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	201721
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>Neither the Technology Code of Practice nor the Cloud First Policy directly prevent government departments or services from storing cloud based data in any specific nation state. It is the responsibility of each government department to take risk-based decisions about their use of cloud providers for the storage of government data.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 07/01/2019 17:16:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1027224

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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 Government Departments use (a) a domain message authentication reporting and conformance cybersecurity system (b) a system for identifying external emails to recipients and (c) a protocol for timely staff reporting of suspicious emails.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	202801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Active Cyber Defence (ACD) is a collection of services implemented by the NCSC that aim to protect the UK from the high-volume commodity attacks that affect people’s everyday lives. Mail Check is one of these services which enables an organisation to authenticate the email they send so that a receiver can determine if it is genuine or fake using Domain-based Message Authentication Protocol (DMARC). The NCSC plans to implement Mail Check for all 44 Central Government departments - in December 2018 95% were actively using Mail Check and 80% had adopted a basic DMARC policy.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 20/12/2018 15:33:07 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1027225

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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, whether the Government security profession unit has a target for the number of cyber-security professionals it plans to recruit.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	202802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>Government departments are responsible for ensuring adequate staffing levels to meet the organisational risk it carries. Though no single target number for cyber security specialists exist, the Government Security Profession team will support departments through the delivery of centralised strategy for the recruitment and retention of cyber skills in departments.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 20/12/2018 15:34:56 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt