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>
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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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4070", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Matt Hancock"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Suffolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Matt Hancock"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-22", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-22T11:55:10.1Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "10"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Culture, Media and Sport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cybersecurity"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "68393"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712077", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712077/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Arctic Emblem (AE) was commissioned in 2006 to recognise the service of Armed Forces veterans who served in the Arctic Region between 3 September 1939 and 8 May 1945. The Arctic Star was instituted in 2012 following the first part of Sir John Holmes\u2019 independent review into the rules and principles governing the award of military campaign medals. The Arctic Star adopted the AE\u2019s criteria.<\/p>
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The two awards have a different evidential basis for eligibility which reflects their differing status. Although an official award instituted by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), the AE was never intended to have the status of an official medal; greater latitude in assessing applications was deemed acceptable and a greater reliance placed on the accuracy of veterans\u2019 or their next of kin\u2019s accounts or recollections. Once the Arctic Star had been formally instituted as an official British Military Medal, applications were necessarily assessed by the MOD Medal Office with the same degree of rigour as is, and always has been, applied to the other World War II Stars and Medals.<\/p>
Following his statement to the House on 17 December 2014 (Official Report, column 1407) on the Al-Sweady Inquiry Report, the Defence Secretary directed that evidence be submitted to the Solicitors Regulation Authority concerning potential breaches of professional standards by Public Interest lawyers and Leigh Day and Co.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/712083/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information document on the apprenticeship levy published by the Department for Education shows a sectoral breakdown of levy paying employers based on HM Revenue and Customs administrative data (page 4). The estimated cost for the education sector as a whole is valued at £385m for 2017-18. The document is available on Gov.uk:<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p>"}
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