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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

690195

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	Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what activities the Government Innovation Group (a) undertook during 2016 and (b) has undertaken in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	63990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The functions of the Government Innovation Group were transferred to the Office for Civil Society and Innovation (OCSI) and Government Digital Service in 2015. On 21st July 2016 the functions of OCSI transferred from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Policy Lab and Business Partnerships remain part of the Cabinet Office resulting in a name change for OCSI, which is now called the Office for Civil Society (OCS). Since 1st January 2016 to date OCS has worked to deliver the Government’s vision of having a more engaged nation, one in which we take greater responsibility for ourselves and for our neighbours.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 27/02/2017 13:06:45 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

690201

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what engagement his Department has had with the working group set up by LINK scheme members to consider how to place the LINK system on a sustainable footing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	64270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers in the UK. To this end, the Government is engaging with LINK and its members, including banks and Independent ATM Deployers, to ensure that widespread free access to cash is maintained. The Government is encouraged to hear that LINK’s members have committed to further work to find a solution to the dispute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working closely on the issue with the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which was established in 2015 to promote competition, innovation and the needs of end users within payment systems. The PSR is in regular contact with LINK, and is monitoring the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has the power to act if LINK or any of its members act in a way that conflicts with any of its objectives.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64271 64272 question first answered 27/02/2017 14:06:51 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

690203

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Cash Dispensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives from the LINK scheme on steps being taken to place the LINK system on a sustainable footing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	64272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government believes that widespread free access to cash remains extremely important to the day-to-day lives of many consumers in the UK. To this end, the Government is engaging with LINK and its members, including banks and Independent ATM Deployers, to ensure that widespread free access to cash is maintained. The Government is encouraged to hear that LINK’s members have committed to further work to find a solution to the dispute.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also working closely on the issue with the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR), which was established in 2015 to promote competition, innovation and the needs of end users within payment systems. The PSR is in regular contact with LINK, and is monitoring the situation closely.</p><p> </p><p>The PSR has the power to act if LINK or any of its members act in a way that conflicts with any of its objectives.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64270 64271 question first answered 27/02/2017 14:06:51 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

690221

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Electronic Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to announce his decision on the Making Tax Digital annual income exemption threshold; and if he will make it his policy to announce that decision before introducing related legislation into Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	64201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The level of the initial threshold for the income exemption was explored as part of the Making Tax Digital consultations. Given the range of views expressed, the Government announced on 31 January that it will take more time to consider this issue alongside the fiscal impacts.</p><p> </p><p>A final announcement will be made before legislation is introduced.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 27/02/2017 15:34:02 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

690228

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on local authority payments to the DVLA.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	64008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities cover the administrative cost for dealing with requests for vehicle keeper and driver licensing information held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).</p><p> </p><p>In the financial year 2015-16, the DVLA received <del class="ministerial">£157,329</del> <ins class="ministerial">£166,704</ins> directly from local authorities. This includes <del class="ministerial">£4,316</del> <ins class="ministerial">£14,352</ins> for vehicle related requests, <del class="ministerial">£102,261</del> <ins class="ministerial">£101,600</ins> for driver related requests and £50,752 for the initial set up costs to enable local authorities to make driver licensing checks electronically.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/02/2017 11:52:01 question first ministerially corrected 22/03/2017 14:46:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 36818 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

690230

registered interest
date	17/02/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	EU Solidarity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 January 2017, on winter flooding 2015-16, HCWS412, on what date he first became aware that the UK was legally obliged to make a payment of £14.5 million in respect of the 2007 application for Solidarity Fund assistance.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	64241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>Commission audits which ended in 2012 on the UK’s use of the European Union Solidarity Fund in response to the 2007 floods argued that errors were made in the use and management of this funding among government departments. The Commission issued a final invoice for payment for £14.5 million in May 2016.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy grouped question UIN 64213 question first answered 03/03/2017 17:25:52 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch