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991184

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date	19/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infected Blood Inquiry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 October 2018, Infected Blood Inquiry, HCWS1021, when his Department became aware that the email containing the retention notice was not delivered to Government Departments; and what assesment he has made of the contents of any files that may have been destroyed.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office became aware of this issue at the beginning of October, and took</p><p>immediate steps to ascertain what had happened and why, and to seek reassurance from</p><p>departments that they had received the notification when it was resent on 11 June, and</p><p>that they had not destroyed any records relevant to the Inquiry during the period 3 April</p><p>to 11 June.</p><p> </p><p>All relevant departments and relevant areas within departments worked urgently to</p><p>confirm that they have not destroyed any records relevant to the Inquiry during the</p><p>period between 3rd April and 11th June, and have provided confirmation.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health and Social Care put in place a moratorium on the destruction of historical records as soon as the Inquiry was announced in July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Because of their size and the complexity of some of the records they hold, HM Courts and Tribunals Service and the Legal Aid Agency are continuing to work to provide this assurance and have committed to doing so as urgently as possible. All other relevant departments and agencies have already been able to provide assurances that no information relevant to the inquiry was destroyed during that period.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/10/2018 14:26:52 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

991185

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the adequecy, effectivness and efficency of the Government's division of responsibility on cyber related matters across Government Departments.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>There are clear lines of accountability in relation to government cyber security. Each department, agency or public body is responsible for managing the cyber security of its own organisation. This is subject to regular assessment by the Cabinet Secretary.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/10/2018 08:44:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

991215

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
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 (a) organisations and (b) individuals have signed up to the cyber security information sharing partnership.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Cyber Security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP) is a joint industry and government initiative set up to exchange cyber threat information in real time, in a confidential and dynamic environment. The benefits of CiSP include giving members a secure environment to engage with industry and government counterparts, supplying early warning of cyber threats, and helping members learn from their experiences and successes of other users. In October 2018 the total number of organisations registered on CiSP is over 6500 and the number of individual users registered is over 11,600.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/10/2018 15:15:55 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

991248

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
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	ICT: Vacancies
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 recent estimate he has made of the number of cyber-employment vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has commissioned research into cyber security roles in the UK Labour Market, which includes private organisations, charities and public sector organisations of a variety of sizes and sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The research is focused on identifying what are cyber security skills, who works in cyber security roles (size of cyber security teams, level of seniority, skills set of the individuals), what are the current skills available and what are the current skills gaps in the market.</p><p> </p><p>Once complete, we expect to publish this research and its recommendations which will then feed into our strategic development of cyber security skills interventions going forward. This is in line with the government’s commitment to ensuring the UK has a sustainable pipeline of cyber security talent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/10/2018 15:14:00 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

991249

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assesment he has made of the adequecy of the current number of cyber specialists working in Government.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>Like many UK sectors the Government struggles to retain sufficient numbers of cyber specialists. Through the Transforming Government Security Programme and establishment of a government security profession, the Cabinet Office is developing a compelling career offer for cyber professionals against an agreed Professional Framework for security to be published in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 24/10/2018 09:13:11 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

991250

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	National Cyber Security Centre: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many vacancies there in the National Cyber Security Centre.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) was established formally on 3 October 2016. At that time, the NCSC had a team of approximately 700 people. For reasons of National Security, we will not disclose further information on staff numbers and vacancies.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 24/10/2018 15:34:30 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

990349

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost to the public purse was of the WannaCry cyber attack in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to estimate the cost to the public purse of the WannaCry cyber incident as no data was collecting during the incident on the cost of recovering data and IT systems or the cost on disruption to patient care. To determine the cost to the public purse would require collecting data from all organisations which itself would impose a disproportionate financial burden on them.</p><p> </p><p>The WannaCry attack was unprecedented in terms of scale and disruption affecting systems internationally international including several within the NHS infrastructure who fell victim due to basic vulnerabilities in their cyber defences.</p><p> </p><p>In their October 2018 publication on “Securing cyber resilience in health and care: a progress update”, the DHSC estimated the cost of WannaCry to the NHS being £92 million. The DHSC used a variety of factors (average number of NHS trusts involved) and categories (direct and resource) to estimate the financial impact on the NHS but this does not include a consideration of other organisations outside of the health and care who were also impacted. The DHSC report is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/747464/securing-cyber-resilience-in-health-and-care-september-2018-update.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/747464/securing-cyber-resilience-in-health-and-care-september-2018-update.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since the 2017 WannaCry cyber incident, a number of steps have been taken to sharpen incident response plans across the NHS, providing new and mandatory training on cyber security to all NHS personnel and increasing investment in local infrastructure to develop a more robust cyber security posture.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 09:11:24 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

990372

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many cyber incident reports the National Cyber Security Centre received in last 12 months; how many of those reports resulted in being classified as significant; and how many of those reports were assessed as being sufficiently serious to require a cross-Government response process.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>Over the past twelve months, the NCSC received in excess of one thousand reports of potential incidents. These reports were triaged and prioritised using our new categorisation process, working closely with law enforcement where required. As was recently noted in the NCSC’s Annual Review, between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018, 557 of these incidents warranted an enhanced level of investigation. A smaller subset necessitated a cross-government coordinated response. For operational reasons we cannot provide a more detailed breakdown of the figures.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 09:15:15 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

990399

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	National Cyber Security Centre: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much of the £1.9 billion awarded to the National Cyber Security Centre in 2016 has been spent to date; and on what such funds have been spent.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The National Cyber Security Programme is a £1.9 billion fund which supports delivery of the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016-21. A proportion of this spend goes to the National Cyber Security Centre to help meet the Government’s overall objectives to defend our people, deter our adversaries and develop the skills and capabilities we need.</p><p> </p><p>For reasons of national security, the Government does not provide a breakdown of how the £1.9 billion National Cyber Security Programme is allocated.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 23/10/2018 09:09:17 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

990402

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electronic Government: Proof of Identity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many registered users of Gov.UK verify there were at February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of GOV.UK Verify accounts (historic and current) is published on the GOV.UK website and is regularly updated.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 23/10/2018 09:41:04 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt