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991256

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Cybercrime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home department, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of cybercrime to the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	181654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Although estimates of the cost of cyber crime vary considerably, there are millions of individual victims, many thousands of corporate victims and correspondingly substantial losses. Therefore, whilst there is no robust estimate of the total cost of cyber crime to the UK economy it is likely to be billions.</p><p>The Economic and Social Costs of Crime report (Home Office, 2018) estimated a cost of £1.1bn from computer misuse incidents against individuals in the financial year 2015/16. However, it should be noted that this estimate is based upon experimental statistics and should be considered as a partial estimate as it excludes some key costs, such as the costs to businesses.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/11/2018 17:21:58 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994669

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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, what the average cost is per user to verify an individual's identity on Gov.UK verify.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	183994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Digital identity accounts are created by the private sector identity providers. The cost of verification can vary due to a number of factors such as the types of documentation a user is able to provide. Each of the identity providers operates their own business processes to meet the necessary identity standards, and the providers will experience differing associated costs.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 30/10/2018 15:06:47 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994673

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Amazon Web Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government spent with Amazon Web Services in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	183996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 30/10/2018 08:14:33 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994678

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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: Telecommunications
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 proportion of UK telecoms companies hold a CyberEssentials certicate.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	183997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s National Cyber Security Strategy (2016-2021) sets out ambitious policies to protect the UK in cyberspace, backed with £1.9 billion investment.</p><p> </p><p>CyberEssentials provides organisations with protection against a wide variety of the most common cyber attacks. The scheme is managed by the National Cyber Security Centre. It is aimed at enterprise IT and not operations technologies such as telecoms systems. There are alternative schemes that cover the operational side of telecoms companies such as TBEST and Commodity Assured Service for Telecoms (CAS(T)).</p><p> </p><p>Telecommunications companies identified as Operators of Essential Services are required to implement cyber security improvements as a result of the Network Information Systems Directive (NIS Directive). This NIS Directive was transposed into UK domestic legislation in May 2018. The measures that Operators of Essential Services need to implement to comply with the NIS Regulations go beyond the requirements of CyberEssentials.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/10/2018 17:27:41 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994680

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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: Business
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of companies handling large amounts of citizens data which hold a CyberEssentials certificate.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	183998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>Cyber Essentials provides organisations with protection against a wide variety of the most common cyber attacks. The National Cyber Security Centre does not hold the data on the number of large companies handling citizens data that hold a certificate.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 30/10/2018 17:30:59 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994161

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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	Internet: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2018 to Question 179331, for what reason no reference was made in that Answer to any targets the Government has adopted for the uptake of the voluntary code of practice.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	183431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the National Cyber Security Strategy, the target is for the majority of commodity products and services available in the UK in 2021 to be more secure because they have their default security settings enabled by default or have security integrated into their design. We want to make the UK one of the safest places in the world to do business and be online. The Code of Practice is a step in that direction, by clarifying for manufacturers what good practice looks like. The sector is evolving and whilst the market continues to develop, DCMS will be working closely with manufacturers, including those that are looking to create new internet-connected consumer products to ensure that security is built into smart devices by design. Currently, we are seeking to achieve buy-in from manufacturers that cover a significant proportion of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We also recognise the need for regulation that is based on the Code of Practice, and have already commenced work in this space. More information, including the scope of products likely to be covered, will be available in 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 29/10/2018 17:11:50 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994255

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
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 recent estimate he has made of the proportion of cyber attacks affecting the UK which are state sponsored or coordinated.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	183488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>In the two years since National Cyber Security Centre (NSCS) was established in October 2016, it has dealt with over 1,100 cyber security incidents. The majority were perpetrated from within nation states in some way hostile to the UK, undertaken by groups of computer hackers directed, sponsored or tolerated by the governments of those countries. For operational reasons, we are unable to provide further detail.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 29/10/2018 14:01:16 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

994264

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Foreign involvement in the Critical National Infrastructure - the implications for national security, published by the Intelligence and Security Committee in 2013, what steps the Government has taken to ensure that it has adequate powers to intervene in cases of foreign investment in critical national infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	183493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK benefits substantially from open trade and inward investment and is one of the foremost destinations of inward investment in the world. However, it is important that the Government considers any national security implications arising from foreign investment, such as those set out in the 2013 Intelligence and Security Committee report, ‘Foreign Involvement in the Critical National Infrastructure – the Implications of National Security’.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is therefore taking steps to ensure it has adequate powers to mitigate risks that may arise from such investments. In particular, the ‘National Security and Investment’ White Paper, published for consultation on 24 July 2018, sets out how the Government proposes to reform its powers in the long term to protect national security from potential adversaries using ownership or significant influence or control over businesses in ways that harm UK national security. Consultation on the White Paper closed on 16 October and the Government will announce next steps in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In the short term, on 11 June 2018 the Government amended the Enterprise Act 2002 to introduce measures enabling Ministers to scrutinise mergers in the economy on national security grounds that previously fell outside the scope of the Act. These measures amended the thresholds for the turnover and share of supply tests within the Enterprise Act for military and dual use technologies, quantum technology, and computing hardware.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 30/10/2018 15:01:36 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

993602

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Ophthalmology: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Referral to Treatment (RTT) Waiting Times: Monthly Referral to Treatment (RTT) waiting times for incomplete pathways, between January 2017 and January 2018, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the decline in the number of Clinical Commissioning Groups meeting the 18-week RTT for ophthalmology.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	182826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s mandate to NHS England for 2018-19 continues to set NHS England an objective to maintain and improve performance against core patient access standards. This includes a clear expectation that the statutory referral to treatment standard should be met.</p><p> </p><p>Progress has been made during 2018/19. At the end of September 58% of hospital eye services are in the process of implementing this work, and 89% of clinical commissioning groups have commenced eye health capacity reviews. Both actions require completion by 31 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 31/10/2018 12:24:37 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

993605

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Ophthalmology: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people that suffered sight loss as a result of a (a) delayed and (b) cancelled ophthalmology hospital appointment in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	182827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department and NHS England take any evidence of delays in treatment affecting outcomes very seriously and are currently carefully considering the recommendations of the recent wide-ranging report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on eye health “Seeing the light”.</p><p> </p><p>Outcome data on avoidable sight loss is collected nationally. It is published regularly through the sight loss indicator in the Public Health Outcomes Framework. This data is published at national, regional and unitary authority level. Sight loss is strongly linked to, among other factors, demographics. It is not possible to identify through the data collected nationally any impact of delays in treatment. There are no current plans to publish this data in a different format such as by clinical commissioning group and doing so would not enable outcomes to be linked specifically to any delays in treatment.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 182829 question first answered 31/10/2018 12:15:47 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt