Question follow-through · 7777
Government Departments: Cybercrime
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to prevent cyber attacks; and what data his Department holds on the number of cyber attacks against Government infrastructure in the last 12 months.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 8 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 10 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to prevent cyber attacks; and what data his Department holds on the number of cyber attacks against Government infrastructure in the last 12 months.
10 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Oct 2024
Answer published
I refer the honourable member to my answer from 2 September, (2302) and would add that the UK Government does not comment upon operational security matters.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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