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Retail Trade: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street retailers to help tackle cyber attacks.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
22 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
3 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to support high street retailers to help tackle cyber attacks.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Government offers free guidance, tools and training to help businesses improve their cyber resilience. This includes a new Cyber Governance Code of Practice to help boards and directors manage digital risks, and the Cyber Essentials scheme which helps...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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