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Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the cyber security sector will be included in the industrial strategy.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
12 Jun 2025
Answer
17 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the cyber security sector will be included in the industrial strategy.

  2. 12 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The Industrial Strategy will focus on eight growth-driving sectors. Digital and Technologies has been identified as one of those eight sectors, the UK being the third country in the world to have a tech sector valued at over $1trillion. Within those growt...

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