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Legal Aid Agency: Hacking

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to rebuild the existing case management system or develop a new system, following the Legal Aid Agency data breach.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
15 Jul 2025
Target answer date
21 Jul 2025
Answer
21 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to rebuild the existing case management system or develop a new system, following the Legal Aid Agency data breach.

  2. 21 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    This has been an unprecedented event and every effort is being made to restore services following the criminal attack on our systems. The Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital services have been taken offline to negate the threat and prevent further exposure o...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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