Question follow-through · 77944
Government Departments: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how the cyber risk to Government has changed in the last 5 years; how his Department's approach to cyber security has changed in that time; and what assessment he has made of how the Go
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how the cyber risk to Government has changed in the last 5 years; how his Department's approach to cyber security has changed in that time; and what assessment he has made of how the Go
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2025
Answer published
Our approach to tackling Government cyber risk is driven by the 2022 Government Cyber Security Strategy which sets a clear target for critical functions to be hardened to cyber attack by 2025.We have made important steps in understanding and mitigating ri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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