Question follow-through · 95524

Cybersecurity: Public Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has a framework for evaluating cyber-security workforce shortages within the public sector.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
28 Nov 2025
Target answer date
2 Dec 2025
Answer
8 Dec 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has a framework for evaluating cyber-security workforce shortages within the public sector.

  2. 2 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    DSIT has a number of different mechanisms for evaluating the public sector’s cyber workforce. DSIT completes an annual Cyber Security Skills in the UK Labour Market Survey, which identifies key challenges facing the public sector’s cyber security workforc...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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