Question follow-through · 98471

Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to restore Legal Aid Agency digital services since the data breach on 23 April 2025.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
15 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to restore Legal Aid Agency digital services since the data breach on 23 April 2025.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    We acknowledge and appreciate the constructive way that providers have worked with us following the serious criminal attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems. They have continued to do vital work in challenging circumstances.The LAA and Mini...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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