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.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime · 10 Dec 2025
- Criminal Proceedings: Standards · 15 Dec 2025
- Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime · 15 Dec 2025
- Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime · 15 Dec 2025
- Legal Aid Scheme · 15 Dec 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
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.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime
10 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in assisting law enforcement agencies responding to the Legal Aid Agency data breach on 23 April 2025.
Criminal Proceedings: Standards
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences.
Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the costs incurred by Department as a result of the Legal Aid Agency data breach on 23 April 2025.
Legal Aid Agency: Cybercrime
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) barristers, and (b) solicitors have not been paid by the Legal Aid Agency since the data breach of 23 April 2025.
Legal Aid Scheme
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid cases have been dropped since 23 April 2025.
Legal Aid Scheme
15 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms have ceased being legal aid providers since 23 April 2025.
Prison Sentences
16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of government guidance regarding the statutory time limit of six months for summary offences.
Prisoners on Remand
12 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department plans to do about the number of prisoners spending time on remand exceeding the Custody Time Limit of 6 months.
Armed Forces: Disclosure of Information
4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on the effectiveness of introducing a statutory duty of candour on the military.
Armed Forces: Disclosure of Information
4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of introducing a statutory duty of candour on (a) military intelligence and (b) Special Forces.
Intelligence Services: Disclosure of Information
4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received from counterparts in Five Eyes countries that do not have a statutory duty of candour.
Legal Aid Scheme
4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 22 December 2025 to Question 100065 on Legal Aid Scheme, how many legal aid providers have left the market in total since 23 April 2025.