Question follow-through · 104600
Cybercrime
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the cost of cyber attacks to the economy in 2025.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what estimate she has made of the cost of cyber attacks to the economy in 2025.
13 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jan 2026
Answer published
In November 2025, the government published a set of independent research reports quantifying the impact of cyber attacks on the UK economy. These reports demonstrate the scale of the potential cost of cyber attacks to UK businesses, with KPMG’s report Eco...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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