Question follow-through · 104601

Cybercrime: Costs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of cyber attacks in 2025.

answeredTreasury

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
9 Jan 2026
Target answer date
13 Jan 2026
Answer
19 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of cyber attacks in 2025.

  2. 13 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 19 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to UIN 102698.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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