Question follow-through · 120158
Cybersecurity: Skilled Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (Network and Information Systems) Bill, a) what estimate she had made of the shortage of the cybersecurity skills which will be
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill (Network and Information Systems) Bill, a) what estimate she had made of the shortage of the cybersecurity skills which will be
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill was introduced in November 2025 to increase UK defences against cyber attacks. The Bill has been developed in close collaboration with regulators to ensure that they have the right i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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