Question follow-through · 124474
Cybercrime and Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the proportion of companies paying ransoms to hackers following cyber-attacks; and what steps her Department is taking to improve cybersecurit
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 13 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
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment her Department has made of the proportion of companies paying ransoms to hackers following cyber-attacks; and what steps her Department is taking to improve cybersecurit
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2026
Answer published
The government considers ransomware a serious threat to the UK’s national security and economic prosperity. The Home Office recently consulted on a package of proposals to reduce the threat ransomware poses to the UK economy and will continue to develop t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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