Question follow-through · 7416
Innovation and Technology: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with regulators on cybersecurity standards for emerging technologies.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
- Tabled
- 8 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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- 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
8 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions her Department has had with regulators on cybersecurity standards for emerging technologies.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2026
Answer published
Cyber security standards are a key part of the government’s approach to ensure technology is secure by design. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) regularly participates in a variety of standards bodies including the International...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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