Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 263239 on Huawei: 5G and with reference to the blog post of 22 February 2019 written by the technical director of the National Cyber Security Centre, how many companies do not actively use Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice and guidance.
Answered by David Lidington
Significant and impactful commercial networks in the UK have access to the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre. The remaining, mostly smaller operators are able to refer to the annual report from the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre Oversight Board. It is the responsibility of operators to ensure the security and resilience of their networks.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to appoint a chief data officer.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
I refer the Honourable Member to my answer given to Question 255390 on 21 May 2019.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department will work with the Home Office to include proposals for identity verification for the sale of alcohol as part of the proposed Digital Identity Unit.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The government announced the creation of a new Digital Identity Unit, a collaboration between the Cabinet Office and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) on 11 June. The Digital Identity Unit will work closely with other government departments. We will set out the remit of the unit in more detail in the coming weeks. The Home Office will take decisions on areas on which that Department has policy responsibility.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2019 to Question 255390, Cabinet Office: Public Appointments, when he expects to appoint a Chief Data Officer.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
I refer the Honourable Member to my given to Question 255390 on 21 May.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2019 to Question 261279 on Huawei: 5G, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of assessing 5G equipment for resilience and reliability prior to deployment.
Answered by David Lidington
5G standards are still being ratified and the hardware and software that implements them is still being updated often during early commercial service. As a result, there are limited benefits in testing 5G equipment pre-deployment due to those changes and updates. The National Cyber Security Centre is focusing on those deployments and software releases in the UK which are most important.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Prime Minister, whether she has discussed with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport the delay in the publication of the supply chain review.
Answered by Theresa May
The decision will be announced in due course.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260726 on Huawei: 5G, how many operators has the National Cyber Security Centre identified as (a) using and (b) do not using Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre advice and guidance.
Answered by David Lidington
The National Cyber Security Centre engage with every operator who uses the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) to manage cyber security risks within their networks. All of the significant commercial networks in the UK who use Huawei have access to and work with the HCSEC.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of the Government Estate is in the North West region.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The total floor area for the North West as at March 2018 was 983,403 sq.m, c.12.7% of the total size of the central estate.
For the purposes of comparison, the proportion of the general UK population in the North West is approximately 11%, whilst the proportion of Civil Servants based in the North West is 12.27%.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June to Question 257533, when the Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre plans to begin its assessment of 5G equipment.
Answered by David Lidington
As detailed in the HCSEC Oversight Board report, the HCSEC work programme is
determined by a risk-based prioritisation scheme and their plan of evaluation is driven by
the commercial rollout of services by the UK operators that use Huawei equipment. The
operators, NCSC and the HCSEC collaboratively prioritise the work of HCSEC. Providing
further details on what equipment has, and has not, been subject to HCSEC evaluation is
commercially sensitive.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257533 on Huawei: 5G, what recent assessment he has made of the risks to the (a) security and (b) reliability of UK 5G networks from Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre evaluating 5G equipment after deployment.
Answered by David Lidington
As detailed in the HCSEC Oversight Board report, the HCSEC work programme is
determined by a risk-based prioritisation scheme and their plan of evaluation is driven by
the commercial rollout of services by the UK operators that use Huawei equipment. The
operators, NCSC and the HCSEC collaboratively prioritise the work of HCSEC. Providing
further details on what equipment has, and has not, been subject to HCSEC evaluation is
commercially sensitive.