Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what advice is provided to senior civil servants on the proper disciplinary approach to take towards civil servants who have been found not to have declared personal interests with an applicant for discretionary public funds where they are involved in the decision-making process.
Answered by Kevin Foster
The Civil Service Management Code sets out regulations and instructions related to civil servants’ terms and conditions of service, including the declaration of private interests. All civil servants must comply with instructions from their department or agency regarding the retention, disposal or management of such interests. If required, disciplinary proceedings are a matter for the department or agency concerned in the light of the circumstances of each case. HR in each Department will provide advice about the appropriate procedures to follow.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans further cyber security training for the Secretary of State for Defence; and whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on cyber security.
Answered by David Lidington
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers access to cyber security advice and support in order to help protect information and prevent cyber attacks.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what cyber security training has been undertaken by the Secretary of State for Defence.
Answered by David Lidington
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers access to cyber security advice and support in order to help protect information and prevent cyber attacks.
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Cyber Security Centre has made an assessment of the potential risk to the security of (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants of having voice recognition software enabled on mobile phones; what guidance his Department has issued on the use of voice recognition software; and what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on cyber security; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by David Lidington
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers access to the best cyber security advice and support to help protect information and prevent cyber attacks from all possible threats.
The NCSC issues a range of freely available guidance on its website available at: at https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/eud-security-guidance-ios-10
Asked by: Bridget Phillipson (Labour - Houghton and Sunderland South)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps have been taken since publication of the National Cyber Security Strategy to ensure that government departments are adequately protected from cyber-attacks.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
We have strengthened government’s cyber resilience through the adoption of our National Cyber Security Centre’s Active Cyber Defence measures, migration away from insecure legacy or unsupported IT systems and the safe adoption of cloud services. We have established a security profession that will continue to deliver a pipeline of cyber security talent to departments.
Cabinet Office will shortly issue new minimum Cyber Security Standards to all central Government departments ensuring comprehensive protection from cyber attacks.