Oral Answers to Questions

Mike Freer Excerpts

Wednesday 14th December 2016 Commons Chamber

The Minister for the Cabinet Office was asked—

[Mike Freer (Finchley and Golders Green) (Con)]

1. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s defences against cyber-attack.

[David Mackintosh (Northampton South) (Con)]

6. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK’s defences against cyber-attack.

[The Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General (Ben Gummer)]

The persistence and ingenuity of those who would threaten us with cyber- attacks mean that we need to work even harder to keep pace with the threat. That is why we recently launched our five-year national cyber-security strategy—supported by £1.9 billion of investment—in which we set out ambitious steps to respond to that increasing cyber-threat.

[Mike Freer]

Many local firms struggle to afford the very best in cyber-protection. Will the Minister explain what more the Government could do to share their expertise so that local small and medium-sized enterprises could benefit from their experience?