Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps he is taking to that ensure public services are protected against cyber-attacks.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Government takes the threat of cyber attacks against public services very seriously. We support public service providers in improving their cyber resilience and encourage all organisations to implement the advice and guidance developed by National Cyber Security Centre’s experts and published on their website.
In addition, the Government's Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme provides four key services for use across the public sector. This includes Web Check which performs simple tests on public sector websites to find security issues and suggest fixes.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the number of Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman cases that have been awaiting allocation to an investigator for (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) four months, (e) five months, (f) six months, (g) seven months, (h) eight months and (i) nine months.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is independent of Government and is accountable to Parliament through the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee for its performance.
The Ombudsman publishes quarterly reports online about performance against their service charter and their Annual Report and Resource Accounts are laid before Parliament and includes information on timeliness of replies.
The Ombudsman has agreed to write to the Hon. Member on these issues and copies will be placed in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department issues guidance to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on timescales for responding to complaints that have been referred by Members of Parliament.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is independent of Government and is accountable to Parliament through the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee for its performance.
The Ombudsman publishes quarterly reports online about performance against their service charter and their Annual Report and Resource Accounts are laid before Parliament and includes information on timeliness of replies.
The Ombudsman has agreed to write to the Hon. Member on these issues and copies will be placed in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the response times of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to complaints referred by Members of Parliament.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is independent of Government and is accountable to Parliament through the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee for its performance.
The Ombudsman publishes quarterly reports online about performance against their service charter and their Annual Report and Resource Accounts are laid before Parliament and includes information on timeliness of replies.
The Ombudsman has agreed to write to the Hon. Member on these issues and copies will be placed in the Library of the House.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the current rate of men diagnosed with prostate cancer is and what the change in that rate over the last (a) five and (b) 10 years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to assess the handling of personal data by government departments.
Answered by Matt Hancock
We take data protection extremely seriously and monitor data security closely.
Asked by: Rosie Cooper (Labour - West Lancashire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to support youth services.
Answered by Rob Wilson
We continue to offer practical support to the youth sector by promoting innovative delivery models for youth services and supporting organisations to measure their impact and demonstrate their value.
We have also provided over 130,000 opportunities for young people through National Citizen Service.