Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September to Question 49570 on National Security: Cybersecurity, when the Concept Phase for the Joint Crypt Key Programme (JCKP) ended.
The Joint Crypt Key Programme is formed of a series of components, each proceeding at different stages of the acquisition cycle. The concept phase referred to in question 49570 was for the Crypto Enabling Services component. This ended in June 2016.