Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the Government is taking to support the UK's sovereign cryptographic industry.

The Defence and Security Industrial Strategy (DSIS) required cryptographic capability (referred to as Crypt-Key) is a strategic imperative for the UK and, accordingly, the UK requirement to maintain a national Crypt-Key (CK) capability.

The Ministry of Defence works closely with the National Cyber Security Centre, which is the lead for Crypt-Key, to develop a more detailed CK industrial strategy that will implement the principles outlined in the DSIS and grow the sovereign CK industrial base.