Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2022 to Question 82 on Army: Recruitment, for what reason the British Army website malfunctioned.

The Army Jobs website did not malfunction. An investigation by a National Cyber Security Centre-Assured Provider of Cyber Incident Response services found no evidence of system compromise that would allow for exfiltration of candidate data from inside the Defence Recruitment System (DRS) itself.

The Army places the highest importance on the security of its data and the data of those who may wish to apply to join. For this reason, DRS was actively disabled in order to review the system and apply appropriate updates where necessary. The Army (with its strategic partners) will not compromise on ensuring that all measures are assured to set and adhere to the highest standards of data protection.