Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Government has invested in the UK's cyber security in the last six months; and on what projects the £1.9 billion of funding outlined in the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 has been spent.

National Cyber Security Programme funding is allocated on a yearly basis in line with financial years. In FY 16/17 government invested £229m of the £1.9bn to support key projects set out in the NCSS, including:

• Establishing the National Cyber Security Centre,

• Producing a series of Active Cyber Defence measures which are currently helping to defend public sector systems against cyber attacks, and

• Developing cyber security industry and skills through creating Innovation Centres and supporting the successful CyberFirst Programme.