Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress is being made on the Government's aim to increase the scale and development of GCHQ, Ministry of Defence and National Crime Agency capabilities to disrupt the most serious cyber threats to the UK as set out in paragraph 5.1.3 of the Government's National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 to 2021.

Deterring and disrupting hostile cyber activity against the UK is an important objective of the National Cyber Security Strategy. Good progress is being made by GCHQ, including the newly established National Cyber Security Centre, and the Ministry of Defence and the National Crime Agency in developing world-class capabilities and skills for this purpose. This activity is being conducted under the auspices of the National Offensive Cyber Programme and the National Cyber Security Programme.