Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress has been made on establishing the National Cyber Security Centre.

The National Cyber Security Centre, a part of GCHQ, was formally established on 3 October. The Centre will play a leading role in our ambitious plans to improve UK cyber security, and is a crucial part of our five-year National Cyber Security Strategy launched earlier this week.

It draws on GCHQ’s world class technical expertise and global intelligence capabilities to help the UK prepare for and respond to major incidents, as well as give better guidance to our key industries on cyber security, and push forward technological innovation so as better to protect the UK from cyber threats.