Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, under the process of conducting the forthcoming Strategic Defence and Security Review, they considered creating a new stand-alone government office for National Cyber Security, the purpose of which would be to manage the cyber security programme and continue to develop the public sector–private sector partnership.

The Strategic Defence and Security Review will look comprehensively at cyber security. We cannot speculate on the outcome of the Strategic Defence and Security Review.

The Government is already focusing its efforts on building partnerships with industry, academia and international partners. The benefits of stable and secure cyberspace show the need for shared responsibility in improving the UK’s cyber security.