Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the robustness of cyber security in the United Kingdom.

The UK Cyber Security Strategy, published in November 2011, sets out how the UK will support economic prosperity, protect national security and safeguard the public’s way of life, working with partners to strengthen UK cyber security.

The Government has put in place a National Cyber Security Programme backed up by £860 million of Government investment to 2016 to help meet the objectives of the strategy and transform the UK’s approach to cyber security.

Government reports annually to Parliament on progress in delivering its Cyber Security Strategy. The latest report is available here -

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/uk-cyber-security-strategy-statement-on-progress-2-years-on.

We will be reporting on progress again by the end of this year.