Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have plans to establish specific initiatives or grants to support the British Library in developing and implementing comprehensive cybersecurity training programmes for its staff, ensuring a heightened awareness of potential threats and proactive measures to mitigate risks.

The central aim of the Government Cyber Security Strategy is to ensure that the Government’s critical functions are strengthened against cyber attack by 2025, and that all Government organisations across the public sector are resilient to known vulnerabilities and attack methods by 2030. As the sponsor Department for the British Library, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will continue to work closely with the British Library to enhance its overall cyber resilience.

The British Library already has a comprehensive cyber security training programme for all staff and, while forensic investigation into the recent attack it suffered is ongoing, additional opportunities will be kept under review.