Oral QuestionHome Office

What recent progress her Department has made on reducing the time it takes to process passport applications.

Tabled: 22 September 2020Answered: 28 September 2020

Asked by

Jeff Smith

LabourManchester Withington

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for the Home Department

Answer from Hansard

The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Dan Jarvis)

The Government recently introduced the Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill to strengthen the resilience of UK critical national infrastructure. Yesterday, I visited BT, which has worked with the National Cyber Security Centre to block almost 1 billion attempts to access malicious content in just six months. In spring, the Government will publish a business-first national cyber action plan, and we have already engaged with over 400 stakeholders as part of its development.