Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 22606

Digital Technology: Infrastructure

Tabled: 8 January 2025
Answered: 14 January 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of an IT shutdown initiated by hostile foreign actors on (a) the NHS and (b) other critical digital infrastructure.

Answer

Ms Abena Oppong-Asare
The Cabinet Office works with Departments across Government, and the National Cyber Security Centre, to assess and tackle cross-cutting risks to the UK’s critical infrastructure. The cyber threat is dynamic and grows more complex each year, with implicati...
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