Written Question·Department for Science, Innovation and Technology·UIN 77944

Government Departments: Cybersecurity

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025

Question

Ian Lavery

LabourBlyth and Ashington

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how the cyber risk to Government has changed in the last 5 years; how his Department's approach to cyber security has changed in that time; and what assessment he has made of how the Go

Answer

Ian Murray
Our approach to tackling Government cyber risk is driven by the 2022 Government Cyber Security Strategy which sets a clear target for critical functions to be hardened to cyber attack by 2025.We have made important steps in understanding and mitigating ri...

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