Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 100367

Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 23 December 2025

Question

Ms Marie Rimmer

LabourSt Helens South and Whiston

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, after the April 2025 data breach of the Legal Advice Agency, what specific steps have been taken, and what further measures are planned, to ensure that a similar security breach does not occur again.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
We take the security of people’s personal data extremely seriously. Firstly, to ensure transparency about the cyber- attack and that we reached as many potentially impacted individuals as possible, the Ministry of Justice published a notice shortly after ...

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