Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 100368

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, with reference to the the Legal Advice Agency data breach in April 2025, whether his Department and the LAA had a prepared disaster recovery plan prior to the breach.

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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