Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 100370

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, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of disaster recovery planning at the Legal Aid Agency prior to the cyber-attack of April 2025.

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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