Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 120090

Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity

Tabled: 11 March 2026

Answered: 16 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of compensating firms for unpaid labour resulting from the Legal Aid Agency data breach.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

We appreciate the constructive way in which legal aid providers have worked with us following the serious criminal attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems. They have continued to do vital work in challenging circumstances.Since systems were...

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