Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80987

NHS: Cybercrime

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of cyber-attacks against the NHS since 2021.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed

We do not hold data for the total economic impact of cyber incidents on National Health Service organisations specifically.Cyber-attacks can have a significant economic impact. The WannaCry cyber-attack in 2017 was estimated by the Department to have cost...

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