Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 115387
Reserve Forces: Cybersecurity
Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Question
Steve Barclay
Conservative — North East Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in each of the last three years for which figures are available, how many members of the UK’s Active Reserve forces were qualified at the level of (i) UK Cyber Security Council Principal Cyber Security Profession
Answer
Al CarnsThe accreditations in question, whilst aligned to the Defence cyber skillsets, are not formal Ministry of Defence qualifications. The information is not therefore held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.