Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Laura Smith Excerpts
Wednesday 10th July 2019

(4 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Last but not least, and never forgotten: Laura Smith.

Laura Smith Portrait Laura Smith (Crewe and Nantwich) (Lab)
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T6. Can the Minister assure the House that the proportion of businesses certified for the Government’s cyber essentials standard is higher than the dismal 4% reported in 2018?

David Lidington Portrait Mr Lidington
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I am happy to write to the hon. Lady with the latest figures as we have them, but I can assure her that the work that has been put in place on achieving higher Government cyber-security standards and on outreach to the private and public sectors is having a demonstrable impact on improving our resilience.