Asked by: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to help improve the cyber security of public and private sector organisations.
Answered by David Lidington
Our world leading National Cyber Security Strategy, supported by £1.9 billion of transformational investment, sets out measures to defend our people, businesses, and assets; deter our adversaries; and develop the skills and capabilities we need.
Our experts in the National Cyber Security Centre provide a wide range of guidance and support to help public and private sector organisations improve their resilience to cyber attacks.
Asked by: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent progress has been made on the use of digital technologies to improve public services.
Answered by Ben Gummer
We are committed to improving public services through better use of technology. We are making it easier to assure your identity online through GOV.UK Verify, which went live in May 2016 and has so far verified more than 900,000 users.
We are piloting two programmes with Local Authorities on using GOV.UK Verify to make it easier for users to apply for parking permits and concessionary travel discounts.
Additionally, the cross-Government payment platform, GOV.UK Pay, took its first payments in October 2016.
Asked by: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of women in Gillingham and Rainham constituency were in work in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rob Wilson
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.
Asked by: Rehman Chishti (Conservative - Gillingham and Rainham)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps the Government has taken to promote social action and volunteering.
Answered by Brooks Newmark
Social action, including volunteering, is changing lives. This Government – through the Centre for Social Action – is proud to be supporting projects that put social action into practice.
Cabinet Office and Nesta recently hosted the ‘People Helping People’ conference to promote the important opportunities social action presents.