Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he has taken to ensure robust cyber security in the public sector.

The Government takes public sector cyber security very seriously. We support the sector in improving their resilience to cyber attacks and encourage all organisations to implement the advice developed by National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and published on their website (www.ncsc.gov.uk).

In addition, the NCSC’s Active Cyber Defence (ACD) programme continues to be rolled out alongside the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government led Think Cyber Think Resilience initiative which helps councils improve their security and wider cyber resilience awareness.