Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what contingency plans his Department has in the event that it is alerted to online interference with information systems for UK elections.

Protecting the UK’s political system from hostile cyber activity is one of the National Cyber Security Centre’s key priorities. We have systems in place to defend against electoral fraud at all levels and have seen no successful cyber intervention in UK democratic processes. The NCSC offers political parties access to the best cyber security guidance and support, and will provide cyber security guidance to the range of bodies – notably local authorities – involved in an election.