Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of domestic cybersecurity risks on food biosecurity.

Defra assesses the potential impacts of cybersecurity risks along with other risks to the food supply chain as outlined in the National Risk Register (NRR) and supporting assessment. Defra works with the Cabinet Office, as leads for the NRR, and Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, as the Lead Government Department for cybersecurity, to ensure the range of potential impacts on the food system from these types of risks are included in their assessment.

To inform this, Defra engages with external stakeholders to understand how they prepare for cybersecurity risks whilst promoting vigilance and improvements to resilience.