Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training has been offered to existing NHS Digital staff on cyber security, data science and machine learning.

Through its training programme, NHS Digital staff are able to request access to training in cyber security, data science and machine learning as appropriate. In addition, there are mandatory requirements for all staff to complete data security training which includes basic cyber security awareness.

Staff have access to more than 6,000 online courses, which are primarily technical in nature, to supplement provision via Civil Service Learning and other providers of classroom-based teaching.