Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the cyber attack against Capita on 31 March 2023, whether his Department has launched an investigation into whether any Armed Forces recruitment databases were compromised during the attack.

The Department was notified by Capita on Friday 31 March of the disruption to their IT systems, and is currently investigating this incident in collaboration with Capita to understand the scale and impact. I can confirm that Army recruiting operations continue to operate as normal.

The Department places the highest importance on the security of its data and has robust procedures in place to ensure adherence to the highest standards of data protection.