Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding has been allocated to the Cyber Retraining Academy in partnership with the SANS institute.

The Cyber Retraining Academy will provide much needed intensive training courses for those looking to change careers and join the cyber security profession. The government has allocated £1.25m to help set up the academy and provide training for 50 individuals including a recruitment campaign, equipment, course development, testing and certification, and help with employment for trained individuals. As the programme is established we will work toward making the academy self-sustaining without government funding.