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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Education on including the subject of cyber resilience in the teaching of ICT in schools.

Cyber security is a core part of the Computing Science GCSE curriculum, ensuring students are taught about cyber resilience in secondary school. Work is also underway to ensure cyber security is taught more widely in schools to equip children with the required skills to stay safe online.

Further, under the government’s National Cyber Security Programme, DCMS and DfE are working closely to develop an extracurricular national programme to help develop cyber security skills among talented children aged 14-18 from across the social spectrum, and help them pursue a career in cyber security.