Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any cyber attacks have been carried out on the UK which had the potential to affect its democratic processes.

The first duty of Government is to safeguard the nation, and we treat cyber security extremely seriously.

Our system of paper balloting and hand counting means UK voting mechanisms do not lend themselves to direct electronic manipulation.

The new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) offers UK organisations, including political parties, access to the best cyber security advice and support to help them meet their responsibility to protect their information and prevent cyber attacks from all possible threats.