Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many businesses have been victims of criminal cyber attacks in each of the last five years.

It is not possible to provide the number of businesses who have been victims of criminal cyber attacks as the Home Office does not collate this information.

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey estimates the % of businesses each year that have reported a cyber security breach or attack. This surveys approximately 1,000 businesses per year.

The Cyber Security Breaches Survey includes businesses with 1 or more employees. Therefore these figures do not include sole traders. These estimates also exclude SIC A/ Agriculture as this sector is excluded from the Cyber Security Breaches Survey.