Every parliamentary written question tabled by Iqbal Mohamed this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What categories of personal data were accessed or exfiltrated during the April 2025 Legal Aid cyber security breach; and was data relating to domestic abuse survivors, asylum seekers or criminal defendants affect
We take the security of people’s personal data extremely seriously.We are working hard to identify those whose data may have been stolen by the criminal attackers. Given the scale of the services the LAA delivers, the timespan of the data involved, and th...
What steps are being taken to ensure that warnings from external professional bodies regarding critical IT risks are acted upon promptly.
Risks relating to the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems including cyber security have been on the LAA and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) risk registers since 2021 and, in financial year 2022-2023, the LAA’s digital infrastructure was assessed as the mos...
What steps he has taken to help improve cyber security governance and oversight arrangements within the Legal Aid Agency following the breach.
Risks relating to the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems including cyber security have been on the LAA and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) risk registers since 2021 and, in financial year 2022-2023, the LAA’s digital infrastructure was assessed as the mos...
What steps he has taken to address the IT weaknesses identified as contributing to the April 2025 Legal Aid Agency data breach.
Risks relating to the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems including cyber security have been on the LAA and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) risk registers since 2021 and, in financial year 2022-2023, the LAA’s digital infrastructure was assessed as the mos...
For what reasons unauthorised access to Legal Aid Agency systems remained undetected for approximately four months from December 2024 to April 2025; what monitoring or intrusion detection systems were in place du
Risks relating to the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems including cyber security have been on the LAA and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) risk registers since 2021 and, in financial year 2022-2023, the LAA’s digital infrastructure was assessed as the mos...
Whether any recommendations relating to cyber security and system maintenance for the Legal Aid agency made prior to April 2025 were not implemented.
Risks relating to the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems including cyber security have been on the LAA and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) risk registers since 2021 and, in financial year 2022-2023, the LAA’s digital infrastructure was assessed as the mos...
What assessment his Department has made of whether the Legal Aid Agency’s IT systems were compliant with government cyber security standards at the time of the breach in April 2025.
Risks relating to the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems including cyber security have been on the LAA and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) risk registers since 2021 and, in financial year 2022-2023, the LAA’s digital infrastructure was assessed as the mos...
Whether his Department or the Legal Aid Agency received internal or external warnings between January 2020 and December 2024 concerning cyber security risks or weaknesses in the Legal Aid Agency’s IT systems.
Risks relating to the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems including cyber security have been on the LAA and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) risk registers since 2021 and, in financial year 2022-2023, the LAA’s digital infrastructure was assessed as the mos...
Whether all people whose personal data was accessed during the April 2025 Legal Aid breach have been notified directly.
We take the security of people’s personal data extremely seriously.We are working hard to identify those whose data may have been stolen by the criminal attackers. Given the scale of the services the LAA delivers, the timespan of the data involved, and th...
What safeguarding measures have been put in place for individuals assessed to be at heightened risk as a result of the April 2025 Legal Aid breach.
We take the security of people’s personal data extremely seriously.We are working hard to identify those whose data may have been stolen by the criminal attackers. Given the scale of the services the LAA delivers, the timespan of the data involved, and th...
What assessment his Department has made of the potential risk to domestic abuse survivors following the April 2025 Legal Aid Agency data breach.
We take the security of people’s personal data extremely seriously.We are working hard to identify those whose data may have been stolen by the criminal attackers. Given the scale of the services the LAA delivers, the timespan of the data involved, and th...
What estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals whose data was compromised during the April 2025 Legal Aid breach; and the date on which that estimate was first established.
We take the security of people’s personal data extremely seriously.We are working hard to identify those whose data may have been stolen by the criminal attackers. Given the scale of the services the LAA delivers, the timespan of the data involved, and th...
When he plans to launch a public consultation on reform of wedding law in England and Wales.
The Government announced on 2 October that we intend to reform weddings law when parliamentary time allows. The reforms reflect a commitment to making marriage law fairer, simpler and more modern while also protecting the solemnity and dignity of marriage. The next step is to undertake a consultation on reform of wedding law in England and Wales early into this year.