To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the number of cyber-attacks on Government IT systems since January 2014.

We are now seeing around 100 sophisticated attacks a month on UK Government or industry networks. The Government has committed £860 million until 2016 to the transformative National Cyber Security Programme to bolster the UK’s cyber defences. The National Cyber Security Strategy, published November 2011, sets out how the UK will support economic prosperity, protect national security and safeguard the public’s way of life by building a more trusted and resilient digital environment.

We do not comment on specific details of cyber security attacks on Government IT systems.