Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 24 June 2025.
Abena Oppong-Asare
The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office
The Cabinet Office has reported eight data breaches to the Information Commissioner since 4 July 2024. The breaches and the data they related to is set out as follows:
Date of breach | Type of information released |
12 July 2024 | Data relating to the Equality Hub copied to a private email account |
26 July 2024 | Data errors led to a civil service pension being paid to the wrong individual |
20 July 2024 | Data errors led to a civil service pension being paid to the wrong individual |
10 September 2024 | Employee email shared with incorrect recipients |
10 March 2025 | Vetting data was shared with the incorrect recipient |
19 March 2025 | An attachment of earnings order was sent to an incorrect recipient |
17 April 2025 | Ex-staff member retained departmental data on personal email account |
19 May 2025 | Data published in error as part of Cabinet Office transparency report |
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Mike Wood
Opposition Whip (Commons), Shadow Minister (Cabinet Office)