11 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWith reference to the Answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 128022, what the legal basis is for the processing of identifiable data prior to pseudonymisation.
ReplyThe NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care better to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP...
11 Jun 2026·Department of Health and Social Care·Answered
AskedWhat assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the evidence given by the Head of UK Palantir on 8 July 2025 to the Science, Innovation and Technology Comm
ReplyThe NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care better to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP...
10 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Pending
AskedWhat mechanisms will be put in place to ensure that the provision specified in Individual Support Plans under the SEND White Paper proposals is legally enforceable; and what recourse will be available to parent
10 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Pending
AskedWhat assessment has the Department made of how the needs of children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities will be met where those needs do not align with one of the proposed Speciali
10 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat criteria the Department intends to use to determine the threshold for (a) an Education, Health and Care needs assessment and (b) the issuing of an Education, Health and Care plan under the proposed reforms
ReplyI refer my hon. Friend, the member for Dewsbury and Batley to the response of 9 June 2026 to Question 2528.
10 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat provision the Department plans to make for children and young people with SEND who are not currently attending school or college, including those who are out of education due to unmet needs or placement di
ReplyThe department is committed to ensuring that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have access to suitable education, including those not currently attending school or college.The department’s consultation, “...
10 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat definition will the Department apply to the term complex needs within the context of the SEND system reforms; and how will this definition be operationalised in decision-making processes.
ReplyIn the department’s consultation ‘Special educational needs and disabilities reform: putting children and young people first’, the term ’complex needs’ is used to describe children and young people who require support at the specialist level, which will b...
10 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat steps her Department is taking to ensure that children and young person with SEND can access suitable school and college places in instances where SEND Tribunals are unable to determine an appropriate plac
ReplyThe department is committed to ensuring that all children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) have access to suitable education, including those not currently attending school or college.The department’s consultation, “...
10 Jun 2026·Department for Education·Answered
AskedWhat assessment the Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to rights of appeal and enforceable provision on parental and carer confidence in the SEND system; and what steps will be take
ReplyThe department recognises the importance of parental and carer confidence in the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system. As part of the consultation on 'SEND reform: putting children and young people first', we are analysing feedback fro...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat assessment his Department has made of the potential risk to domestic abuse survivors following the April 2025 Legal Aid Agency data breach.
ReplyWe 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat 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
ReplyWe 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat 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.
ReplyWe 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat 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.
ReplyWe 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat steps are being taken to ensure that warnings from external professional bodies regarding critical IT risks are acted upon promptly.
ReplyRisks 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat 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.
ReplyRisks 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat steps he has taken to address the IT weaknesses identified as contributing to the April 2025 Legal Aid Agency data breach.
ReplyRisks 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedFor 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
ReplyRisks 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat steps he has taken to help improve cyber security governance and oversight arrangements within the Legal Aid Agency following the breach.
ReplyRisks 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether any recommendations relating to cyber security and system maintenance for the Legal Aid agency made prior to April 2025 were not implemented.
ReplyRisks 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...
10 Jun 2026·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether 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.
ReplyRisks 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...