Written questions

Cybersecurity: Recruitment

Lords · Question HL7471 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record

Answered 29 May 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Browne of Belmont

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the number of cybersecurity professionals in the United Kingdom.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, 29 May 2025

The Cyber Security Sectoral Analysis and the Cyber Security Labour Market Survey, published by DSIT, show the cyber sector is creating more jobs every year, while the annual shortfall of cyber professionals is reducing.To continue this progress, we delive...