Written questions

Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity

Commons · Question 120090 · Tabled 11 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 16 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of compensating firms for unpaid labour resulting from the Legal Aid Agency data breach.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 16 Mar 2026

We appreciate the constructive way in which legal aid providers have worked with us following the serious criminal attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s (LAA) digital systems. They have continued to do vital work in challenging circumstances.Since systems were...