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...