Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity
Commons · Question 8854 · Tabled 10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to address the IT weaknesses identified as contributing to the April 2025 Legal Aid Agency data breach.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 19 Jun 2026
Risks 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...