Written questions

Legal Aid Agency: Cybersecurity

Commons · Question 8856 · 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 help improve cyber security governance and oversight arrangements within the Legal Aid Agency following the 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...