Government Departments: ICT
Commons · Question 9249 · Tabled 11 Jun 2026 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what safeguards exist to ensure that suppliers providing digital platforms to civilian and defence Government departments maintain effective separation between those systems.
Answer
Answered by Kanishka Narayan, 19 Jun 2026
Supply chain security and the protection of data is at the core of how government builds and maintains services. In addition to central government procurement requirements such as Procurement Policy Note 014 on Cyber Essentials, contracting authorities ac...