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Written question asked by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Thursday, 14 February 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 February 2019. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Friday, 22 February 2019 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Commonwealth: Cybersecurity

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 January 2019 on Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting: Update on delivery, HCWS1247, which Commonwealth member states are supported by his Department and the World Bank to deliver national cyber security reviews; what funding he has allocated to that programme; and when those reviews will report.

Answer

​Following the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in April 2018, the UK will fund at least ten national cyber security capacity reviews before the next Heads of Government meeting in 2020. The ten member states currently planned for a review are: Nigeria, the Gambia, Mauritius, Lesotho, Botswana, Cameroon, Namibia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. £0.7 million has been currently set aside from the Commonwealth 18-20 Fund and the UK Prosperity Fund for these reviews.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
221600
Session
2017-19
Related items
Subjects
Commonwealth Finance Reviews Cybersecurity
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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