Nicholas Soames: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps he is taking to improve cyber-security within the critical national infrastructure supply chain; and if he will make a statement. [159060]

Miss Chloe Smith, Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform: In the National Cyber Security Strategy we committed to achieving:

"bolstered defences in our critical national infrastructure (CNI) against cyber attack."

Through our investment in CPNI (Centre for Protection for National Infrastructure) and GCHQ as well as lead Government Departments, we are supporting critical national infrastructure companies to identify and address the cyber threats they face, including by improving the cyber security of their supply chains.

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