Paul Monaghan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Monaghan on 2016-10-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps he plans to take to strengthen the protection of personal claimant data stored online.

Caroline Nokes

The Department adopts best practice to protect the data it stores as advised by other agencies and Government and industry standards; and in doing so uses a range of technologies that detect and prevent data breaches. The use of these technologies is based on a risk focused approach to security and is a continuing process.