Yvonne Fovargue – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Yvonne Fovargue on 2014-03-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many NATO or EU cyber exercises are planned in 2014; and what the UK’s involvement will be in each such exercise.

Mark Francois

The Ministry of Defence is not aware of any EU cyber exercises planned for this year. With regards to NATO exercises, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for International Security Strategy (Dr Andrew Murrison) on 5 March 2014, (Official Report, column 846W), to the hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames). There are seven NATO wide cyber exercises planned for 2014. Whilst the UK is planning to participate in a NATO cyber exercise during November 2014, the exact nature of the participation is still being finalised.