PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nuclear Power: Cybersecurity (25 October 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the risk of Stuxnet cyber-attacks on the UK's civil nuclear power programme.

Asked by:
Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative)

For security purposes, we do not disclose details of potential risks to specific facilities.

The cyber security of existing and proposed nuclear facilities is a priority for the government. The UK civil nuclear sector is subject to a thorough safety and security regulatory regime, including cyber, overseen by the Office for Nuclear Regulation.

Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
31 October 2016