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Reserve Forces: Cybersecurity

Asked by Steve BarclayConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 10 March 2026UIN 115387

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in each of the last three years for which figures are available, how many members of the UK’s Active Reserve forces were qualified at the level of (i) UK Cyber Security Council Principal Cyber Security Profession

Answered by Al Carns

The accreditations in question, whilst aligned to the Defence cyber skillsets, are not formal Ministry of Defence qualifications. The information is not therefore held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

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