To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he read the report, Independent Review of Government Information Assurance; and what steps he has taken in response to the report. (168805)

[holding answer 27 November 2007]: The discussion document on the Independent Review of Government Information Assurance, published for the Information Assurance Conference on 27 June 2007, helped to inform development of the Government’s Information Assurance Strategy, published on the same day. Information Assurance procedures within departments and agencies are being reviewed by the Cabinet Secretary, 21 November 2007, Official Report, column 1179.