Question follow-through · 53975
Defending Democracy Taskforce
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the report by Demos entitled Epistemic Security 2029: Protecting the UK’s information
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 21 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jun 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Defending Democracy Taskforce has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of the report by Demos entitled Epistemic Security 2029: Protecting the UK’s information
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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5 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is a core member of the Defending Democracy Taskforce and is working to build information resilience and protect our democracy, including through key levers such as the Online Safety Act.My officials h...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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