Question follow-through · 93046

National Security: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to appoint a Minister for Homeland Security.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
20 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
2 Dec 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to appoint a Minister for Homeland Security.

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    Overall responsibility for national resilience, national security and cross-government coordination sits with the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister in the Cabinet Office. In addition, the Security Minister’s role is now split across the Cabinet Office...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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