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.
About this written question
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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
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to appoint a Minister for Homeland Security.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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