Question follow-through · 100392
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who is the Chief Risk Officer for national security risks relating to the work of their Department.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 24 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, who is the Chief Risk Officer for national security risks relating to the work of their Department.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero does not have a designated post of Chief Risk Officer. Instead, the role is assigned to the SCS who manage the departmental risk team and, therefore, are responsible for the development and implementation of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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