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Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 Science, Innovation and Technology
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

  1. 16 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, who is the Chief Risk Officer for national security risks relating to the work of their Department.

  2. 18 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 24 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Government identifies and assesses risks to the nation through the internal, classified National Security Risk Assessment, and the external National Risk Register, the most recent version of which was published in August As set out in the UK Governmen...

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