Question follow-through · 2479
National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in strengthening national security.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress she has made in strengthening national security.
20 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2026
Answer published
National security remains the first duty of Government, and as the world continues to evolve, so too must our response. We face increasing challenges across a broad waterfront of threats, including states, terrorists and criminal actors, which the Governm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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