Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether their Department has a Chief Risk Officer for national security risks.

The Home Office takes national security risks extremely seriously. Our approach ensures named individuals are accountable for specific risks, with cross cutting items owned at board level by the Home Office Executive Committee. For example, the aim of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) is to reduce the risk from terrorism to the UK.

The Director General for Homeland Security is senior responsible officer for CONTEST. In addition, all Home Office risks are identified and managed using principles set by the Director General for Corporate and Delivery.