Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether their Department has a Chief Risk Officer responsible for national security risks relating to the work of their Department.

The department is not a lead for any national security risks.

Where relevant the department is brought in by the Cabinet Office.

The department does not currently have a chief risk officer. Strategic executive risks, including any relevant national security risks published in August 2023, are managed through the department’s risk management processes in line with the Orange Book. The Executive Board leads the assessment and management of strategic risk within the organisation.