Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether their Department has a Chief Risk Officer responsible for national security risks relating to the work of their Department.

The Department does not have a formally designated Chief Risk Officer for national security risks. The responsibility for risk management and reporting sits with the Departmental Risk Team in the Implementation and Delivery Directorate.

The Department's national security risks are covered by risks on the Departmental Register, each of which is owned by a Director General. The risks and their mitigations are updated monthly by their owners, and reviewed by the central team. National security risks are then considered by the Department's Permanent Secretaries and Directors General at Executive Committee, and are reviewed by our Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee.