Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the National Security Strategy, CP1338, published on 24 June 2025, what progress he has made in enabling closer cooperation with the EU regarding the enhancement of the resilience of the UK’s critical infrastructure.

We are intensifying our cooperation with the EU to protect critical infrastructure, including on hybrid and cyber threats through the implementation of the Security and Defence Partnership agreed at the UK-EU Summit in May 2025. As part of this work, in September 2025, the FCDO Minister of State for Europe, North America, and Overseas Territories co-chaired the inaugural UK-EU strategic consultation on Hybrid Threats. This established practical areas of cooperation including incident response and support to partners facing hostile hybrid activity.