Cabinet Office: Staff
(asked on 3rd June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff were working in the Resilience Directorate in the Cabinet Office in: (a) January 2024, (b) July 2024, (c) January 2025 and (d) July 2025.
This question was answered on 30th June 2026
In July 2025, the Resilience Directorate merged with the COBR Unit and National Situation Centre. The new COBR Directorate is responsible for the coordination of resilience, civil contingencies planning, and crisis management across the system.
Prior to this merger, the former Resilience Directorate had the following staff employed on a full-time equivalent (FTE) basis: January 2024, 57; July 2024, 54; January 2025, 74.