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Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 30 April 2025UIN 46758

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 19635 on Integrated Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy Review, if he will publish the full terms of reference.

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

The Prime Minister announced on 25 February in the House that a single national security strategy would be published before the NATO summit in June 2025. A full terms of reference for the National Security Strategy will not be published, however the Strategy’s core aims are to:

  • Cohere national security related reviews into a single narrative.

  • Articulate the Government’s priorities in the national security space with the aim of making sure the country is safer, growing securely, and increasingly resilient against interconnected threats.

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