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Defence: Cybersecurity

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 6 September 2025UIN 70662

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 31 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, what recent progress he has made on establishing the new CyberEM Command.

Answered by Luke Pollard

Design and implementation planning is well underway. The 4* Cyber and Specialist Operations Command has been launched as of 1 September 2025 and within it the 2* Defence Cyber and Electromagnetic Force is on schedule to be launched by the end of the year.

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