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Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 3 September 2025UIN 73377

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To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 134 of the Strategic Defence Review 2025, what progress he has made in establishing an infrastructure pillar within the Home Defence Programme.

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

As set out in the National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence Review, the Cabinet Office led Home Defence Programme is developing greater preparedness against a changing international risk picture. Work to bolster the resilience of UK Critical National Infrastructure forms one strand of the wider programme. These areas are being developed in close cooperation with the MOD and Whitehall departments.

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