Oral QuestionCabinet Office

What steps her Department is taking to improve national resilience.

Tabled: 3 September 2026Answered: 10 September 2026

Asked by

Graeme Downie

LabourDunfermline and Dollar

Answering Minister

the Minister for the Cabinet Office

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Security (Dan Jarvis)

This Government are strengthening our national resilience so that we are better prepared for threats like extreme weather, cyber-attacks or another pandemic. We are implementing the resilience action plan; we have published a new pandemic preparedness strategy; we are updating what we call the “war books”, with a home defence exercise planned next year; and we will run a public awareness campaign later this year on how households can prepare for emergencies like severe weather.