Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 70785
Defence: Intelligence Services
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
James Cartlidge
Conservative — South Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 56 of the Strategic Defence Review: Making Britain Safer: secure at home, strong abroad, update on 8 July 2025, who will command the single counter-intelligence unit.
Answer
Louise Sandher-JonesThe new Defence Counter Intelligence Unit’s (DCIU) mandate is to protect UK Defence from intelligence and espionage threats, at home and overseas, by bringing together expertise and specialist capabilities alongside the UK Intelligence Community. The DCIU...
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