Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities
(asked on 16th January 2018) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Minister has responsibility for civil contingencies.
This question was answered on 12th March 2018
Each Department is individually responsible for overseeing levels of preparedness and the potential consequences of civil emergency risks for those sectors within their purview.
Within the Cabinet Office, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office has oversight of all of the Cabinet Office’s activities. The Minister for Implementation has responsibility for civil contingencies policy.