Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether their Department has a Chief Risk Officer for national security risks relating to the work of their Department.

The Permanent Under Secretary holds ultimate responsibility on all risks to the FCDO and its objectives. The FCDO's Centre for Delivery coordinates Risk Management for senior leadership and ensures that supervision of individual risks is delegated to relevant Directors General or Directors with the appropriate remit.