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Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Security)

Organisations:Interior Office and Cabinet Office

Responsibilities

The Minister for Security is responsible for:

  • internal security
  • oversight of the Security Service relationship
  • counter-extremism
  • hostile-state activity
  • espionage
  • foreign interference within Interior competence
  • hostile infiltration
  • insider threats
  • serious sabotage
  • investigatory-powers policy
  • protective-security relationships
  • and security-related parliamentary business