How prepared and resilient is the United Kingdom to security risks?
On 27 January, the Select Committee on Risk Assessment and Risk Planning will hear evidence from two panels of witnesses on the UK’s risk assessment process with regards to national security. The Committee will question experts on topics including terrorism, hostile state actors and systemic vulnerability.
Meeting details
At 10:30am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Risk Assessment and Risk Planning
Lord and Former Security Adviser at House of Lords
At 11:30am: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Risk Assessment and Risk Planning
Chief Resilience Officer at Pool Reinsurance
Affiliated Lecturer at Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge
Director of Defence and Security at Cranfield University
Senior Lecturer in International Security at University of Exeter
At 12:30pm: Private discussion
Inquiry
Risk Assessment and Risk Planning
Possible questions include:
- Are there security risks to which the UK is particularly vulnerable to or for which it is poorly prepared?
- In what way do scientific advice and politics interact during the national risk assessment process?
- How far can security threats be mitigated by UK action alone or is international cooperation required?
- Does the UK have the requisite international partnerships and information access to ensure it can effectively manage risks?
- How has the threat posed by terrorism evolved in recent years? Has the UK’s risk assessment and management strategy adapted effectively to these changes?
- Is there an undue focus on domestic risk over threats posed by hostile foreign actors in the current national risk assessment process?
- What challenges are there in developing resilience capability against security risks and are there any areas where UK capability should be bolstered?
- How well are security risks presented in the National Security Risk Assessment?