Source · Select Committees · National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)
Recommendation 16
16
Accepted
The Government should also set out, in response to this report, how it will strengthen...
Recommendation
The Government should also set out, in response to this report, how it will strengthen institutional links between the UK Resilience Academy (UKRA) and central government, including by: ○ enabling the UKRA to report into Cabinet Office-led exercises to refresh the National Risk Register to inform impact and preparedness estimates; ○ reporting into the National Exercising Programme; and ○ ensuring there is always UKRA representation in these exercises. (Recommendation, Paragraph 68)
Government Response Summary
The government accepts the recommendations, stating the UKRA will convene expert panels to scrutinise plans and preparedness, and is a key partner in developing a national exercising hub to link exercising with risk monitoring.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Government agrees with both recommendations. The UK government will maintain responsibility for the delivery of our response plans and preparations. The UK Resilience Academy (UKRA) is committed to enhancing the provision of independent advice and challenge to the UK government, and will incorporate perspectives of the UK’s leading experts on various complex risks into our work. It is being instructed to convene a number of panels per year composed of relevant experts to scrutinise plans and preparedness for whole-system civil emergencies across the UK. They will scrutinise our planning via document reviews and interviews with key officials and offer recommendations on improvements that can be made to the Cabinet Office as well as to the Lead Government Department for the specific risk they are considering. The UKRA is a key partner of the National Exercising Programme, and is currently playing a significant role in developing a national exercising hub, which will host, among other things an exercising tracker for Tier 1 and 2 exercises, comprehensive guidance on exercising best practice and doctrine and how we work with NSRA/NRR colleagues to link exercising with risk monitoring and mitigation.