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The Labour government has published its first refresh of the National Risk Register with Resilience Minister Pat McFadden saying that resilience has been “a top priority” since day one of this administration.
Key changes to this edition of the National Risk Register (NRR) include updates to scenarios covering a cyber attacks on the NHS, and on the transport network as well as two gas-focused risks relating to disruption of gas supplies.
There is no change to the number of risks in the NRR, first published in August 2023, which remains at 89 and organised under nine headings. These risks are defined as those that would have a substantial impact on the UK’s safety, security and/or critical systems at a national level.
Three risks in this NRR have changed – the likelihood of a conventional attack on infrastructure goes from 4 to 3 and the disruption of global oil trade routes increases from 2 to 3. The impact of an outbreak of African Swine Fever increases from 2 to 3.
The NRR is based on the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA). The previous government changed how the NSRA operated. It introduced a dynamic assessment process with risks re-assessed on a regular basis, drawing from the latest risk information. The NSRA includes input from a wide range of experts and organisations and is accessible to government bodies and local resilience forums.
The Cabinet Office is undertaking a review of national resilience with a dedicated Cabinet committee to oversee the work. The Resilience Minister told MPs in July 2024, in response to the first report from the Covid Inquiry, that resilience is too important for division to get in the way, “instead, it has to be about cooperative strength.”
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