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Written question asked by Dan Jarvis (Labour) on Monday, 29 April 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 May 2024 (named day). It was answered by Saqib Bhatti (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 May 2024 on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Disinformation

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2024 to Question 902272 on Disinformation, how many information threats the Defending Democracy Taskforce has responded to.

Answer

In 2022 the Defending Democracy Taskforce, chaired by the Security Minister, was established to further drive forward work to protect the UK from the full range of threats facing our democratic institutions and processes, including interference with the UK democratic process. The Taskforce engages across government and with Parliament, the UK’s intelligence community, the devolved administrations, local authorities, the private sector, and civil society.

It would not be appropriate to comment publicly on the volume of information threats the departments which support the Taskforce team have responded to, in part because doing so would give malign actors insight into the scale of the UK’s capabilities to identify and tackle such threats to our democratic processes.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24046
Session
2023-24
Related items
Disinformation
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Written questions
House of Commons
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Disinformation Defending Democracy Taskforce
Legislation
Online Safety Act 2023
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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