Written questions

Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

Commons · Question 94122 · Tabled 24 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 1 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Calum Miller

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Investment Security Unit has made of the effectiveness of (a) the Planning Inspectorate and (b) Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project processes to safeguard against national security

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 1 Dec 2025

The Investment Security Unit in the Cabinet Office is responsible for administering the National Security and Investment (NSI) Act 2021, which provides robust investment screening powers for the Government to scrutinise and, where necessary, intervene in ...