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 ...