Elections: Departmental Responsibilities
Commons · Question 28847 · Tabled 10 Sep 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by David Simmonds
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to recommendation 17 of the document entitled The Rycroft Review: Report of the independent review into countering foreign financial influence and interference in UK politics, updated o
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 16 Sep 2026
The Home Office Permanent Secretary is the lead for defending democracy, having been appointed by the Cabinet Secretary following Recommendation 17 of the Rycroft Review. This is in support of my role as chair of the Defending Democracy Taskforce (DDTF).R...