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date	17/04/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the planned effective operational date is for the Government's dedicated national security unit to tackle fake news and disinformation.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	136297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The National Security Communications Team is already in operation. Its purpose is to allow government to better tackle the communications elements of interconnected complex challenges to our national security, including (but not limited to) disinformation.</p><p>This work differs to that of the Rapid Response Unit which has been recently launched based in No10 &amp; the Cabinet Office, as part of the Government Communications Service (GCS) with the remit to expand existing digital analysis (including, but not limited to, misinformation and disinformation) and content capability to communicate public information that is accurate, clear and responsive.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/04/2018 11:30:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

885435

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the staffing complement is by grade of the Government's dedicated national security unit to tackle fake news and disinformation.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	136298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The National Security Communications Team is expanding in capacity on the recommendations of the National Security Capability Review, published on the 28 March. The enhanced capability provided by the unit will ensure Government has the right mix of skills and expertise to use communications as a lever to support key national security objectives, and allow Government to better tackle the interconnected complex challenges to our national security, including (but not limited to) disinformation.</p><p>Recruitment to the National Security team is ongoing.</p><p>This work differs to that of the Rapid Response Unit which has been recently launched as a six-month pilot, based in No10 &amp; the Cabinet Office, as part of the Government Communications Service (GCS) with the remit to expand existing digital analysis (including, but not limited to, misinformation and disinformation) and content capability to communicate public information that is accurate, clear and responsive.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 26/04/2018 11:27:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

872311

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Disinformation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the timetable is for the Government's announced unit to tackle fake news to commence operations.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	134225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Two complementary teams are addressing the Government’s response to the communication challenge posed by disinformation, or so-called “fake news”.</p><p>The National Security Communications Team, which is already in operation, has as its purpose to allow government to tackle more effectively the communications elements of complex, interconnected challenges to our national security, including (but not limited to) disinformation.</p><p>The Rapid Response Unit, has been recently launched with the remit to expand existing digital analysis (including, but not limited to, misinformation and disinformation) and content capability to communicate public information that is accurate, clear and responsive. The Unit is part of the Government Communications Service (GCS) and based in No10 &amp; the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 10/05/2018 10:54:30 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson