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<p>The Foreign Policy and National Security Secretariat (FPNSS) within the Cabinet
Office works with responsible departments across Whitehall to coordinate policy on
the resilience of subsea and offshore infrastructure. This policy coordination role
compliments broader horizon scanning efforts within the department which aim to identify
potential risks to infrastructure through early warning mechanisms or relevant intelligence.</p><p>Where
crises impacting this infrastructure do materialise and could harm the UK’s national
security, the Cabinet Office's National Security Watchkeepers, a team responsible
for monitoring open source and government reporting tools on a 24/7 basis, alert the
relevant teams within government.</p><p>Following any crisis notification, it is up
to the relevant policy team in the FPNSS to work with the lead government department
to assess the level of risk, identify any impacts and outline the appropriate next
steps which HMG needs to take, including the activation of crisis machinery within
the Cabinet Office where required.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>
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