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Elections: National Security

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Question for Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

UIN 12399, tabled on 31 January 2024

Question

Dan Jarvis
Labour
Barnsley Central
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many members of staff were working in the Joint Election Security and Preparedness Unit on 31 January 2024.

Answer

Simon Hoare
Conservative
North Dorset
Commons

Answered on

5 February 2024

It is, and always will be, an absolute priority for this Government to protect our democratic and electoral processes. The Joint Election Security and Preparedness Unit (JESP) works between DLUHC and GSG in Cabinet Office to coordinate election security and preparedness activity within government and externally. JESP carries out the majority of its work to track and mitigate risks through officials in other government departments and the UK intelligence community. The JESP also works with the devolved administrations, local authorities and the Electoral Commission.

Details of staffing are published in departmental organograms, which are updated periodically.

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