National Security Council
Cabinet Office
Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East, Conservative)
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office who the members are of the National Security Council.
Oliver Letwin (Minister of State, Cabinet Office; West Dorset, Conservative)
The National Security Council is chaired by the Prime Minister. Permanent members are the Deputy Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Home Secretary, the Secretary of State for Defence, the Secretary of State for International Development, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, the Minister for Security and myself.
Other Cabinet Ministers are invited to attend as required. The Chief of the Defence Staff, the heads of the intelligence agencies and other senior officials also attend as required.