Threats Contingencies and Operations Support Division

Transport written question – answered at on 21 October 2008.

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Photo of Justine Greening Justine Greening Shadow Minister (Treasury), Vice-Chair (Youth), Conservative Party

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the remit is of the Threats, Contingencies and Operations Support Division within his Department; and if he will make a statement.

Photo of Jim Fitzpatrick Jim Fitzpatrick Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

holding answer 17 October 2008

The remit of the Threats, Contingencies and Operations Support Division of the Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate (TRANSEC) in the Department covers a range of cross cutting policy and strategy issues. These include liaison with the United Kingdom counter terrorism intelligence community; civil contingencies and exercises; co-ordination of Olympic transport security policy; research, analysis and development; personnel security in relation to transport; and co-ordination of the Department's contribution to the CONTEST national counter terrorism strategy.

Its work has been described in successive TRANSEC annual reports published oh the Department for Transport website.

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