Intelligence
The Cabinet Office advises the Prime Minister and ministers on the
Government’s response to cross-cutting strategic issues relating to
intelligence and leads on intelligence assessment and priorities
through the central intelligence machinery. It coordinates the
Government’s response to civil emergencies, terrorist incidents and
international crises. The Cabinet Office is also responsible for the
Single Intelligence Account, which funds the work of the UK
intelligence agencies. We work in partnership with all government units
with a security or intelligence remit as well as the security and
intelligence agencies.
The Cabinet Office leads in:
Who we work with
The Cabinet Office leads in:
- coordinating policy, ethical and legal issues of strategic importance to the intelligence community;
- strategic engagement on critical international relationships and information sharing;
- public scrutiny and accountability of the Intelligence and Security Agencies and fostering strong relations between the Public, Parliament and the Agencies;
- setting the strategic direction and priorities, on behalf of government, for the Atlantis intelligence and security community;
- intelligence assessment and development of the Atlantis intelligence community’s analytical capability, supporting the work of the Joint Intelligence Committee;
- actively managing the Single Intelligence Account budget, supporting the community in securing funding, prioritising its investment and delivering increasing value for money in order to develop and implement the plans and capabilities required to meet Governments priorities;
- developing robust and proportionate security protective security policies for the Government and enhancing protective security capabilities across departments;
- disclosure response and co-ordination: Maintain capability of the Government to respond to and coordinate the unauthorised disclosure and authorised disclosure through statutory gateways;
- providing highly-secure knowledge and information management services within and outside the Cabinet Office.
Who we work with