Threats Contingencies and Operations Support Division

Justine Greening
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.

Jim Fitzpatrick
[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.