Civil Contingencies Secretariat

Civil Contingencies Secretariat
Agency overview
FormedJuly 2001; 23 years ago (2001-07)
Employees75[1]
Annual budget£10 million[1]
Agency executive
  • Roger Hargreaves, Director
Parent agencyCabinet Office
Websitewww.gov.uk/government/policies/emergency-planning

The Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS), created in July 2001 and disbanded in July 2022,[2] was the executive department of the British Cabinet Office responsible for emergency planning in the UK. The role of the secretariat was to ensure the United Kingdom's resilience against disruptive challenge, and to do this by working with others to anticipate, assess, prevent, prepare, respond and recover. Until its creation in 2001, emergency planning in Britain was the responsibility of the Home Office. The CCS also supports the Civil Contingencies Committee, also known as COBR (or popularly – but incorrectly – as COBRA).

  1. ^ a b Gummer, Ben (21 December 2016). "Civil Contingencies Secretariat: Written question 57940". parliament.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ^ https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/22185030/INQ000182612.pdf [bare URL PDF]