1st Report - Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness

Select Committee
National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) HC 723 19 September 2025
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 28 items (21 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 28 of 28 classified)
Accepted 6
Accepted in Part 7
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 4
Not Addressed 9
Rejected 1
Government response
1st Special Report - Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness: Government Response · published 18 Dec 2025
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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 results
1 Conclusion Acknowledged
The UK’s strategic reliance on subsea cables will likely continue for the foreseeable future.
Conclusion
The UK’s strategic reliance on subsea cables will likely continue for the foreseeable future. The cable industry provides a commendable and commercially efficient repair service, which ensures good resilience against moderate damage. We do not believe there is an imminent … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees on the importance of updated risk scenarios and commits to considering how to best update reasonable worst-case scenarios within national risk assessments to reflect the possibility of coordinated sabotage on subsea and terrestrial internet infrastructure.
Cabinet Office
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