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Improving the Resilience of Critical Infrastructure

Consultation on Strategic Framework and Policy Statement

06 November 2009

Sir Michael Pitt identified in his report on the summer 2007 floods a gap in the Government’s policy-making and delivery towards the protection of critical infrastructure from severe disruption caused by natural hazards. Sir Michael recommended that the Government should “establish a systematic, coordinated, cross-sector campaign to reduce the disruption caused by natural events to critical infrastructure and essential services”.

The Natural Hazards Team in the Cabinet Office has produced a draft Strategic Framework and Policy Statement on improving the resilience of critical infrastructure, which sets out the proposed policy intent, scope, aims, timescales and workstreams for the resilience programme.

It is being circulated for discussion with Government, regulators, industry groups, infrastructure owners and operators, and other interested parties.

The closing date for responses is noon on Monday 18 January 2010.

Document downloads

• Consultation Letter [PDF 1 page, 72KB]
• Draft Strategic Framework and Policy Statement [PDF 29 pages, 1MB]
• Template for consultation responses [Word 7 pages, 97KB]