Policy paper

Biological security strategy

How we are protecting the UK and its interests from significant biological risks.

• From: Home Office, Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 30 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This publication was withdrawn on 12 June 2023

This Strategy has been replaced with an updated version: UK Biological Security Strategy

Documents

UK biological security strategy

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Details

Significant outbreaks of disease are amongst the highest impact risks faced by the UK. The UK biological security strategy draws together for the first time the work taking place across government to protect the UK and its interests from significant biological risks, no matter how these occur and no matter who or what they affect.

It sets out the nature of the biological risks and the opportunities we face, looks at how this landscape is continuing to evolve, and explains what our response is to these challenges.

Published 30 July 2018