Intelligence & Security Committee's Annual Report

The Agencies' resources have increased, and will continue to increase over the next three years, but they still have to make difficult decisions about priorities, often on a daily basis. The stark reality is that they cannot cover all the threats to the level desired.

This Report examines:

• the challenges the Agencies face in allocating their resources;
• how they use those resources;
• how to ensure they are providing value for money (particularly in the current economic climate); and
• common areas of concern, such as resilience.

The Report also examines the work of the wider intelligence community. It is clear that the Agencies can not work in isolation and, therefore, in overseeing them the Committee must also examine the work of others.

The Report therefore also comments on:

• The Government's counter-terrorism strategy (CONTEST) and the work of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism in the Home Office;
• The intelligence structure in the Cabinet Office (including the Joint Intelligence Committee and the Assessments Staff);
• Other Agencies within the community, such as the Defence Intelligence Staff, the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure; and
• Issues that affect the community as a whole such as the use of intercept material as evidence in court, and the SCOPE IT system.

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