COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms)

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United Kingdom government committee government crisis response committee

COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) is the United Kingdom government’s high-level crisis response committee, convened to coordinate national decision-making during emergencies and major security incidents.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
COBRA	1
Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom government committee ⓘ government crisis response committee ⓘ
canBeChairedBy	Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ surface form: Defence Secretary Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ surface form: Foreign Secretary Home Secretary ⓘ relevant Secretary of State ⓘ
chairedBy	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
communicationRole	coordinates information flow between departments ⓘ provides central situation awareness ⓘ
convenedBy	Cabinet Office ⓘ
coordinatedBy	Civil Contingencies Secretariat ⓘ National Security Secretariat ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
decisionScope	United Kingdom-wide emergencies ⓘ strategic-level crisis management ⓘ
etymology	acronym derived from Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms ⓘ
fullName	COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms
hasFacilityType	crisis coordination centre ⓘ secure meeting rooms ⓘ
location	Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall, London ⓘ City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Whitehall, London
mediaPerception	symbol of UK government emergency response ⓘ
meetingFormat	can be convened at short notice ⓘ meets physically and via secure video links ⓘ
memberIncludes	devolved administrations representatives ⓘ military representatives ⓘ representatives of emergency services ⓘ representatives of security and intelligence agencies ⓘ senior civil servants ⓘ senior ministers ⓘ
notableUse	response to major flooding incidents in the United Kingdom ⓘ response to terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom ⓘ response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf	Cabinet Office ⓘ surface form: Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom
policyRole	agrees strategic objectives for crisis response ⓘ authorises major operational measures ⓘ
primaryFunction	coordinate cross-government crisis response ⓘ coordinate national decision-making during emergencies ⓘ manage major security incidents ⓘ
reportsTo	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
shortName	COBR ⓘ COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: COBRA
usedFor	civil contingencies ⓘ large-scale public order incidents ⓘ major industrial accidents ⓘ national security crises ⓘ natural disasters ⓘ public health emergencies ⓘ terrorist incidents ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) → fullName → COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms

Cabinet Office → oversees → COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) ⓘ

COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) → shortName → COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: COBRA