Original document : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-bill-factsheets

Change description : 2025-04-01 14:58:00: Added a link to the new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme guidance in the first factsheet. [Policy papers and consultations]

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Policy paper

National Security Bill: factsheets

Factsheets giving details of the different measures contained in the National Security Bill.

Update history

2025-04-01 14:58
Added a link to the new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme guidance in the first factsheet.

2024-08-19 11:27
Updated the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme factsheet because it is no longer expected that the scheme’s requirements will come into force in 2024.

2024-05-03 15:52
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme Factsheet updated.

2024-02-12 15:51
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme factsheet: added a link to join the FIRS research panel.

2023-07-13 10:47
Updated following Royal Assent.

2023-07-12 14:14
Updated the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme factsheet.

2023-03-28 13:53
Foreign Influence Registration Scheme factsheet added.

2023-03-13 11:47
Removed Further details about the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: National Security Bill factsheet as information at of date.

2023-02-23 17:37
Factsheet on National Security Bill and journalistic freedoms added.

2023-01-10 16:57
Updated the factsheet ‘Further details about the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme’.

2022-12-20 12:53
Addition of ‘Further details about the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme: National Security Bill factsheet’.

2022-09-08 10:08
Following factsheets added: ‘Receiving a material benefit from a foreign intelligence service’, ‘Financial and property investigation powers’, ‘Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS)’ and ‘Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS)’. The ‘Police powers’ factsheet has also been renamed to ‘Powers of arrest and detention’.

2022-06-06 13:38
First published.