 The first, and only, Chief Executive of the GDS agency was Robert Bettley-Smith FRICS, appointed on the agency's creation in 2005.While the agency has pointed out that it was not set up due to increased "CBRN" terrorism in particular, it accepts that the driving force behind the agency's creation was the increased threat the UK faced from terrorism as a whole and the need to strengthen the level of the nation's preparedness across the board.The CBRN Resilience Programme was established in October 2001, as part of the Government's Capability Programme, with the main aim of ensuring that, in the event of a terrorist attack, the response from both central and local government and the emergency services would be quick and effective enough to minimise the impact on people, property and the environment.