Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 118003, on Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, whether the absence of Iran on the public Foreign Influence Registration Scheme register is because (a) there has been no recorded political influence activities relating to Iran or (b) they have not been published on the public register.

Unless an exception to publication applies, registrations relating to political influence activity are published on the register once processed by the FIRS case management team. Publication of political influence activities will ensure that the public is informed of influence over issues which may affect their daily lives, such as policy decisions, votes in parliament, the proceedings of a political party or an election or referendum. Registrations under the enhanced tier which do not relate to political influence activity will not be published.

The Government will be publishing an annual report setting out, among other things, the number of registrations under both tiers, number of information notices issued, the number of persons charged with an offence and the number of persons convicted of an offence. The first report will be published as soon as practicable after 30 June 2026.

It would not be appropriate to provide separate information outside these processes as to do so could identify information not intended to be published and undermine the scheme’s objectives.