Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contact her Department has had with targets of transnational repression in the UK.

Owing to the sensitive nature of this activity and the need to protect individuals, it would not be appropriate to comment on individual cases.

Engagement with affected individuals informed the Defending Democracy Taskforce’s review of transnational repression and its recommendations. This included contact with victims and those directly affected, alongside engagement with civil society organisations, academics and community representatives, to build understanding of how transnational repression presents in the UK and its impact on individuals.

The Home Office continues to engage with civil society and affected individuals to refine its understanding of the threat and to ensure the Government’s response remains proportionate, evidence led and responsive as the threat evolves.