Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether UK authorities will have continued access to the Schengen Information System after the expiry of a transition period on leaving the EU.

The UK is seeking a comprehensive security relationship, to begin after the implementation period, which preserves mutually important operational capabilities whilst allowing the UK and EU to continue to work together to combat fast evolving security threats.

The Political Declaration, published on 26 November 2018, recognises that both the UK and the EU need a strong future relationship on internal security given the shared threats we face, our geographical proximity, and the need to continue to protect all of our citizens from harm.

The Political Declaration reflects a shared commitment to put in place arrangements which provide for future UK-EU cooperation on Europol, and to consider further arrangements including in relation to the exchange of information on wanted or missing persons and objects, and of criminal records.

The exact terms of these arrangements will be for the next stage of negotiations.