Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to Answer of 14 July to Question 29906, how much the Government has spent on investigations into war crimes committed abroad by suspects living in the UK over each of the last five years.

Information about spend on investigations into war crimes committed abroad is not held by the Home Office.

The Metropolitan Police has national responsibility for carrying out UK police inquiries for the investigation of all allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and torture.

It will receive up to £3.24 billion in 2022/23 through the police funding settlement, an increase of up to £169.3 million when compared to 2021/22.

Decisions on how to allocate resources and distribute funding, including for investigation of alleged war crimes, is an operationally independent matter for Chief Constables, PCCs and Mayors with PCC functions, in this case the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and the Mayor of London.