Schengen Agreement: ICT

(asked on 5th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the types of information currently available to UK enforcement agencies as a result of membership of the Schengen Information System.


Answered by
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Nick Hurd
This question was answered on 11th September 2017

The Schengen Information System makes information available to UK law enforcement on: persons wanted for arrest by another participating State; missing persons in need of protection or whose whereabouts need to be ascertained; persons being investigated for serious offences or who are thought to present a threat to the public, and objects linked to them; persons needed to assist with a judicial procedure, e.g. potential witnesses; and objects sought for seizure or use as evidence in criminal proceedings.

The Prime Minister has made clear that one of the twelve objectives for the negotiations ahead will be to establish a new relationship with the European Union that includes practical arrangements on matters of security and law enforcement cooperation to tackle cross-border crime and to keep our people safe.

We continue to work closely with EU partners and we are examining the options for future cooperation arrangements once the UK has left the EU, but it would be wrong to set out unilateral positions on specific measures that currently facilitate our practical cooperation in advance of negotiations.

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