Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether any United Kingdom authority has access (1) directly or (2) indirectly through Europol, to information held in the Eurodac database.

We are committed to enhancing data exchange with the EU for border security and public safety purposes and continue to work closely with the European Commission to identify and pursue practical opportunities to achieve this outcome.

EU legislation underpinning Eurodac prohibits access by third countries and the UK has no direct or indirect access to information held in the Eurodac database through Europol.