Question follow-through · 11577
National Security
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to track people working for hostile states in the UK.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 29 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 31 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to track people working for hostile states in the UK.
31 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2024
Answer published
As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence issues.The government’s first duty is to protect our national security and keep our country safe. We keep potential threats to the UK under constant review a...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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