Question follow-through · 51041
Espionage: China
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) charged under espionage-related offences linked to the People’s Republic of China in the last five years.
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
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) charged under espionage-related offences linked to the People’s Republic of China in the last five years.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
The Home Office routinely collects and publishes information on arrests and charges in the 'Police Powers and Procedures', and 'Crime Outcome' statistics respectively. However, the requested data is not published at the level of detail requested.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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