Question follow-through · 60477

Espionage: China

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the security services have made of the level of economic espionage by the Chinese Government in the UK.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 17 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 19 Jun 2025
Answer: 23 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the security services have made of the level of economic espionage by the Chinese Government in the UK.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence matters. However, we continuously assess potential threats to the UK and, where necessary, deploy the full range of tools available to mitigate them.

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