Written questions

China: National Security

Commons · Question 474 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 19 May 2026

Question

Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of trends in the level of People's Republic of China-linked transnational repression involving criminal proxies targeting UK-based dissidents.

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 19 May 2026

Perpetrating states use a wide range of methodologies to conduct transnational repression. The UK’s approach to countering state-directed threats is systematic, comprehensive, and continually improving.The Government continually assesses the threat using ...