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Radicalism: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 15 May 2025UIN 51201

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people under active surveillance for potential extremist activity are foreign nationals; and what proportion of those people entered via asylum routes.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

It is the longstanding policy of successive UK Governments that we do not comment on operational intelligence or security matters.

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