Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants who illegally entered the UK were subsequently identified as having past terrorist links.

The Home Secretary and law enforcement colleagues have robust powers available to manage any threat illegal entrants may pose, which will include removal where possible and appropriate.

All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks against their claimed identity. This is critical to the delivery of a safe and secure immigration system. We are working to strengthen ties with international partners to make vital intelligence sharing more seamless.