Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of alleged traces of uranium being sent to Iranian-registered businesses in the UK.

Cyclamen is the UK’s radiological and nuclear detection capability deployed at UK ports of entry, targeted for the illicit movement of radioactive materials. It is one element of the Government's strategy to reduce the threat of terrorist attack.

As outlined in the updated CONTEST strategy, published on 18 July 2023, we are investing in specialist capabilities, to protect the UK from a range of threats including chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear.

This includes enhancing our existing Cyclamen radiological and nuclear border detection capability, upgrading our inland radiological and nuclear detection equipment and ensuring our emergency services have the capability they need to effectively respond to the malicious use of radiological or nuclear materials.