Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what recent assessment she has made of the terrorist threat from dissident republicans.

The security of UK citizens remains this Government’s highest priority. While the threat level in Northern Ireland remains at Severe, excellent co-operation between PSNI and its partners has disrupted the activity of violent dissident republicans. There have been a number of significant arrests, charges and convictions which are helping to suppress the threat.