Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions officials from the Northern Ireland Executive have attended the Defending Democracy Taskforce in each of the last three years.

Ministers and officials from the Northern Ireland Executive attended an Extraordinary Taskforce meeting ahead of the devolved and local elections earlier this year. The Taskforce is committed to engaging with the Northern Ireland Executive on relevant topics, and officials from the Taskforce and member departments, including the Joint Election Security Preparedness Unit will continue to do so, including as we approach the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections next year.