Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on what date the UK intelligence services were made aware of the involvement of Canadian Security Intelligence Services in facilitating Shamima Begum’s entry to Syria in 2015.

We do not comment on individual cases, operational intelligence or security matters.

There are currently no plans to launch an independent inquiry in response to media speculation.

It would be inappropriate to comment on the specifics of Ms Begum’s case whilst legal proceedings are ongoing.

The Government’s top priority remains maintaining our national security and keeping the public safe.