Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of sharing of data on (a) pregnant women and (b) children who are asylum seekers with the Executive Office in Northern Ireland to ensure safeguarding and access to appropriate services in Northern Ireland for those people.

The sharing of data is a subject under constant review. We are in close contact with The Executive Office in Northern Ireland and do share data, where it is appropriate to do so, in line with data protection principles.