Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Metropolitan Police are taking steps to support the investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka.

The Home Office works closely with policing partners to support requests from international partners across the full spectrum of policing.

The Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism command dispatched a team of specialists to Sri Lanka in 2019, including family liaison officers, to support the families of British victims and assist with the repatriation of deceased British nationals. A programme run by Interpol involved the training of 30 Sri Lankan forensic specialists and police officers by UK experts in disaster victim identification. MPS has not deployed any officers in support of the Sri Lankan investigation and will consider any request to support an overseas investigation where it is proportionate, necessary and legal.