Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to transactions (a) 126-DG - Delivery-500 and (b) 127-DG - Delivery-65121 in Home Office procurement card spend over £500: March 2023, updated 30 November 2023, what the purpose of the delegation received from Vietnam was; and the number of attendees.

Senior Vietnamese Officials from the Ministry of Public Security attended the Home Office on 21 February to review progress against commitments made at the inaugural UK-Vietnam Migration Dialogue in 2022.

After the meeting, the delegation attended a working lunch with the Permanent Under Secretary, which was paid for by the Home Office. At this lunch, a number of confidential matters were discussed including enhancing cooperation to tackle illegal migration, a key HMG priority. Seven senior officials from the Vietnamese Government, alongside six UK delegates attended the working lunch.