Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has for data-sharing between the (a) police national database, (b) data held by the Passport Office and (c) other national databases to help tackle crime.

The Home Office is continuing its work with National Police Chiefs’ Council and law enforcement partners to facilitate access to the data sets they need to make sure the police have the tools and technology they need to solve and prevent crimes, bring offenders to justice, and keep people safe..

The use of such information is limited to organisations who have a lawful reason in support of the law enforcement mission they have been tasked with performing.