Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with Europol on data sharing and access related to law enforcement after the UK's exit from the EU.

The European Commission has made clear that there should be no formal discussions or negotiations on our future relationship with the EU until after Article 50 is triggered by the UK Government. This includes Europol as an agency of the EU. Therefore no such discussions have taken place.

We are exploring options for cooperation arrangements once the UK has left the EU but it would be wrong to set out unilateral positions on specific measures in advance of negotiations.