Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which month she plans that the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme will go live.

We intend that the scheme will become operational in 2024. The work to deliver this, including establishing a Scheme Management Unit and supporting IT and developing relevant guidance is happening at pace. A public consultation on guidance for the scheme is currently live until 01 December on gov.uk (https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/foreign-influence-registration-scheme-draft-guidance).

The Government expects to publicise the intended ‘go live’ date a number of months in advance to give those affected by the scheme time to prepare.