Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threat posed by charities and cultural centres operating in the UK with known or suspected links to the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

The Government does not routinely comment on the detail of operational matters or specific threats. But we have been clear that we take threats to, and interference in, the functioning of our democracy and our civil society extremely seriously.

We work closely with a range of partners to tackle malign state-backed influence in our society. Where there is clear evidence that Iranian-linked or aligned organisations are undertaking unacceptable activity, the Government will respond accordingly.

Ministers and officials regularly meet with the Charity Commission to discuss a range of issues relating to the regulation of charities. The Charity Commission is alive to the risks of state threats to the charity sector and works with other agencies to protect the sector from the risks of being exploited. The Charity Commission has consistently been clear that it will respond robustly where there has been wrongdoing.