Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the threat posed by Iranian intelligence operations in the United Kingdom to the Jewish community.

The UK Government continually assesses potential threats to the UK and its residents. Since the start of 2022, the UK has responded to over 20 Iran-backed plots presenting potentially lethal threats to British citizens and UK residents. It is no secret that there is a long-standing pattern of targeting Jewish and Israeli people internationally by the Iranian Intelligence Services.

We take any threat to these threats extremely seriously. Through the police and the security and intelligence agencies, we will continue to use all the tools at our disposal to address any threat.

Last year, the Security Minister outlined the government’s response to the unacceptable threat we face from the Iranian state, and the steps we are taking to ensure that our intelligence and law enforcement agencies have the tools they need to disrupt and degrade Iran’s malign activity on UK soil.

The UK now has over 550 sanctions against Iranian linked individuals and entities, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, which has been sanctioned in its entirety. Over 220 designations have been imposed since Government came into office reflecting our ongoing commitment to countering Iran’s malign activity and safeguarding British citizens.

More broadly, we are taking action to protect our Jewish communities including allocating up to £28 million to the Community Security Trust this year- providing security to schools, synagogues and Jewish communities.

The Government's top priority is national security, and we will continue to use all appropriate tools at our disposal to protect the UK, and its people, from any Iran-linked threats.