Written Question·Home Office·UIN 121198

Criminal Investigation: International Cooperation

Tabled: 16 March 2026
Answered: 25 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with her US counterpart on the Metropolitan Police’s Mutual Legal Assistance Request.

Answer

Sarah Jones
As a longstanding matter of Government policy, the Home Office can neither confirm nor deny whether a request for Mutual Legal Assistance has been made or received.This is to protect the integrity of criminal investigations and proceedings.