Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 May 2009. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 2 June 2009 on behalf of the Home Office.

Europol

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which aspects of the Europol system the UK participates.

Answer: The United Kingdom is a significant participant in all intelligence aspects of Europol. Our liaison bureau at Europol, which is one of the largest, is responsible for handling the exchange of information between Europol and the United Kingdom Europol National Unit, which is based at the Serious and Organised Crime Agency. The UK liaison bureau also manages bilateral exchanges and cooperation between other member state liaison bureaux. The United Kingdom has a record of providing high quality data to the Europol Information System and is a major contributor to Europol's programme of 'serious crime analysis work files'.

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