Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 122092

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Tessa Munt

Liberal DemocratWells and Mendip Hills

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the countries who have agreed to receive nationals who have been convicted of an offence in the UK; and what the arrangements are with each of those countries on prisoners serving the full term of

Answer

Jake Richards
The removal of Foreign National Offenders with no right to stay in the UK to serve their sentences in their home countries is established Government policy. Prisoner transfers operate under binding legal multilateral or bilateral frameworks, known as Pris...

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