Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 89523

Prisoners: Repatriation

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Jim McMahon

Labour (Co-op)Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which countries are subject to prisoner transfer suspensions as a result of (a) human rights concerns, (b) corruption and risk bribery concerns and (c) any other reasons.

Answer

Jake Richards
We have Prisoner Transfer Agreements (PTAs) in place with over 110 countries, both bilaterally, and multilaterally through the Council of Europe Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons. We do not have any suspensions in place, each individual tran...

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