Question follow-through · 76597
Guantanamo Bay
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the US Government on closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with the US Government on closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2025
Answer published
That is a matter for the US and the nations of those detained at the facility, which does not include the UK.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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