Question follow-through · 120315
Human Rights: Detainees
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses when determining whether to call for the release of individuals detained overseas for activities related to the exercise of their human righ
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 12 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses when determining whether to call for the release of individuals detained overseas for activities related to the exercise of their human righ
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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17 Mar 2026
Answer published
Each case reported to the UK Government is assessed on its own merits, and there are no fixed criteria of the type the Hon Member describes.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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