Question follow-through · 122092
Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
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
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 19 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
19 Mar 2026
Question tabled
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
24 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2026
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Juries: Allowances
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