Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of detainees abroad who hold a British National (Overseas) passport who have been provided with consular assistance in each year since 2010.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Since 2010 the FCO have responded to 139 requests for assistance from British Nationals (Overseas) who were arrested or detained. As of September 2019 the FCO is providing ongoing assistance to 45 British Nationals (Overseas) who remain in detention.
Category | New Detention Cases |
2010 | 15 |
2011 | 17 |
2012 | 13 |
2013 | 14 |
2014 | 20 |
2015 | 10 |
2016 | 15 |
2017 | 15 |
2018 | 10 |
2019 | 10 |
Grand total | 139 |
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK detainees are awaiting trial in India; and how many have been in detention for (a) longer than six months (b) longer than one year and (c) longer than two years.
Answered by Mark Field
I can confirm that as of November 2018, we were aware of 44 British Nationals in detention in India, of which 19 individuals were yet to be sentenced. The period of detention prior to sentencing varies from a few days to more than two years.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wolverhampton North East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of (a) human rights in Bahrain, (b) standards in Bahrain's prisons and (c) Bahrain's compliance with the United Nations Charter of Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Alistair Burt
Bahrain is a Human Rights Priority Country and as such is included our 2017 Annual Human Rights Report. The UK enjoys a close relationship with the Government of Bahrain which allows us to speak honestly about a range of issues, including human rights. Where we have concerns on specific issues, including prison conditions, we raise these with the Bahraini authorities. We encourage those with concerns about treatment in detention to report these to the relevant human rights oversight bodies. We encourage the Government of Bahrain to deliver on its international and domestic human rights commitments.