Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 18 people affected by the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal and Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012, named by the US administration in April 2013, are banned from entering the UK.

The Government considers the case of Sergei Magnitsky a human rights case of utmost concern. The Government has long made its concerns clear on this case and called for a full and transparent investigation into the death of Sergei Magnitsky.

The Home Office does not routinely comment on individual immigration cases. The Immigration Rules allow us to deny entry to those whose presence in this country is not considered to be conducive to the public good, such as human rights abusers and the Home Secretary has the power to personally exclude an individual from the UK. These powers are used when justified and based on all the available evidence depending on the individual circumstances of the case.