Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 24637 on British Nationals Abroad: Torture, what proportion of the 131 open torture cases reviewed at the most recent annual review predated (a) 2021 and (b) 2020.

In 2021, the FCDO conducted a review of 131 cases of torture and mistreatment which were open at that time. Of the 131 open cases, 82 were cases opened prior to 2021, of which 49 were cases opened prior to 2020.