Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have received payments from his Department or any other Government department as a result of alleging unlawful detention or maltreatment in UK custody since the 2003 invasion of Iraq; and how much in such payments the Government has so disbursed.

Details of 330 of the 1,000 civil claims where an agreement with the claimant in terms of damages to be paid as a result of alleging unlawful detention or maltreatment in UK custody since the 2003 invasion of Iraq are already in the public domain following responses provided to FOI requests received, and the High Court judgment of December 2017 relating to the trials of the four lead claims in the Iraqi Civilian Litigation (ICL).

Discussions continue between the claimants' solicitors and Departmental officials with regard to the resolution of the remaining claims in the ICL

The terms of these discussions and any outcomes remain the subject of a confidentiality agreement and we are therefore unable to provide a detailed and complete response to this question at this time.

We are unable to comment as to whether any people might have received payments from any other Government Department as a result of alleging unlawful detention or maltreatment in UK custody since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.