United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 99690
British Nationals Abroad: Detainees
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6 October 2020
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12 October 2020 · Answer
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12 October 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how his Department monitors and measures its performance in returning British citizens home who are arbitrarily detained overseas.
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6 October 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how his Department monitors and measures its performance in returning British citizens home who are arbitrarily detained overseas.
Source: Commons
12 October 2020
Answer
HMG provides consular assistance in approximately 5,000 new cases of arrest or detention overseas each year. We can, and often do, intervene in cases where it is alleged that a British national detained overseas has not been treated in line with internati...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-10-06/99690
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1240787
- uk · wq-1240787 · source updated 12 October 2020