Written questions

Prisoners' Release: Middle East

Commons · Question 84098 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 29 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to ensure that (a) the Border Force and (b) UK national security agencies are aware of the identities of high-risk individuals released in prisoner exchanges in the Middle Eas

Answer

Answered by Dan Jarvis, 29 Oct 2025

The Home Secretary has not had any engagement with Israeli authorities to discuss these matters. Since October 2023, a specialist team of experts from the FCDO have been providing support to family members in the UK and Israel. Officials have offered supp...