Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
Commons · Question 122092 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Tessa Munt
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list the countries who have agreed to receive nationals who have been convicted of an offence in the UK; and what the arrangements are with each of those countries on prisoners serving the full term of
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 24 Mar 2026
The removal of Foreign National Offenders with no right to stay in the UK to serve their sentences in their home countries is established Government policy. Prisoner transfers operate under binding legal multilateral or bilateral frameworks, known as Pris...