Jeremy Wright: The following table gives the information requested for each of the last five years. Information relating to the transfer of prisoners prior to 2007 is not available. USA EU Rest of world 2007 10 34 19 2008 8 17 24 2009 4 38 10 2010 5 52 17 2011 2 45 11 Total 29 186 81 The figures given in the table relate to England and Wales only. The transfer...
Crispin Blunt: Ministerial colleagues and I are in regular contact with overseas counterparts to explain the benefits of prisoner transfer agreements and encourage EU member states to implement the EU Framework Decision on the Transfer of Prisoners; this provides for compulsory prisoner transfers. We are also examining our offender management processes in the UK to identify how more foreign national...
Priti Patel: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) with which foreign national governments Ministers in his Department have had discussions on the extension and negotiation of prisoner transfer agreements; (2) with which EU member states he has discussed the implementation of the EU framework decision on the transfer of prisoners.
Crispin Blunt: Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA (the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement) which will govern the transfer of prisoners between member states of the European Union, entered into force on 5 December 2011. To date seven member states, including the United Kingdom, have implemented the compulsory arrangements. The Government have not made a specific assessment of the number of EU nationals who...
Crispin Blunt: Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA (the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement) which will govern the transfer of prisoners between member states of the European Union, entered into force on 5 December 2011. At this time the United Kingdom, Austria, Luxembourg, Italy, Finland, Denmark, and Poland (voluntary transfers only) have implemented the Framework Decision and are ready to transfer...
Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether EU citizens serving custodial sentences in prisons in England and Wales before the commencement of the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement will be liable for repatriation to their country of origin; (2) which countries will be ready for the transfer of prisoners under the EU Prisoner Transfer Agreement.