Crimes Outside National Territories: British Nationals Abroad

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 24 April 2017.

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Photo of Kate Osamor Kate Osamor Shadow Secretary of State for International Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to assess the effectiveness of extraterritorial jurisdiction in allowing the UK police force to investigate crimes committed against UK citizens abroad.

Photo of Tobias Ellwood Tobias Ellwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

I am not aware of any fundamental concerns with the UK police force's extraterritorial jurisdiction. Issues relating to individual cases are treated on a case-by-case basis

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