Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 17 March 2026.
Andrew Slaughter
Chair, Justice Committee, Chair, Justice Committee
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what criteria her Department uses when determining whether to call for the release of individuals detained overseas for activities related to the exercise of their human rights.
Chris Elmore
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Each case reported to the UK Government is assessed on its own merits, and there are no fixed criteria of the type the Hon Member describes.
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