Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Middle East and North Africa on 22 October 2020, Official Report, column 491WH on the 5,000 complaints investigated by Bahraini Ombudsman's office, what the source is for the number of complaints investigated; and what assessment he has made of the accuracy of that figure.

The Ombudsman's Office has made public statements that it has investigated 5,500 complaints and requests for assistance since its inception in 2012. The figures are published online in the Ombudsman's annual report.