Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the transparency data entitled Ministry of Justice data: ministers hospitality, gifts, travel and meetings, January 2023 to March 2023, updated on 20 July 2023, what (a) was discussed at and (b) the actions were following the meeting with the Albanian prison director on the 21 March 2023.

A new Prisoner Transfer Agreement with Albania came into force in May 2022. A meeting between the Director General for prisons and the Minister for Prisons took place on 21 March 2023 where they discussed the Prisoner Transfer Agreement between the UK and Albania and Albania’s prison reform plans.