Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that prisoners in India are released once they have served their prison sentences.

We have not discussed this issue with the Indian government. However, we continue to monitor the general human rights situation in India closely. We also maintain an active dialogue on human rights with Indian officials, including through events such as the EU-India human rights dialogue in November 2013.