Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many cases of alleged torture of British citizens while in overseas custody were raised with his Department in (a) 2019-20 and (b) 2020-21.

The number of torture or mistreatment cases reported by British nationals in 2019 and 2020 to the FCDO can be found in the FCDO's Human Rights and Democracy Reports 2019 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/human-rights-and-democracy-report-2019) and 2020 (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/human-rights-and-democracy-report-2020). The assistance we can, and cannot, provide to British nationals abroad who face torture or mistreatment is set out in the publication: Support for British nationals abroad: A Guide on GOV.UK (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/support-for-british-nationals-abroad-a-guide/support-for-british-nationals-abroad-a-guide).