Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2016 to Question 48793, whether her Department requires foreign jurisdictions to meet human rights standards set out in the European Convention on Human Rights before considering the provision of prison and security-related services to them.

We are not involved in, or actively considering, the provision of prison and security-related services for profit overseas at the present time. Were we to be asked to provide such services in the future, it would be on the basis of cost recovery only, and would be conducted fully in line with UK Government human rights policy which is published on the gov.uk website.