Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has she made of the implications for her Department's policies of the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture following that Committee's periodic visit of 30 March 2016 to 12 April 2016; and when she expects that report and the Government's response to be published.

The Government has fully considered the recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture following its visit last year. The Committee published its report on 19 April, and the Government’s response will follow.

The practice of successive Governments has to been to permit the publication of the Committee’s reports of its visits, and to encourage other member States to do likewise.