Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received on the reasons that Shaker Aamer has not been released from Guantanamo Bay.

The UK Government continues actively to engage the US Government to secure Shaker Aamer’s release. No decision has yet been made.

Given the need to respect the confidentiality of the process, we cannot provide a running commentary on conversations with the US government.