To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether convicted prisoners from non-UK EU member states will be repatriated after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered on
13 July 2017
The UK participates in the EU Prisoner Transfer Framework Decision (Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA). This provides for the transfer of sentenced prisoners between Member States of the EU. All eligible prisoners are identified for transfer and referred to the Home Office for deportation action.
Looking ahead, we need to negotiate the best deal we can with the Europe Union, and we are working across Government to consider options for our future arrangements with the EU in criminal justice matters. It is too early to speculate on what these arrangements might look like in terms of prisoner transfers with EU Member States.