Written question asked by Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 25 July 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 October 2007. It was answered by Baroness Smith of Malvern (Labour) on Monday, 8 October 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

Prisoners: Deportation

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many foreign national prisoners have been deported in 2007;

Answer: The chief executive of the Border and Immigration Agency wrote to the Home Affairs Committee on 14 June. A copy of this letter is available from the Library of the House.Statistics on the deportation of foreign nationals were last published in 2002. These data are available through the Home Office’s Research Development and Statistics website at:"www.archive2.official-documents.co.uk/document/cm60/6053/6053.htm"Published information on persons removed as a result of deportation action has not been available from 2003 onwards due to data quality issues. The Border and Immigration Agency is putting in place new systems to improve its data collection systems for the future in this area.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 154206; 464 c169W
Session: 2006-07
Related items: Prisons: Deportation
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Deportation Offenders
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