Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Monday, 7 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 January 2008. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 January 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
Offenders: Deportation
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many non-UK prisoners were returned to serve their sentence in (a) EU and (b) non-EU home countries in each year since 1997; which 10 non-EU countries received the most prisoners in that period; and how many of those returned to non-EU countries did not have leave to remain in the UK.
- Answer
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The number of prisoners returned to EU and non-EU home countries in each year since 2003 is given in the following tables. Figures for years prior to 2003 are not available. Nine non-EU countries have had prisoners repatriated to them since 2003. The figures are given in table 2.Information relating to immigration status is not centrally available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Number of prisoners repatriated from England and Wales in each year since 2003 Table 1: From England and Wales to other EU member states 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Austria — — — — — Belgium 13 1 16 12 10 Bulgaria¹ — — — — — Cyprus² 1 1 1 — 2 Czech Republic² 1 — — — — Denmark — — 2 — — Estonia — — — — — Finland — — 1 1 — France 3 1 1 4 3 Germany 3 1 1 — 2 Greece 1 — 1 — — Hungary 1 — — — — Ireland 8 5 5 13 5 Italy 1 1 — — 1 Latvia² — — — — — Lithuania² — — — — 1 Luxembourg — — — — — Malta² — — — — — The Netherlands 8 83 92 70 75 Poland² 1 — 1 — 1 Portugal — — 1 1 — Romania¹ — — — — — Slovakia² — — — — — Slovenia² — — — — — Spain 5 7 5 6 2 Sweden — — 1 — — Total 46 100 128 107 102 ¹ Member state of the EU since 1 January 2007 ² Member state of the EU since 1 May 2004 Table 2: To non-EU states 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Australia — — — 1 — Brazil — — — 1 — Canada — — 3 — — Dutch Antilles — — 2 1 5 Norway — — — — 2 Serbia — — — 1 — Switzerland 1 — — — 1 Turkey 2 — 3 — 1 United States of America 1 — — — — Total 4 — 8 4 9
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 470 c1206-8W; 177458
- Session
- 2007-08
- Subjects
- Prisoners Repatriation
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