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Written question asked by Neil O'Brien (Conservative) on Friday, 24 January 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 January 2025 (named day). It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Thursday, 6 February 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23834 on Offenders: Foreign Nationals, what types of offences were committed by foreign national offenders who have completed their sentence and are living in the community and subject to deportation; and how many and what proportion of these foreign national offenders had previously been imprisoned by each offence group.

Answer

Under the UK Borders Act 2007, the Home Secretary has a statutory duty to make an automatic deportation order in respect of foreign national offenders sentenced to a prison term of at least twelve months, subject to certain exemptions, and specific rules for EEA nationals. The Hon Member can find further details of the current provisions and their evolution at the House of Commons Library briefing at the link below: CDP-2024-0023.pdf

The specific data requested on different offence groups is not centrally held and could only be collated and verified at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
26338
Session
2024-26
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Subjects
Deportation Foreign nationals Offenders
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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