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Written question asked by Calum Miller (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 24 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 June 2026 (named day). It was answered by Alex Norris (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 June 2026 on behalf of the Home Office.

Offenders: Repatriation

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of time-served foreign national offenders were (a) deported immediately (b) detained in Immigration Removal Centres pending deportation and (c) released pending deportation for each of the last five years.

Answer

The information you have requested on the proportion of time-served foreign national offenders (FNOs) is not available from published statistics.

The Home Office does publish data on FNO returns in the quarterly Immigration System Statistics release. Quarterly data on enforced, voluntary and port FNO returns (of which ‘deportations’ are a legal subset) are published in table ‘Ret_D03’ of the returns detailed datasets accompanying the release.

There has been an increase in the return of FNOs by 36%, with almost 10,000 FNOs being returned since this Government came to power.

The Home Office also publishes data on FNOs living in the community having completed their custodial sentences and subject to deportation or administrative removal. The latest published information can be found at: Migration transparency data - GOV.UK.

Where removal is not immediately possible, electronic monitoring can be used to manage FNOs. We will pursue deportation action against individuals living in the community rigorously, actively monitoring and managing cases through the legal process and negotiating barriers to removal.

The information you have requested on time-served FNOs, refused asylum seekers, and those being detained while their claim or identity is being established is not available from published statistics.

The Home Office publishes data on numbers of people entering and leaving immigration detention in the detention summary tables accompanying the quarterly Immigration System Statistics release. on overall numbers leaving detention in Det_01, and numbers of FNOs leaving detention in Det_06a. Numbers of people leaving detention who have previously claimed asylum are given in Det_01.

Work is currently underway to publish more detailed information on FNOs subject to deportation. Further information on this work can be found at: Statistics on foreign national offenders and the immigration system - GOV.UK.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
12946
Session
2026-27
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Offenders Repatriation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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