Written question asked by Roger Gale (Conservative) on Monday, 15 October 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 October 2012. It was answered by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 November 2012 on behalf of the Home Office.

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate she has made of the number of foreign national prisoners who have not been deported following their release from Swaleside Prison in Sheppey and are now resident in Thanet.

[123521]

Answer

Foreign national offenders will be considered for deportation if they satisfy the following criteria:

A court recommendation and/or;

For non-European Economic Area nationals: a custodial sentence of 12 months or more either in one sentence, or as an aggregate of two or three sentences over a period of five years or a custodial sentence of any length for a drug offence (an offence other than possession only);

For European Economic Area nationals: a custodial sentence of 12 months or more for an offence involving drugs, violent or sexual crimes or a custodial sentence of 24 months or more for other offences.

The UK Border Agency's case information database contains no record of foreign national prisoners released from Swaleside prison who currently reside in Thanet.

Please note this is internal management information and is subject to change.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 123521; 552 c628W
Session: 2012-13
Subjects: Foreign nationals Prisoners Prisoners' release Thanet HMP Swaleside
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

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