PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Offenders: Foreign Nationals (15 October 2024)

We are committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities.

Any foreign national offender (FNOs) convicted of a crime who receives a custodial sentence in the UK is referred to the Home Office for deportation consideration following sentencing. We are focussing resource on those cases currently serving custodial sentences and maximising removals directly from prison.

Where removal is not immediately possible, electronic monitoring can be used to manage foreign national offenders in the community. Electronic monitoring allows for more effective contact management of individuals, enabling us to manage and correct behaviours so that they comply with their immigration bail conditions until they are removed

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.