PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Immigration: Arrests and Prosecutions (4 November 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on checking the immigration status of individuals during the process of arrest to prosecution.
Asked by:
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain)
Asked by:
Rupert Lowe (Restore Britain)
Answer
Where relevant, the Police will check the immigration status of individuals they arrest with Immigration Enforcement. The purpose of sharing this information is to assist in establishing identity.
Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.
Answered by:
Dame Diana Johnson (Labour)
12 November 2024
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