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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Prisoners: Foreign Nationals (18 March 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what offences the foreign nationals in prison in England and Wales were convicted on the most recent date for which figures are available.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

Answer

Foreign national offenders who have no right to remain in the UK should be removed at the earliest opportunity and the Government has toughened the system, including pursuing compulsory transfer agreements with European countries.

In addition, 23,000 foreign offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010 and more than 600 under the 'deport first, appeal later' provisions, with many more being processed through the system. The grounds on which criminals can appeal against deportation have been cut.

The table below details the offence types for the sentenced prison population in England and Wales, as of 31 December 2014. It also provides a breakdown to indicate whether the offender was a foreign national, a UK national, or nationality not recorded. As the table records only sentenced prisoners, it does not include remand prisoners, fine defaulters, civil prisoners or recalled prisoners.

Sentenced(1) prison population by offence type and nationality 31 December 2014

Foreign National

UK National

Not Recorded

All

Violence against the person

1,657

16,089

30

17,776

Sexual offences

1,035

9,933

23

10,991

Robbery

527

6,609

7

7,143

Burglary

400

7,197

9

7,606

Theft and handling

341

2,891

17

3,249

Fraud and forgery

289

1,039

11

1,339

Drug offences

1,192

8,588

27

9,807

Motoring offences

88

647

6

741

Other offences

819

5,699

34

6,552

Offence not recorded

25

173

49

247

All

6,373

58,865

213

65,451


Answered by:
Andrew Selous (Conservative)
23 March 2015

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