PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Repatriation: EU Nationals (13 March 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to review previous signed deportation orders concerning EU citizens imprisoned in the UK in cases which the person concerned is still awaiting removal.

Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)

This Government is clear that foreign criminals should be deported from the UK wherever it is legal to do so. Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity.

Answered by:
Sir Robert Goodwill (Conservative)
20 March 2017