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Offenders: Deportation

Commons · Question 67461 · Tabled 14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 22 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of deporting all foreign criminals currently in prison.

Answer

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 22 Jul 2025

The removal of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) is an important priority of this Government. We refer all FNOs in receipt of custodial sentences to the Home Office to consider deportation and we are taking decisive steps to increase removals.In the past ...