Written questions

Prisoners: Repatriation

Commons · Question 11868 · Tabled 22 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 30 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Allister

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many referrals by the NI Prison Service have there been in each of the last five years to the Home Office for deportation of an offender and how many, each year, resulted in deportation.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 30 Jun 2026

The information you have requested is not available from published statistics.All foreign nationals who receive a prison sentence in the UK are referred for deportation consideration at the earliest opportunity by the respective prison service. There has ...