Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 25 April 2018Answered: 1 May 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Shabana Mahmood)
Removals under this Government have been higher over the past 12 months than under the Conservatives. We are going further by expanding the early removal scheme so that prisoners with no right to be in this country will be deported and banned from ever returning to the UK after serving 30% of their custodial sentence.