Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 67461

Offenders: Deportation

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

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

Sir Nicholas Dakin
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 ...
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