Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 81989

Offenders: Deportation

Tabled: 14 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his policy that offenders to be deported under Clause 32 in the Sentencing Bill would be required to serve any custodial sentence in their home country.

Answer

Jake Richards

The Sentencing Bill will amend the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) to allow eligible Foreign National Offenders (FNO) serving determinate sentences to be removed from prison for the purposes of immediate deportation any time after sentencing. FNOs removed unde...

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