Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 54434

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 2 June 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

ConservativeBroxbourne

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the cost to the public purse of incarcerating foreign national offenders in the last 12 months.

Answer

Sir Nicholas Dakin
We do not disaggregate prison running costs by nationality and the cost to hold individuals depends on the category of prison. Our unit costs for holding prisoners are published on GOV.UK alongside the HM Prison and Probation Service Annual Report and Acc...

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