Asked by: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government on what grounds they have challenged the Information Commissioner’s instruction for them to publish data on foreign national offending between 2018 and 2024.
Answered by Lord Lemos - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice are in the process of appealing the Information Commissioner Officer’s decision to the First-tier Tribunal, it would be prejudicial to live proceedings to release any of the requested information.