Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Foreign criminals to be deported quicker, published on 3 March 2025, what steps she plans to take to mitigate potential challenges in deporting FNOs who originate from (a) countries with unstable political situations and (b) countries that lack repatriation agreements with the UK.

The Government is committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities. In the event that a foreign national is found guilty of a crime, we will take strong action against them in the interests of public safety and protection. Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity, and where there are barriers that delay us from enforcing those deportations, we will always do our upmost to overcome them.