Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU nationals were detained in prison under immigration powers in each quarter of (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.

The following link provides published data issued by the Ministry of Justice as at 31 December 2016. Data regarding foreign nationals detained in prison can be found in tab 1.6. Data on specific nationalities can be found in tab 1.7.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/585874/prison-population-31-dec-2016.xlsx