Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) nationality and (b) class of crime is of foreign national offenders (i) in prison and (ii) deported this year.

There were 10,435 foreign national prisoners held in custody on 30 June 2024; representing 12% of the total prison population. We do not hold annual running cost data for foreign national prisoners. We publish costs per prison place via Prison and Probation Performance Statistics at: costs-per-place-per-prisoner-2022-2023-summary.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk).

The information requested on the nationality of foreign national offenders in prison is published quarterly in table 1_Q_12 of Offender Management Statistics, with the latest data (30 June 2024) available from: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a1167cce1fd0da7b592c8d/Prison-population-30-June-2024.ods

Information on the offence group of foreign national offenders in prison on 30 June 2024 can be found in the attached table.

Information on deportations is a matter for the Home Office. Foreign national offenders who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, we will work with the Home Office to pursue their deportation.