Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6948 on Offenders: Foreign Nationals, if she will publish a breakdown of foreign national offenders by detailed offence type.

We recently provided information on the offence group of foreign national offenders (FNOs) in prison on 30 June 2024, in answer to PQ 6948. This can be found in the attached table.

The Department currently has no plans to publish a breakdown of foreign national offenders by detailed offence type.

The removal of FNOs is an important priority of this Government. FNOs who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, where appropriate, we will work with the Home Office to pursue their deportation. We are exploring the ways that we can accelerate that further, including working with the Home Office to make the early removal scheme for foreign offenders more effective.