Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government who was deported on to Jamaica Tuesday 11 February; and for what offences any such individual had been convicted.

On 11 February 2020, 17 foreign criminals with a combined sentence of 75 years and one life sentence were deported on a charter flight to Jamaica.

Those on board had been convicted of serious crimes including robbery (3), burglary (1), rape (2), violent crime, including GBH (3), and drug offences (8).

These are serious offences which have a very real impact on the victims and the communities that we all live in. As required under the UK Borders Act 2007, a deportation order must be made where a foreign national has been convicted of an offence and received a custodial sentence of 12 months or more. A deportation order may also be made against a serious or persistent offender who has received sentences of less than 12 months.

All but one of those deported had sentences over 12 months.

A full breakdown of the offences of the 17 people on the flight is below:

Robbery:

• 1 convicted of robbery and was given a life sentence
• 1 convicted of robbery, firearms offence, theft of a vehicle and possessing class A drugs, and was given a five-year sentence
• 1 convicted for conspiracy to rob and possession of a firearm and was given a sentence of nine years

Burglary:

• 1 convicted of burglary and given a prison sentence of two years and six months

Rape:

• 1 convicted for rape and was given an 11-year sentence
• 1 convicted of rape and was given a sentence of four years and six months

Violent crime:

• 1 convicted for a violent assault and was given a sentence of one year and three months
• 1 convicted of wounding with intend to cause GBH, possession of a weapon in public place and violent offences against a person (Wounding) and was given a seven-year sentence
• 1 convicted of a violent crime against a person and was given an eight-year sentence

Drugs:

• 1 convicted for intent to supply class A drugs and was given a seven-year sentence
• 1 persistent offender, whose most recent conviction was for drugs offences and intimidating a witness, and was given a total sentence of 11 months
• 1 convicted for importing controlled drugs and was given a sentence of four years
• 1 convicted to supplying class A drugs and was given a sentence of four years and six months
• 1 convicted to supplying class A drugs and was given a sentence of three years
• 1 convicted of importing controlled class B drugs and was given a three-year sentence
• 1 convicted of supplying class A drugs (crack cocaine) and was given a sentence of three years and two months
• 1 convicted of supplying class A drugs and was given a sentence of three years and four months