Offenders: Foreign Nationals

(asked on 22nd July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the costs associated with complying with the ruling by the Office of the Information Commissioner instructing the Ministry of Justice to  publish data on foreign nationals’ offending between 2018 and 2024.


Answered by
Lord Lemos Portrait
Lord Lemos
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 27th July 2026

The Ministry of Justice is in the process of appealing the Information Commissioner Officer’s decision to the First-tier Tribunal. It would be prejudicial to live proceedings to release any of the requested information.

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