Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of the conversion of HM Prison The Verne into an immigration removal centre.
Answered by Karen Bradley
£5.4 million has been spent to date on the conversion of HM Prison The Verne into an Immigration Removal Centre.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many immigration appeal hearings lost by the Government her Department failed to send a presenting officer in each of the last four years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
I will write to the Rt Hon Member.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to how many immigration appeal hearings the Home Office failed to send a presenting officer in each of the last four years.
Answered by James Brokenshire
I will write to the Rt Hon. Member.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time spent in prison awaiting deportation for those foreign national prisoners beyond the end of their sentence was in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The average length of time Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) were held in
prison beyond the end of their sentence pending deportation, as of 31 December
2013 is 234 calendar days. This is the mean average, calculated using the table
shown below which was provided in response to PQ 195817.
It should be noted that the small number of FNOs who fall in the 24-60 and 60+
months categories (45 individuals out of 850) heavily skew the mean. By way of
context, the modal average length of time in prison for the same cases is 32
days.
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1. All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are
therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been
quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
2. Figures relate to main applicants only.
3. Figures relate to FNO cases who met the criteria for deportation only.
4. Figures rounded to the nearest 5 ( - = 0, * = 1 or 2) and may not sum to the
totals shown because of independent rounding.
5. Data is a snapshot of individuals detained in prison on 31 December 2013.
We make every effort to ensure that a person's removal by deportation
coincides, as far as possible, with his/her release from prison on completion
of sentence. Where a detainee refuses to cooperate with the removal or
deportation process, detention may be prolonged.
The Immigration Bill will have a significant impact on the ability of FNOs to
delay removal by mounting legal challenges whilst in the UK. The current
appeals system means that 17 different types of decision can be appealed. The
Immigration Bill will simplify the appeals system and mean that appeals can
only be brought where the Home Office has refused a protection (asylum or
humanitarian protection) claim, a human rights claim or a claim based on EU
free movement rights. It will also give us the power to certify that where
deportation will not cause serious irreversible harm, the appeal will be heard
after the FNO has left the country.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals in prison awaiting deportation beyond the end of their sentence have spent (a) up to one month, (b) up to two months, (c) up to six months, (d) up to 12 months, (e) up to 24 months, (f) up to 60 months and (g) over 60 months awaiting deportation.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The table below shows the number of time served Foreign National Offenders
(FNOs) in prison pending deportation, based on the length of time held beyond
the end of their sentence, as of 31 December 2013.
Time held beyond end of sentence | Total | |||
0-1 month | 110 | |||
1-2 months | 110 | |||
2-6 months | 285 | |||
6-12 months | 200 | |||
12-24 months | 100 | |||
24-60 months | 35 | |||
60+ months | 10 | |||
Grand Total | 850 |
1. All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are
therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been
quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
2. Figures relate to main applicants only.
3. Figures relate to FNO cases who met the criteria for deportation only.
4. Figures rounded to the nearest 5 ( - = 0, * = 1 or 2) and may not sum to the
totals shown because of independent rounding.
5. Data is a snapshot of individuals detained in prison on 31 December 2013.
We make every effort to ensure that a person's removal by deportation
coincides, as far as possible, with his/her release from prison on completion
of sentence. Where a detainee refuses to cooperate with the removal or
deportation process, detention may be prolonged.
The Immigration Bill will have a significant impact on the ability of FNOs to
delay removal by mounting legal challenges whilst in the UK. The current
appeals system means that 17 different types of decision can be appealed. The
Immigration Bill will simplify the appeals system and mean that appeals can
only be brought where the Home Office has refused a protection (asylum or
humanitarian protection) claim, a human rights claim or a claim based on EU
free movement rights. It will also give us the power to certify that where
deportation will not cause serious irreversible harm, the appeal will be heard
after the FNO has left the country.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals who have served their sentence but are awaiting deportation there are in each prison.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The number of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) detained in prison beyond the
end of their sentence pending deportation (as of 31 December 2013) is shown in
the table below:
Prison Name | Total | |
HMP & YOI Isis | 10 | |
HMP Addiewell | * | |
HMP Altcourse | * | |
HMP Aylesbury | 5 | |
HMP Barlinnie | 5 | |
HMP Bedford | 5 | |
HMP Belmarsh | 10 | |
HMP Birmingham (Winson Green) | 15 | |
HMP Brinsford | 5 | |
HMP Bristol | 5 | |
HMP Brixton | 10 | |
HMP Bronzefield | 10 | |
HMP Bullingdon | 25 | |
HMP Bure | 5 | |
HMP Cardiff | 5 | |
HMP Channings Wood | * | |
HMP Chelmsford | 15 | |
HMP Coldingley | * | |
HMP Dartmoor | * | |
HMP Deerbolt | 5 | |
HMP Doncaster | 10 | |
HMP Dorchester | * | |
HMP Dovegate | * | |
HMP Drake Hall | 5 | |
HMP Dumfries | * | |
HMP Durham | * | |
HMP Eastwood Park | * | |
HMP Edinburgh | 5 | |
HMP Elmley | 5 | |
HMP Elmley (Sheppey Cluster) | 30 | |
HMP Erlestoke House | * | |
HMP Everthorpe | * | |
HMP Exeter | * | |
HMP Featherstone | 5 | |
HMP Feltham | 15 | |
HMP Forest Bank | 15 | |
HMP Garth | * | |
HMP Glen Parva | 10 | |
HMP Guys Marsh | 5 | |
HMP Haverrigg | * | |
HMP Hewell | 15 | |
HMP High Down | 15 | |
HMP Highpoint North | 20 | |
HMP Highpoint South | 10 | |
HMP Holloway | 15 | |
HMP Holme House | 5 | |
HMP Hull | * | |
HMP Huntercombe and Finnamore | 35 | |
HMP Lancaster Farms | * | |
HMP Leeds (Armley) | 15 | |
HMP Leicester | 10 | |
HMP Lewes | 5 | |
HMP Lincoln | 20 | |
HMP Lindholme | 5 | |
HMP Littlehey | 15 | |
HMP Liverpool | 10 | |
HMP Long Lartin | * | |
HMP Low Newton | * | |
HMP Maidstone | 45 | |
HMP Manchester | 10 | |
HMP Moorland | 20 | |
HMP New Hall | * | |
HMP Northumberland | * | |
HMP Norwich | 10 | |
HMP Nottingham | 15 | |
HMP Oakwood | 5 | |
HMP Parc | 5 | |
HMP Pentonville | 45 | |
HMP Peterborough | 15 | |
HMP Portland | 5 | |
HMP Preston | * | |
HMP Ranby | 15 | |
HMP Risley | 15 | |
HMP Rochester | * | |
HMP Send | * | |
HMP Shotts | * | |
HMP Stafford | 5 | |
HMP Standford Hill (Sheppey Cluster) | * | |
HMP Stoke Heath | 5 | |
HMP Styal | * | |
HMP Swinfen Hall | * | |
HMP Thameside | 35 | |
HMP The Mount | 10 | |
HMP Wakefield | * | |
HMP Wandsworth | 45 | |
HMP Wayland | * | |
HMP Whatton | * | |
HMP Winchester | * | |
HMP Wolds | * | |
HMP Woodhill | 15 | |
HMP Wormwood Scrubs | 60 | |
HMP Wymott | 5 | |
Grand Total | 850 |
1. All figures quoted have been derived from management information and are
therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been
quality assured under National Statistics protocols.
2. Figures relate to main applicants only.
3. Figures relate to criteria FNO cases only.
4. Figures rounded to the nearest 5 ( - = 0, * = 1 or 2) and may not sum to the
totals shown because of independent rounding.
5. Data is a snapshot of individuals detained in prison on 31 December 2013.
We make every effort to ensure that a person's removal by deportation
coincides, as far as possible, with his/her release from prison on completion
of sentence. Where a detainee refuses to cooperate with the removal or
deportation process, detention may be prolonged.
The Immigration Bill will have a significant impact on the ability of FNOs to
delay removal by mounting legal challenges whilst in the UK. The current
appeals system means that 17 different types of decision can be appealed. The
Immigration Bill will simplify the appeals system and mean that appeals can
only be brought where the Home Office has refused a protection (asylum or
humanitarian protection) claim, a human rights claim or a claim based on EU
free movement rights. It will also give us the power to certify that where
deportation will not cause serious irreversible harm, the appeal will be heard
after the offender has left the country.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason each foreign national in prison awaiting deportation who is beyond the end of their sentence is yet to be deported.
Answered by James Brokenshire
The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much has been spent on converting HM Prison The Verne for use as an immigration removal centre to date.
Answered by James Brokenshire
£4 million has been spent to date on the conversion of HM Prison The Verne into
an Immigration Removal Centre. The work is about 60% complete and in total is
expected to cost approximately £8.5 million in line with the approved budget.