Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many UK nationals have returned to the UK after being deported from other countries on suspicion of terror offences by country of deportation in each of the last five years.

The UK government does not hold a complete data set relating to individuals deported to the UK, broken down in this way, since UK nationals are not as a matter of course subject to immigration controls on arrival. In addition, not all countries will disclose that they are deporting an individual to the UK or that that there is a terrorism concern relating to them.

The UK has developed close partnerships with countries which are a priority for joint work on international counter-terrorism in order to manage the risk to the UK from terrorism. Data on the use of tools and powers available to manage the threat to the UK from individuals suspected of involvement in terrorism, including managing their return to the UK, are due for publication shortly in the annual Government Transparency Report on Disruptive and Investigatory Powers.