Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are in prison in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland; and how many foreign national offenders are held in each prison in the UK.

As at 30 September 2018, 8,577 foreign national offenders were detained in prisons in England and 227 were held in prisons in Wales.

A breakdown of the foreign prisoner population in England and Wales by prison is available using the following link (Table 1.8):

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750700/population-q2-2018.ods

More than 44,000 foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010, and in the last financial year almost 6,000 were removed from prisons, immigration removal centres, and the community.

The number of foreign national offenders held in Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for their respective governments.