Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison places were occupied by prisoners born overseas since 2021; and what steps his Department is taking to deport these people to their country of origin once their sentence has concluded.
HMPPS does not routinely collect data on a prisoner’s country of birth. However, data is collected on nationality. Information on the number of Foreign National Offenders in prisons in England and Wales is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly.