Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders of each nationality were living in the community in the most recent year for which data is available.

Any foreign national offender (FNO) convicted of a crime who receives a custodial sentence in the UK is considered for deportation consideration following sentencing.

The latest published information shows that at the end of Q3 2024 there were 18,069 FNOs living in the community having completed their custodial sentences and subject to deportation, a number that increased substantially during the previous government, and is more than three times the level recorded in the same quarter in 2017 (5,933). The breakdown of the nationality of these FNOs in the community is not available from published data. The published information can be found at: Immigration Enforcement data: Q3 2024 - GOV.UK.

We will continue to pursue deportation action against individuals living in the community rigorously, actively monitoring and managing cases through the legal process and working hard to overcome any barriers to removal.