Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign national offenders who left prison following a sentence of 12 months or more were deported in each (a) quarter and (b) year for which data is available.

Available statistics on the returns of FNOs by nationality and year are published on a quarterly basis. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, Year Ending September 2024, which are available at: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK

The published statistics include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws, and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily. Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not available separately.

The Home Office has previously published figures on FNOs removed under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS), from 2010 Q1 up until 2022 Q2, which can be found within ‘FNO_09’, here: Immigration Enforcement data: Q3 2024 - GOV.UK