Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders were removed from the UK in 2025-26.

We are committed to delivering justice for victims and safer streets for our communities. Foreign nationals who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, where appropriate, we will pursue their deportation.

In the year ending March 2026, 5,949 foreign national offenders (FNOs) were removed from the UK. This is an increase of 14% compared to the 5,220 FNO returns in the same period 12 months prior (FNO returns include both enforced and voluntary returns).

Deportations and returns of FNOs have exceeded 11,000 (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2026)- up 41% on the last two years of the previous government. The monthly breakdown in FNO returns since July 2024 is published in ad-hoc transparency release, which can be found here: Returns from the UK between 1 July 2024 and 31 July 2026 - GOV.UK.