Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of (a) asylum seekers and (b) people given indefinite leave to remain who have committed crimes in each of the last 5 years.

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering these questions at a disproportionate cost.

Please note that the Home Office does not hold all the data on an individual’s, crimes, convictions, and offences. This information is administered by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Police, who will record the offender’s nationality, although not by immigration status. However, Foreign national offenders (FNOs) are referred to the Home Office for deportation immediately following sentencing.

11,733 FNOs have been returned from the UK under this government (1 July 2024 to 31 July 2026). This is a 41% increase on the last two years of the previous government (1 July 2024 to 30 June 2026, when compared to the previous 2-year period), and we will continue to do everything we can to remove these vile criminals from our streets.