Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
(asked on 20th June 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people currently in UK prisons are not EU citizens.
This question was answered on 4th July 2019
As at 31 March 2019, 5,153 Foreign National Offenders from non-EU countries were held in prisons in England and Wales (including the Prison Service run Immigration Removal Centre). As at 31 March 2019, the total prison population was 82,634 at which point prisoners from non-EU countries made up 6% of the total prison population.
The number of non-EU Foreign National Offenders held in prisons in Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administrations.