Prisoners: Foreign Nationals

(asked on 1st September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government on what grounds they have challenged the Information Commissioner’s instruction for them to publish data on foreign national offending between 2018 and 2024.


Answered by
Lord Lemos Portrait
Lord Lemos
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 15th September 2026

The Ministry of Justice are in the process of appealing the Information Commissioner Officer’s decision to the First-tier Tribunal, it would be prejudicial to live proceedings to release any of the requested information.

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