§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what has been the average period of time that a person has been held in prison in England and Wales awaiting deportation after they had completed the prison sentence they had been serving; and if he will make a statement; [36110]
(2) what has been the number of foreign nationals who have been deported immediately from prisons in England and Wales after the completion of their prison sentence in each of the last three years. [36116]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe available information is given in the table. Information on the delay, if any, between completion of the prison sentence and removal from United Kingdom is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Persons removed1 from the United Kingdom under the deportation process Following a court recommendation On non-conducive grounds2 1992 506 142 1993 410 138 1994 225 104 1Including "voluntary" departures after enforcement action had been initiated. 2That is, because their continued presence in the United Kingdom was not conducive to the public good, usually following conviction for a criminal offence when the court did not address the question of making a recommendation for deportation.