§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals who received a prison sentence were deported on completion of their sentence, in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [33680]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienRegrettably, the information requested is available only at disproportionate cost through the examination of individual case files.
The available information relates to persons removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process following a court recommendation, or on grounds conducive to the public good having been convicted of a criminal offence, and is set out in the table. The data may include cases where no prison sentence was served. Removals under illegal entry and port refusal procedures are excluded.
Persons removed12 from the United Kingdom under the deportation process following a court recommendation, or on grounds conducive to the public good having been convicted of a criminal offence3, 1994 to 19974 Number of persons5 1994 1995 1996 19971 Court recommendation 225 225 272 245 Conducive to the public good—criminal conviction3 99 81 101 114 1Includes voluntary departures after deportation action had been initiated. 2 Excludes removals under illegal entry and port procedures. 3Where the court did not make a recommendation for deportation. 41997 data are provisional. 5May include persons who did not serve a custodial sentence.