Question follow-through · 12694

Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals released from prison in 2023 and deported have subsequently returned to the UK.

answeredHome Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 5 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 11 Nov 2024
Answer: 11 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Justice and policing

Police: Civil Disorder · 18 Dec 2024

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals released from prison in 2023 and deported have subsequently returned to the UK.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2024
Answer published
The information requested on the number of returning foreign national offenders is not available from published statistics.A deportation order requires a foreign national offender to leave the UK and prohibits them from entering the UK while it remains in...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024

13 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the provisions of the British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024 will come into force.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Northern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership

19 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of her Department's agreements with Northern Ireland Government departments in place of the strategic migration partnership.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Northern Ireland

2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are being used for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers in Northern Ireland; and if she will make an estimate of the number of hotels that will be required by 31 December

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Violent and Sex Offender Register: Personal Names

4 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued on the circumstances in which registered sex offenders can apply to change their name.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

12 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who arrived in the UK by small boats since 5 July 2024 are (a) male and (b) female.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Resettlement: Afghanistan

16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to introduce further pathways under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Police: Civil Disorder

18 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with the devolved administrations on potential changes to the (a) criteria for and (b) duration of short term deployment of police officers to deal with unexpected civil d

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland

3 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the first overseas visitors to Northern Ireland arriving via the Republic of Ireland to be impacted by the UK Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Aviation: Immigration Controls

7 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many general aviation reports were submitted by region in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024

10 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 14029 on British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024, when the operational changes to implement the new route will be completed.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electronic Travel Authorisations: Northern Ireland

14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will have discussions with representatives of the travel industry on the potential impact of electronic travel authorisations on international visitors to Northern Ireland.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Passports: Republic of Ireland

21 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of whether the first applications for UK passports under the British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024 will be available before the summer recess in 2025.