Question follow-through · 34708
Prisoners: Repatriation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Indian nationals have been returned to India in each year since the signing of the Agreement between the UK and India on the transfer of sentenced persons, published on 12 May 2006.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Indian nationals have been returned to India in each year since the signing of the Agreement between the UK and India on the transfer of sentenced persons, published on 12 May 2006.
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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10 Mar 2025
Answer published
Foreign nationals who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and the Ministry of Justice will work with the Home Office to pursue their deportation. Since July 2024, 2,925 foreign national offenders (FNOs) have been removed which...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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