Question follow-through · 65106

Sentencing: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) foreign and (b) dual national offenders were (i) tried and (ii) sentenced in absentia in the last 12 months.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
4 Jul 2025
Target answer date
9 Jul 2025
Answer
9 Jul 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) foreign and (b) dual national offenders were (i) tried and (ii) sentenced in absentia in the last 12 months.

  2. 9 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice publishes data on trials, convictions and sentencing outcomes at criminal courts in England and Wales (latest data to December 2024), available from the Criminal Justice Statistics page. However, it is not possible to provide the n...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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