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<p>The tables below sets out the number of prisoners who have transferred from a prison
in England andWales to a prison in their state of nationality since 1 January 2009.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Transfers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The list includes one foreign national prisoner who was returned to a British
Overseas Territory in 2011 under the Colonial Prisoners Removal Act 1884.</p><p> </p><p>We
remain determined to secure compulsory Prisoner Transfer Agreements wherever possible,
in order to increase the number of foreign national prisoners who are able to transfer
to prisons in their home countries. In January this year we signed a compulsory transfer
agreement with Nigeria and last year we signed an agreement with Albania. We expect
to see prisoner transfers to both these countries before the end of this year.</p><p>
</p><p>We are also working hard to increase the number of foreign nationals who are
removed from prison under the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) and the Tariff Expired Removal
Scheme (TERS). In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under ERS and under TERS, which
we introduced in May 2012, we have removed 256 prisoners to date.</p><p> </p><p>The
numbers reported here are drawn from a Prison Service Case Tracking System. Care is
taken when processing these cases but the figures may be subject to inaccuracies associated
with any recording system.</p><p> </p><p>Whereas this Government has begun to reduce
the foreign national population in prison since 2010, between 1997 and 2010, the number
of foreign nationals in our prisons more than doubled.</p><p> </p>
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