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<p>The requested information can be found in the attached spreadsheet.</p><p> </p><p>The
removal of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) is a Government priority and my department
continues to work closely with the Home Office to maximise the number of deportations.</p><p>
</p><p>Published figures show that FNO returns have increased following the pandemic,
in the latest 12-month period (ending December 2023) by 27% when compared to the previous
12-month period. Between January 2019 and December 2023 17,795 FNOs have been removed.</p><p>
</p><p>The proportion of FNOs held in custody is 12% of the total prison population
and has remained stable in recent years while the overall prison population has grown.</p><p>
</p><p>On 11 March, the Government set out a plan to increase the number of FNOs removed
through:</p><ul><li>The recruitment of 400 additional caseworkers and streamlining
the end-to-end removal process;</li><li>Extending foreign national conditional cautions
to FNOs with limited leave to remain; and</li><li>Amending deportation policy to enable
FNOs given suspended sentences of 6 months or more to be considered for deportation.</li></ul><p>
</p><p>These actions build on our expansion of the Early Removal Scheme to allow for
removal of FNOs up to 18 months before the end of the custodial element of their sentence,
and expediting prisoner transfers with priority countries such as Albania and seeking
to conclude new transfer agreements with partner countries.</p><p> </p>
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