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<p> </p><p> </p><p>Individual prison population and capacity information is published
monthly on the Ministry of justice website at:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014"
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prison-population-figures-2014</a></p><p>
</p><p>This data is produced on the last working Friday of each month and therefore
the information published is from the last working Friday in February (28<sup>th</sup>)
and not on 19 March as requested.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table identifies the
number of declared foreign national offenders in each prison, by nationality, as at
31 December 2013. This is in line with the latest published figures.</p><p> </p><p>These
figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale
recording system, are subject to possible error(s) with data entry and processing.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All Foreign National Offenders sentenced to custody
are referred to the Home Office for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible
opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Reducing the FNO population is a top priority for this
Government. We are working hard to reduce the flow of FNOs into our prison system
and increase the number of FNOs removed from the UK through Prisoner Transfer Agreements
(PTAs); the Early Removal Scheme (ERS) and Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS).</p>
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