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<p> </p><p> </p><p>The Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA (The EU PTA) entered
into force on 5<sup>th</sup> December 2011.</p><p> </p><p>To date 18 Member States
(including the United Kingdom) have implemented the Agreement. The European Court
of Justice will have jurisdiction over the measure from 1 December 2014 and Member
States may face infraction proceedings if they have not implemented the Agreement
by then.</p><p> </p><p>Use of the EU PTA is an early stage and the number of prisoners
transferred remains low. However, we expect to see a significant increase in the number
of prisoner transferred once the Agreement has been implemented by all Member States.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>To date 17 prisoners have been transferred to other jurisdictions.</p><p>
</p><p>The table below sets out the number of prisoners transferred from England and
Wales to other EU Member States since the implementation of the EU PTA in December
2011.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Receiving State</p></td><td><p>Year
of Transfer</p></td><td><p>Sentence Length</p></td><td><p>Time left to serve in the
United Kingdom on the date of transfer</p></td><td><p>Offence Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8
Years</p></td><td><p>1016 days</p></td><td><p>Wounding with intent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5
years, 5 months</p></td><td><p>634 days</p></td><td><p>Facilitating illegal entry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9
Years</p></td><td><p>1135 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10
years</p></td><td><p>882 days</p></td><td><p>Death by dangerous driving</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6
years</p></td><td><p>578 days</p></td><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>1043 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>15 years</p></td><td><p>2098 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10 years</p></td><td><p>1189 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6 years</p></td><td><p>544 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 3 months</p></td><td><p>437
days</p></td><td><p>Sex offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>6
years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>793 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5 years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>608
days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5
years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>638 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection</p></td><td><p>Not
applicable</p></td><td><p>Sexual offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4
years, 8 months</p></td><td><p>355 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>7 years</p></td><td><p>705 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The
Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4 years</p></td><td><p>388 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of British nationals transferred
from other EU Member States to England and Wales since the EU PTA entered into force
in December 2011. 10 prisoners have been transferred.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sentencing
State</p></td><td><p>Year of Transfer</p></td><td><p>Sentence Length</p></td><td><p>Time
left to serve in custody following transfer</p></td><td><p>Offence Type</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3
years, 11 months</p></td><td><p>415 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5
years</p></td><td><p>476 days</p></td><td><p>Human Trafficking</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>8
years</p></td><td><p>1195 days</p></td><td><p>Sexual Offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14
years</p></td><td><p>1324 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3
years</p></td><td><p>146 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2
years</p></td><td><p>124 days</p></td><td><p>Fraud</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5
year, 4 months</p></td><td><p>974 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>9
years, 6 months</p></td><td><p>1617 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2
years, 10 months</p></td><td><p>267 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>15
years, 4 months</p></td><td><p>1847 days</p></td><td><p>Drugs</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p><em>*The figures given in the attached tables relate to England and
Wales only. The transfer of prisoners to Scotland and to Northern Ireland is a devolved
matter, and is therefore the responsibility of the relevant Minister. </em></p><p>
</p><p><em>**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.</em></p><p>All foreign national
offenders (FNOs) sentenced to custody are referred to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Office"
target="_blank">Home Office</a> for them to consider deportation at the earliest possible
opportunity.</p><p>The Prisoner Transfer process is just one mechanism for removing
Foreign National Offenders. The number of FNOs deported under the Early Removal Scheme
(ERS) has increased under this Government. In 2013, we removed nearly 2,000 FNOs under
ERS and under the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS), which was introduced in May
2012, we have removed 231 FNOs to date.</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>
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