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1700019

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals are held in the prison estate by nationality.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on how many Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) are held in custody are published in Offender Management Statistics Quarterly: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Offender management statistics quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. For data on the prison population by nationality, see prison population table 1_7.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data from 31 December 2023 shows that there were 10,423 (3,333 remand, 6,697 sentenced and 393 non-criminal) FNOs held in custody; representing 12% of the total prison population. The most common nationalities after British Nationals in prisons are Albanian (13% of the FNO prison population), Polish (9%), Romanian (7%), Irish (6%) and Jamaican (4%).</p><p> </p><p>The removal of 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> </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> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/04/2024 16:31:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700020

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a breakdown of offences committed by foreign nationals held in the prison estate.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <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> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/04/2024 16:32:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2024-04-17 PQ 20834 table.xlsx title Foreign National prisoners
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700021

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals held in the prison estate have previously been deported.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not available from published statistics.</p><p>Our Nationality and Borders Act became law in April 2022. A factsheet can be viewed here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fthe-nationality-and-borders-bill-factsheet%2Fnationality-and-borders-bill-factsheet&amp;data=05%7C01%7CLinda.Tedder%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C28f7739bc99d43787b6508dabc00c0aa%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638029008651374997%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=I16GkOIiBa6k8MichG%2FxQasE6clcJsKPuvm%2FBlkUrHI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Nationality and Borders Bill: factsheet - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The same act also amended legislation which means a foreign offender who returns to the United Kingdom in breach of a deportation order can be sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Anyone who enters the UK without leave, or without a visa, also faces a maximum penalty of four years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 17/04/2024 14:13:59 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1700023

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Offenders: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders of which nationality were deported in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The Home Office does publish statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders by nationality and year. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, Year Ending December 2023; which are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#returns" target="_blank">Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The term ‘deportations’ refers to a legally defined subset of returns, which are enforced either following a criminal conviction, or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is beneficial to the public good. The published statistics refer to enforced returns which include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws, and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily. Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not separately available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 17/04/2024 14:15:29 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698975

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of his Department's staff are seconded to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and for what purpose.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury pursues secondments with a wide range of partners to represent the Treasury, deepen our exchange with other institutions whilst also honing the skills and experience of our staff beyond the Civil Service environment.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 14:26:06 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698976

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding the UK has committed to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank since becoming a member.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Details on UK funding committed to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) can be found in the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111138960" target="_blank">AIIB Capital Order 2015</a> and in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asian-infrastructure-investment-bank-aiib-special-fund" target="_blank">published guidance relating to the AIIB Project Preparation Special Fund.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 17/04/2024 08:57:24 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698978

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the (a) financial and (b) political (i) benefits and (ii) disadvantages of membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is an established multilateral development bank (MDB) with a membership of 109 countries worldwide.</p><p>The benefits of the UK's membership of the AIIB were set out when the government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-plans-to-join-asian-infrastructure-investment-bank" target="_blank">announced its intention for the UK to join the AIIB</a> and in <a href="https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2015-10-19/debates/38666024-f411-47c2-a905-96ea04ca1fa8/DraftAsianInfrastructureInvestmentBank(InitialCapitalContribution)Order2015" target="_blank">presenting the Draft AIIB (Initial Capital Contribution) Order 2015 for agreement by the House of Commons.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 13:25:18 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698981

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to tackle the threat of use by the Chinese authorities of UK membership of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Ban to access UK data.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>We are actively monitoring threats to UK data and will not hesitate to take further action if necessary to protect our national security.</p><p>Data can be exploited by those seeking to counter UK interests and we are taking action to secure our data. As set out in the Integrated Review Refresh 2023, this includes considering new levers to prevent hostile actors accessing our data.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 13:28:02 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698984

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to what overseas-based financial organisations staff from his Department are seconded; and how many staff are seconded to each such organisation for how long and for what purpose.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>HM Treasury pursues secondments with a wide range of partners to represent the Treasury, deepen our exchange with other institutions whilst also honing the skills and experience of our staff beyond the Civil Service environment.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 15/04/2024 14:24:37 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1698342

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Litter
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure National Highways keeps (a) roads and (b) verges clear of litter.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	20136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>National Highways survey and grade the Strategic Road Network in accordance with The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ Code of Practice for Litter and Refuse. National Highways teams patrol the Strategic Road Network and collect litter daily where it is safe to do so. National Highways carries out weekly inspections on its network, ensuring that it prioritises the clearance of the worst affected areas. National Highways also takes advantage of planned closures for other works to undertake additional litter picks.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National Highways’ grading activities are reported and monitored via its corporate Performance Indicator of the percentage of the Strategic Road Network where litter is graded at A or B as defined in the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse.</p><p> </p><p>National Highways strategy is to simultaneously reduce the need for litter picking and collection by encouraging behavioural change whilst also providing an effective litter clearing service. National Highways takes a data-led approach to litter clearing activities to ensure that litter hotspots are quickly identified and that resources are targeted effectively. In 2023-24, National Highways collected over 50,000 bags of litter from roads under its supervision.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Road and Rail, as Highways Monitor, also plays an important role in monitoring National Highways in areas such as litter on behalf of the Secretary of State, ensuring National Highways deliver its commitments as set out in the Roads Investment Strategy and holding National Highways to account for its licence commitments.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/04/2024 15:31:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton