Nationality data held by courts is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice. We are therefore unable to provide information on how many Albanian nationals have been sentenced to imprisonment at court in the last 12 months. We have instead provided information on sentenced prison admissions for Albanian nationals between April 2023 and March 2024 (the latest 12 months published period). This information has been provided in the data attached.<\/p>
The nationality of foreign national offenders in prison is published quarterly in table 1_Q_12 of Offender Management Statistics, with the latest data (30 June 2024) available from: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a1167cce1fd0da7b592c8d/Prison-population-30-June-2024.ods<\/a>. As of 30 June 2024, there were 1,227 Albania nationals in HMPPS custody. Information on deportations is a matter for the Home Office.<\/p> Foreign nationals who commit crimes should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced, and where appropriate the Government will pursue their deportation and ensure the rules are respected and enforced. This will help to manage prison pressures, keep the public safe and reduce crime. The Government have already begun delivering a major surge in immigration enforcement and returns activity to remove people with no right to be in the UK, with 3,000 people already being returned since the new government came into power.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Albanian nationals (a) have been sentenced to imprisonment in the last 12 months, (b) are in prison, (c) have been released in the last 12 months and (d) have been deported to Albania in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732073", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1732073/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The information provided relates to England and Wales. The most recent published figure for applications received by the Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders Unit on behalf of the Lord Chancellor is for the calendar year 2023 and is shown in the attached table 6.1. The figure for REMO applications in 2024 will be published in June 2025. Data on those awaiting the outcome of an application is not held centrally.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data her Department holds on the number of parents who (a) applied for a Reciprocal Enforcement Maintenance Order in the last 12 months and (b) are awaiting the outcome of an application for such an order.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1731161", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1731161/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There were 10,435 foreign national prisoners held in custody on 30 June 2024; representing 12% of the total prison population. We do not hold annual running cost data for foreign national prisoners. We publish costs per prison place via Prison and Probation Performance Statistics at: costs-per-place-per-prisoner-2022-2023-summary.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> The information requested on the nationality of foreign national offenders in prison is published quarterly in table 1_Q_12 of Offender Management Statistics, with the latest data (30 June 2024) available from: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66a1167cce1fd0da7b592c8d/Prison-population-30-June-2024.ods<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Information on deportations is a matter for the Home Office. Foreign national offenders who commit crime should be in no doubt that the law will be enforced and, we will work with the Home Office to pursue their deportation.<\/p>"}
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, "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1731161/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "2024-10-14 PQ 6946 6948 table.xlsx"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost is of foreign national prisoners in each of the last three years; and how many foreign national prisoners there are.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1731194", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Justice"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1731194/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There were 10,435 foreign national prisoners held in custody on 30 June 2024; representing 12% of the total prison population. We do not hold annual running cost data for foreign national prisoners. We publish costs per prison place via Prison and Probation Performance Statistics at: costs-per-place-per-prisoner-2022-2023-summary.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>
We have provided information on prisoner releases of Albanian nationals between April 2023 and March 2024 (the latest 12 months published period). This information has been provided in the data attached. Please note, not all these were released into the UK community: the number of prisoner releases includes those who were deported to Albania directly from prison, having completed their UK custodial sentence, and those who were transferred from prison to Albania to serve their prison sentence there.<\/p>
Information on the offence group of foreign national offenders in prison on 30 June 2024 can be found in the attached table.<\/p>