To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the intended presumption of deportation of foreign nationals who are convicted of criminal offences with the Human Rights Act 1998. (104394)

Any legislation we bring forward on the deportation of foreign national prisoners will be consistent with our obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and hence with the Human Rights Act.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals with valid visas were refused re-entry to the UK after leaving the UK for less than a month in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. (106261)

The immigration and nationality directorate do not collate figures on how many foreign nationals with valid visas are refused re-entry to the UK after leaving the UK for less than a month.