The Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the Home Affairs Committee on 19 February 2007, providing a snapshot of the number of time-served foreign national prisoners who are awaiting deportation in both the IND Removals Estate and in prisons. A copy of this letter has been placed in the Library of the House.
(2) what the average length of time between the completion of the prison sentence and deportation from the UK, where a foreign national was deported due to a conviction in the UK, has been in the last five years;
(3) what the (a) longest and (b) shortest period of time has been between the completion of the prison sentence and deportation from the UK where a foreign national is to be deported due to a conviction in the UK in the last five years.
The requested information is not available and could be obtained by the detailed examination of individual case records only at disproportionate cost.
On 19 February the Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the Home Affairs Committee to provide the most recent information available on the deportation of foreign national prisoners. A copy of this letter is available from the Library of the House.
(2) how many complaints his Department has received regarding the Criminal Casework Team in each of the last five years; and how many of these resulted in alterations to the Team.
This information is not collected in the format requested and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
On 19 February the Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the Home Affairs Committee. In this letter the Director General reported that approximately 1,300 time-served foreign nationals are currently in both the IND Removals Estate and in prisons while IND pursues deportation action against them. A copy of this letter is available from the Library of the House.
(2) what costs of transportation, including security and all other related costs, of foreign nationals who are being deported due to having committed a criminal offence are irrecoverable where the deportation is (a) rescheduled and (b) cancelled.
We do not differentiate between the cost of deporting ex-foreign national prisoners and other detainees so the information requested is not readily discernible.
The information requested could be obtained only by examination of individual records to establish whether the person had committed a criminal offence at disproportionate cost.
This information is not collected in the format requested and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost through a manual search of individual case records.
The Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Lin Homer, wrote to the Home Affair Committee on 19 February 2007 to provide the most recent information available on the deportation of foreign national prisoners.
In her letter, the Director General outlined the factors that have contributed to delays in deportation and new strategy which has been put in place to ensure that the deportation system is as robust and swift as possible. A copy of this letter is available from the Library of the House.
The average daily cost of detaining a person in an immigration removal centre is £116.
We do not differentiate between the cost of detaining foreign nationals awaiting deportation following a conviction in the UK and other detainees so the information requested is not readily discernible.
The information requested could be obtained only by examination of individual records to establish whether the person had committed a criminal offence at disproportionate cost.
The Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Lin Homer, wrote to the Home Affairs Committee on 19 February 2007 to provide the most recent information available on the deportation of foreign national prisoners. In her letter, the Director General set out that prior to removal, foreign national prisoners are housed in both the IND Removals Estate and in prisons. A copy of this letter is available from the Library of the House.
[holding answer 2 March 2007]: The Director General of the Immigration and Nationality Directorate wrote to the Home Affairs Committee on 19 February 2007, providing the most accurate and robust information currently available on the detention of time-served foreign national prisoners. A copy of this letter has been placed in the Library of the House.