To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many foreign national prisoners were discharged from a sentence of imprisonment in Northern Ireland in (a) 2008 and (b) each month in 2009 for which figures are available. (303832)

In 2008, the Northern Ireland Prison Service discharged 188 sentenced foreign national prisoners.

From 1 January to 30 November 2009, the service discharged 234 sentenced foreign national prisoners, as shown in the following table.