To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many time-served foreign prisoners held in the UK border Agency’s detention estate (a) went missing without permission and (b) re-offended whilst being held in each year since 1998. (317662)

The following table shows the number of time-served foreign prisoners held in the UK Border Agency's detention estate who went missing without permission between 2007 and 2009.

These data relate only to those time-served foreign prisoners being held pending deportation.

These data are based on management information only and have not been subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics publications. These figures are provisional and are subject to change.

The information requested for the number of time-served foreign prisoners held in the UK Border Agency’s detention estate who went missing without permission between 1998 and 2007 and the number of time-served foreign prisoners held in the UK Border Agency’s detention estate who re-offended while being held in each year since 1998, can only be obtained by the detailed examination of individual record at disproportionate cost.