Home Department written question – answered at on 14 February 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign national prisoners who have served their sentence are in prison awaiting removal from the UK.
UK Border Agency management information shows that in 2010, for an average month, approximately 635 foreign national prisoners were detained in prisons and 1,135 detained in immigration removal centres beyond the end of their custodial sentence while deportation was considered. These average figures are based on internal management information and are subject to change.
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