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Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64584

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders are currently released on license.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

Data about the number of Foreign National Offenders (FNO) on post-release supervision is published regularly as part of the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly bulletin, with figures included under table 6.9 of the Probation chapter. The series, which includes data from the 31 March 2024, can be accessed via https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly

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