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Prisoners' Release: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94897

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigration offenders were released on bail and not detained in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Alex Norris

We do not routinely publish the information you have requested. We are unable to provide this information, as it could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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