On Tuesday 10 December, Nick Timothy MP asked the Justice Secretary for better data on crime and immigration status. It seems clear she’s not going to give it.
Below is a transcript of parliamentary exchange or click on the video above to watch it.
Nick Timothy MP: One in 50 Albanians in Britain is in jail, and foreign nationals such as Jamaicans, Iraqis and Somalis are also disproportionately likely to be criminals. We need better data to inform immigration, asylum and criminal justice policies. Will the Government publish the nationality, visa and asylum status of all offenders in prison—if yes, can we have a timeline, and if not, can we have a good reason why not?
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood: We are currently using a data collection and publication approach inherited from the previous Conservative Government—probably from the hon. Member’s time as an adviser to the former Home Secretary and Prime Minister—but I will continue to monitor the data that we collect and publish. We are committed to ensuring that we deport foreign national offenders, and are on track to deport more this year than were deported in the previous year. We will make more progress in that respect.
See Hansard, Column 786, 10 December 2024: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2024-12-10/debates/0CC7D25B-918F-440B-A801-7A0BEF29E075/OralAnswersToQuestions
