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MoJ Appeals Ruling Over Nationality Conviction Data Request
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- Ministry of Justice is appealing Information Commissioner’s ruling on a nationality-based conviction data request.
- Centre for Migration Control director Robert Bates requested 2018-2024 conviction figures by nationality and offence.
- Ministry says releasing the data could breach data-protection rights via a “mosaic effect”.
- Home Office data for year ending June 2026 show 8,507 foreign national offenders left detention.
- Government reports deporting 12,000 foreign national offenders since July 2024, a 41 % rise.