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Labour has come under fire for failing to provide figures on how many deportations of foreign criminals have been blocked by court appeals.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged to strengthen legislation after widespread criticism over foreign criminals evading deportation by using arguments based on the European Convention on Human Rights.
One widely cited case included an Albanian drug dealer who claimed his son disliked Albania’s chicken nuggets.
Conservative peer Baroness Porter asked in Parliament for specific numbers on court-blocked removals fuelling the debate.
Home Office Minister Lord Hanson admitted his department lacks data on the number of removal attempts stopped through legal challenges, despite the Government deporting 4,436 individuals since the election.
He said: “Figures on the number of deportations that did not proceed due to the legal challenges, whether under the ECHR or otherwise, is not currently available from published statistics.”
He added that a process to improve the department’s information on foreign national offenders was “underway”.
Hanson said: “If this work progresses as planned, the Home Office intend to publish more detailed information on FNOs subject to deportation.”
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged to strengthen legislation after widespread criticism over foreign criminals evading deportation by using arguments based on the European Convention on Human Rights