Government to publish nationalities of foreign criminals for first time
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the announcement showed Labour had ‘buckled’ under pressure from the Conservatives to disclose the data.
The nationalities of foreign criminals living in the UK will be published for the first time under plans expected to be announced on Tuesday.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have ordered officials to publish data by the end of the year showing the nationalities and crimes of those awaiting deportation.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the announcement showed Labour had “buckled” under pressure from the Conservatives to disclose the data.
Government sources insisted the move was only possible because Ms Cooper had ordered Home Office statisticians to overhaul their systems after they cited poor data quality when refusing to answer questions about the nationalities of foreign offenders.
