Part 3: Immigration Offences and Enforcement Immigration Offences and Penalties Section 47: Prisoners liable for removal from the United Kingdom
Overview: This new section provides further detail on how to treat Foreign National Offenders who return to the UK having been removed under the Early Removal Scheme
	Background: This section amends the ERS in three ways. First, it extends the period a Foreign National Offender (FNO) can be removed early from their custodial sentence, increasing the early removal window from a maximum of 9 months to 12 months before the earliest point they may be released from custody (either automatically or via Parole Board review). The FNO must still have served half of the requisite custodial period before removal.
	Second, it allows removal to take place at any point in the sentence after this removal window opens when the FNO is in prison. This will bring into scope for removal under the scheme those FNOs released on license and who are subsequently recalled to custody by the Secretary of State.
	Third, this section introduces a "stop the clock" provision, which will apply to FNOs removed under ERS. The new provision will, in effect, pause the sentence at the point a person is removed from prison under ERS. If the removed FNO returns to the UK at any point in the future, they would be liable to be detained and returned to custody to serve the balance of their sentence, "ignoring" any days after they were removed from prison. They would be subject to release based on their circumstances at the point of removal, either after serving their requisite custodial period or in accordance with the release provisions that apply to recalled persons. Such release may require a decision of the Parole Board.