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Offenders: Deportation

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 May 2025UIN 51194

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported for criminal offences in the last five years had previously been granted (a) asylum and (b) humanitarian protection.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The requested data is not centrally held, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Home Office data systems for collecting and processing data on foreign national offenders in the immigration system are currently being upgraded to improve the quality of information held by the department. For more information, please see this recently published note.

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