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Undocumented Migrants: Police

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 June 2025UIN 58400

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of people without lawful immigration status who have come into contact with the police in the last five years.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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