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Undocumented Migrants: Fylde

Asked by Mr Andrew SnowdenConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 25 June 2025UIN 60630

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that illegal immigration cases in Fylde constituency are processed (a) effectively and (b) efficiently.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

At national level, we have invested in a programme of transformation and business improvement initiatives to speed up and simplify asylum decision making, reduce the time people spend in the asylum system and cut the cost to the taxpayer of providing those individuals with asylum support.

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