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Migrants: Offenders

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 20 January 2026UIN 99401

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants that possess a criminal record (a) in the UK and (b) abroad were previously thought by her Department to not hold a criminal record since July 2024.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The information requested is not readily available, requiring manual scrutiny of systems and matching of individual records, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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