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1715330

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of illegal immigration on (a) society and (b) the economy.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	24496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>Illegal immigration reduces our capability and capacity to help those who most need our support. It puts lives in danger by placing vulnerable people into the hands of smugglers. It also puts intolerable pressure on public services and local communities and corrodes public confidence in the system.</p><p>An example of the impact of illegal migration is that the asylum system is now costing the British taxpayer over £4 billion a year.</p><p>Our landmark Rwanda deal was a recognition of these facts, and we will continue to work to deliver it to break the business model of the smuggling gangs and deter those coming to the UK illegally.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 07/05/2024 12:40:03 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1689867

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the number of illegal migrants who arrived in the United Kingdom from the Republic of Ireland in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	14489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>Operation Gull is an ongoing Home Office Immigration Enforcement intelligence led initiative that tackles Common Travel Area (CTA) immigration abuse in air and sea ports in Northern Ireland. Operation Gull and its outcomes are systematically monitored to ensure that threats and trends are continuously assessed.</p><p>To maintain the highest standards of accuracy, the Home Office prefers to refer to published data, as this has been subject to rigorous quality assurance under National Statistics protocols prior to publication.</p><p> </p><p>Our published data is available at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fstatistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill&amp;data=05%7C02%7CGeorge.Jenkinson3%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ce7ecf1451eb147e2ef2b08dc37a0f836%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638446412687068461%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=SklQKsXg83u8HPvAXfjSB8MqgDnjD2zY3fx2kN4Sa9o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Statistics relating to Illegal Migration - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Dorset and North Poole answering member printed Michael Tomlinson question first answered 27/02/2024 17:09:58 answering member 4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1656350

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants arrived in the UK illegally from (a) Bosnia and Herzegovina, (b) Georgia, (c) Mongolia, (d) Albania, (e) Chile, (f) Kosovo, (g) North Macedonia and (h) Serbia in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	195920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office publishes data on detected irregular arrivals in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-statistics" target="_blank">Irregular Migration to the UK Quarterly Release</a>’. Quarterly data on detected irregular arrivals broken down by method of entry and nationality are published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/irregular-migration-detailed-dataset-and-summary-tables" target="_blank">Irregular Migration detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to end June 2023.</p><p>Further provisional small boat arrivals data is published in the data tables accompanying the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act’</a>. Numbers of arrivals by nationality are published in table IMB_01b for Q2 and July 2023.</p><p>The Home Office also publishes data on returns in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release" target="_blank">Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release</a>’. Data on returns by destination are published in table Ret_D02 of the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables#returns" target="_blank">Returns detailed datasets</a>’. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the end of March 2023.</p><p>Further provisional returns data is published in the data tables accompanying the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistics-relating-to-the-illegal-migration-bill" target="_blank">Statistics relating to the Illegal Migration Act’</a>. Quarterly numbers of returns of Albanians and all other nationalities are published in table IMB_05 up to the end of July 2023. Since the signing of the UK-Albania Joint Communique on 13 December 2022, the UK has returned 2,898 Albanian nationals to Albania and covers the period up to 31 July 2023.</p><p>Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&amp;content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&amp;organisations%5B%5D=home-office&amp;order=relevance" target="_blank">Research and statistics calendar</a>’.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 195918 195919 195921 question first answered 06/09/2023 08:38:17 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1653402

registered interest
date	17/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2023 to Question 193067, whether her Department holds data on recorded detections (a) at UK ports broken down by where they were found and (b) in the UK broken down by detections at ports serviced by juxtaposed controls.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	194347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does hold data on recorded detections at UK ports broken down by where they were found and in the UK broken down by detections at ports serviced by juxtaposed controls. However, it is recorded in a free text format so is not routinely published.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2023 13:08:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1651613

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the category for recorded detections in the UK in her Department’s Irregular migration to the UK statistics, how many of the (a) 7,257 detections in 2018, (b) 8,239 detections in 2019, (c) 5,465 detections in 2020, (d) 5,065 detections in 2021, (e) 3,465 detections in 2022 and (f) 765 detections in Q1 of 2023 were made up of detections at ports serviced by the juxtaposed controls.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	193066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on recorded detections at UK ports broken down by where they were found, in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-statistics" target="_blank">Irregular Migration to the UK statistics</a> release.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on recorded detections in the UK broken down by detections at ports serviced by juxtaposed controls, in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-statistics" target="_blank">Irregular Migration to the UK statistics</a> release.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 193067 question first answered 14/07/2023 11:29:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1651614

registered interest
date	10/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the category for recorded detections in the UK in her Department’s Irregular migration to the UK statistics, how many of the (a) 1,052 detections in 2018, (b) 962 detections in 2019, (c) 841 detections in 2020, (d) 665 detections in 2021, (e) 310 detections in 2022 and (f) 57 detections in Q1 of 2023 were made up of detections of individuals in lorries and shipping containers.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	193067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish data on recorded detections at UK ports broken down by where they were found, in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-statistics" target="_blank">Irregular Migration to the UK statistics</a> release.</p><p>The Home Office does not publish data on recorded detections in the UK broken down by detections at ports serviced by juxtaposed controls, in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/irregular-migration-to-the-uk-statistics" target="_blank">Irregular Migration to the UK statistics</a> release.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick grouped question UIN 193066 question first answered 14/07/2023 11:29:11 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1651177

registered interest
date	07/07/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to collaborate with devolved Governments on tackling illegal migration.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	193000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>Immigration is a reserved matter and representatives from across Government meet with their counterparts and will continue to do so as part of regular engagement with the Devolved Administrations.</p><p>The Home Secretary chaired the Home Office’s Interministerial Group with the Devolved Administrations on 11th July 2023, where one of the items for discussion was the Illegal Migration Bill.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 17/07/2023 09:11:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1649465

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to reduce illegal migration.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Anna Firth
uin	905747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Prime Minister and I have a clear plan to reduce illegal migration.</p><p>Alongside our landmark Illegal Migration Bill, we are working more closely with international partners, including France; dismantling Organised Immigration Crime gangs; ending spurious modern slavery claims; and reforming our asylum system.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 03/07/2023 15:21:42 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4936 label Biography information for Anna Firth

1627075

registered interest
date	11/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an estimate of the number of migrants who have illegally arrived in the UK since 1 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	184737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office has published data on the number of migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats on a weekly basis since January 2023 which can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats" target="_blank">Migrants detected crossing the English Channel in small boats - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p>Data on the quarterly total number of attempts to enter the UK irregularly is published in the irregular migration to the UK statistics release within the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/irregular-migration-detailed-dataset-and-summary-tables" target="_blank">Irregular migration to the UK detailed dataset and summary tables</a>’. This data is currently published up to end of December. Data for the next quarter (January to March 2023) is due to be published 25th May 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/05/2023 10:13:36 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1610391

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Illegal Migration Bill on the number of undocumented people living in the UK without immigration status.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	180524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>We will publish an economic impact assessment in respect of the Bill in due course.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/04/2023 16:41:22 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon