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<p>The Home Office publishes data from 2012 onwards in its Annual Report and Accounts
for the number of claimants who have been compensated following legal challenge of
the lawfulness of their detention.</p><p>Whilst providing a clear sense of overall
scale, the numbers are subject to caveats: (i) 'number of cases' is drawn from records
of unique names of people, solicitors acting for them and Government Legal Department
reference numbers; (ii) amounts paid are the amounts paid in each year (individual
cases might see payments in more than one year, for example, if there are staged payments
that fall across financial year boundaries).</p><p>Providing the information requested
in relation to deportations or returns, would require a manual check of individual
records and I am therefore not able to provide this to you. In a small number of cases
each year individuals are brought back to the UK either by the Home Office or a Court
for further consideration of their case. When this occurs, we review all circumstances
with the Courts as appropriate.</p>
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