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Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to use (a) section 24(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 and (b) section 2 of the Asylum & Immigration Act 2004 to stop people entering the country via small boats.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
21 Nov 2024
Target answer date
25 Nov 2024
Answer
2 Dec 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to use (a) section 24(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971 and (b) section 2 of the Asylum & Immigration Act 2004 to stop people entering the country via small boats.

  2. 25 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The Nationality and Borders Act 2022 amended Section 24(1)(a) of the Immigration Act 1971, to introduce tougher criminal offences for those attempting to enter the United Kingdom (UK) illegally or found to be facilitating illegal immigration.Since the Act...

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Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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22 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether officials from her Department are responsible for collecting irregular migrants attending school at the end of each day.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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22 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what contractors provide what services related to irregular migration at what cost to the public purse.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum: Housing

22 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with what companies for what services at what cost to the public purse her Department has contracts relating to (a) dispersal and (b) contingency accommodation for asylum seekers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Temporary Accommodation

22 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of irregular migrants in (a) contingency and (b) dispersal accommodation broken down into (i) single and (ii) multiple occupancy rooms, in the lates

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum

22 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that asylum seekers do not fraudulently use sexual orientation as part of the basis of their claim.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Asylum

22 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people whose application for asylum was initially refused were subsequently granted asylum in the last 15 years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Shoplifting: Prosecutions

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2024 to Question 13342 on Shoplifting Prosecutions, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) number of people who avoided charges and (b) value of goods l

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Age Assurance

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will (a) introduce more thorough age assessments for irregular migrants and (b) reassess the age of all 16-17 year old irregular migrants in the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Offenders: Foreign Nationals

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the average amount of time that elapsed between the arrival in the UK of foreign nationals who go on to offend and the date of their offence by nationality in the last

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Great Yarmouth

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many irregular migrants were arrested in Great Yarmouth constituency in each of the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Offenders: Undocumented Migrants

25 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Border Security and Asylum in response to the question from the hon. Member for Great Yarmouth during Oral Questions to the Home Office on 2

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Undocumented Migrants: Age Assurance

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department takes to help determine the ages of irregular migrants.