Question follow-through · 15677

Entry Clearances: Palestinians

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Palestinians in Gaza seeking to reunite with family members in the UK have died while waiting for her Department to decide requests for (a) predetermination and (b) biometric excusal since 7

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 22 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 26 Nov 2024
Answer: 2 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

22 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Palestinians in Gaza seeking to reunite with family members in the UK have died while waiting for her Department to decide requests for (a) predetermination and (b) biometric excusal since 7
26 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
Since 7 October 2023, the Home Office have granted 143 predetermination requests, and 5 biometric excusal requests to Palestinians located in Gaza.The Home Office is aware from legal representatives that two Palestinian nationals located in Gaza died befo...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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