Question follow-through · 23063
Offenders: Undocumented Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle crimes committed by individuals who have entered the country illegally.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle crimes committed by individuals who have entered the country illegally.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
The police deal with all criminals without fear or favour, irrespective of their nationality or immigration status.Foreign nationals who commit serious crimes in our country should also be in no doubt that where practical and lawful, we will pursue their ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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