Question follow-through · 30419

Undocumented Migrants: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of small boat pilots arrested since 5 July 2024.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 10 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 12 Feb 2025
Answer: 24 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of small boat pilots arrested since 5 July 2024.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.From 5 July 2024 to 11 February 2025 Home Office ...

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