Question follow-through · 40898
Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat crossings in the Channel in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years; and in the 2024-25 f
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many days Border Force implemented a red rating for expected numbers of small boat crossings in the Channel in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years; and in the 2024-25 f
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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31 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Home Office has interpreted the question to mean the periods 6 April – 5 April for the years quoted. The following reflect the numbers of days in each financial year where crossing attempts were considered likely given forecast weather and sea conditi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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