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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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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  1. 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

  2. 28 Mar 2025

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  3. 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...

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