Question follow-through · 51194

Offenders: Deportation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported for criminal offences in the last five years had previously been granted (a) asylum and (b) humanitarian protection.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
9 May 2025
Target answer date
13 May 2025
Answer
19 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people deported for criminal offences in the last five years had previously been granted (a) asylum and (b) humanitarian protection.

  2. 13 May 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 May 2025

    Answer published

    The requested data is not centrally held, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.Home Office data systems for collecting and processing data on foreign national offenders in the immigrat...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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